The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Low and middle-income countries generally lack access to renewable energy and rely excessively on traditional fuels like firewood and charcoal. In these countries, 2.6 billion people depend mainly on polluting fossil fuels (for electricity) and traditional biomass fuels (such as wood or charcoal for cooking) to meet their daily energy…

City Hall maintains its own research proves the scheme is working ‘even better than expected’

Harm to health is not confined to winter when people are using stoves and fireplaces, study shows

Research suggests four in 10 children previously driven to school have switched to more ‘active’ modes of travel

The bosses of water companies that pollute waterways could go to prison under a new aimed at cleaning up Britain's sewage-clogged rivers, lakes and beaches

The study revealed that long-term exposure to particulate matter from air pollution adversely affects male fertility, and noise pollution poses a significant threat to female reproductive health in women over 35.

A simple stripy chart measures worsening air quality around the world. Plus: North Korea continues its trashy balloon campaign

Environmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests

CEOs in England and Wales could face two years in prison under proposals to force firms to supply data quickly