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The first tolls from the Newcastle Clean Air Zone will be issued next Monday, January 30

Environmental groups said the policy was necessary, insufficient, and long overdue

The popular plant removes toxins and prevents mould in your house, and has been recommended by NASA

The science is overwhelmingly clear: Gas stoves are a source of air pollution located inside your home. They can emit climate pollution, as well as pollution linked to asthma and other health problems. They can release pollution when turned on, and even when they’re off. In some cases, the exposure…

Environmental campaigners think the improvement in air quality shows the benefits of the Low Emission Zone, with one of the biggest positives shown on Hope Street, even though it remains among the worst in the country.

NEW figures have been released which show Scotland did not breach legal air pollution limits in 2022 for the first time, excluding the impact of…

New research found Scotland as a whole had met its air pollution targets for the first time except 2020 when the country was in lockdown.

A hundred people gathered on a beach in Pornic on France's north western coast (Loire-Atlantique) on Saturday to denounce the pollution of plastic micro-beads washed up there and on other beaches in recent weeks. Several elected officials have filed a legal complaint against what they describe as an "environmental nightmare".

Hundreds of millions of people living in sub-Saharan Africa still use polluting cooking fuels. A recent survey across 33 countries in the region found that over 90% of households were found to use firewood, charcoal, or other heavily polluting fuel as their primary cooking fuel.

The yellow weather warning is in place between midnight and 11 am today (January 22)

The Met Office said the haze will be so thick that visibility drops as low as 50m in some parts of England.