The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in such a remote location…

Hidden dangers lurking in your home could be making the air quality more polluted than outside

"We are failing to protect future generations from the health harms arising from toxic air"

The Thames saw 769 toxic spills lasting a total of 3,286 hours — more than 136 days

Judge says pollution ‘will no longer be tolerated’ after investigation found significant environmental harm

Mirror gets access to the Thames Tideway Tunnel, which officials say it will be the solution to the river’s pollution problem by intercepting nasty spills

The California Air Resources Board plans to vote on a first-in-the-nation, ambitious rule limiting rail pollution

Climate commission draft guidance says country must take more action to directly cut pollution instead of relying on trees

New results from the Darling-Baaka show system is ‘supercharged with nutrients’, expert says