The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Scientists develop high-tech process to easily degrade durable plastic pollution without harmful by-products

Household air pollution is a hidden source of death and illness and climate change seems to be making it worse

Telangana's ban on single-use plastic (SUP) has failed to curb its use as shopkeepers and street vendors continue to pack their products in SUP carry bags. Despite fines, awareness is low and production and distribution remain unchecked. 8,000 MT of waste generated in Hyderabad, with 1,080 MT of plastic waste,…

Local community in Hunsur concerned over increasing pollution of river Lakshmanatheertha; untreated sewage, biomedical waste, wet waste from hotels & restaurants, bottles, plastic mugs, paper cups from bars dumped into river. KSPCB conducted study, suggested CMC Hunsur provide 100% UGG system to entire town, yet to be completed. Rejuvenation of…

Pollution is causing respiratory illnesses and deaths to rise in Indonesia's island of Java, including the capital, Jakarta

Flaring is a waste of a precious natural resource that could be conserved or put to better use, such as producing electricity

Evidence of Chemours-operated plant contaminating region is ‘alleged human rights violations’, say experts appointed by council

Researchers found that pollution from heavy traffic resulted in an increase in blood pressure equivalent to the effect of a high-sodium diet.

If you run a large polluting facility and can’t work out how to actually cut emissions, you might buy carbon credits to offset your emissions from the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme. These credits are meant to represent carbon taken back out of the atmosphere and stored in growing trees…