The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

After debris balls closed Sydney beaches in October 2024, Guardian Australia reported they could be linked to sewage outfalls. Authorities were less keen to talk

Initiatives such as London’s ULEZ can be a model for other cities. But even more could be done to save lives and protect us from deadly toxins in the air, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

A new study has highlighted the extensive health issues associated with plastics

Researchers say developments could greatly improve pollution control

Researchers found a new way to filter and destroy Pfas chemicals at 100 times the rate of current systems

Study also says Balkan levels are often higher than in Beijing – and sometimes among the highest in the world

Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 10%

The removal of sulphur from shipping fuels caused ‘a lot of extra sunlight’ to get through atmosphere and hit reef in 2022

The impact of pollution on the Indian economy is “far more consequential than any impact of any tariffs that have been put on India so far,” said Gita Gopinath, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, at a discussion hosted by India Today's Kalli Purie at the World Economic…

Scientists said the link ‘underlines the importance of improving air quality’

Reports suggest a colossal fatberg, potentially equivalent in size to four buses, was trapped inside a deepwater ocean sewer