The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implemented new, more stringent limits on smog-producing emissions from heavy-duty trucks Tuesday.

The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first case to test Victorian climate change legislation.

Only treated wastewater is now proposed to run into Dawson River, home to the white-throated snapping turtle

Environment Minister Gopal Rai directed department officials to run 'Anti Open Burning Special Campaign' for the next 10 days in view of increasing pollution in Delhi. Read on for details:

Councillors disagreed on the best way to tackle the issue

A green sludge has emerged at Lake Bonney after a levee was built to cut it from the swollen River Murray, as health authorities warn against swimming in the popular Riverland lake.

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquakes.

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially to unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm children’s brain development and cause symptoms including speech impairment and muscle weakness in adults who consume seafood as…

European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal Sunday on key elements of the 27-nation bloc’s green deal

Pollution in India’s second city Mumbai was worse this week than even the notoriously smoggy capital, Delhi, as experts warned that hazardous air pollution was likely to affect more parts of the country in future.