The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

A first of its kind analysis of the sludge found in Indian sewage treatment plants (STP), set up to treat polluted water from the Ganga, found that most of it had “high potential” for use as fertilizer

Rapid urbanisation in Africa is worsening air pollution levels. There are economic as well as health consequences.

Three months ago, 5.3 million litres of industrial wastewater was reported to have overflowed from an Imperial Oil storage pond into a muskeg and forested area. This industrial wastewater could have filled more than two Olympic-sized swimming pools, and is now one of the largest known spills of its kind…

Bright display boards against the use of banned plastic items can be spotted in the 16th-century granite fort complex at Vellore as the district unit of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has declared the fort plastic-free zone

EPA has ordered chemical company Chemours to stop discharging high levels of the toxic substance into the Ohio River

Local environmental groups warned of an "obvious increase" in discharges of human waste in Edinburgh's waterways.

Looking at the health problems caused by air pollution, poorer communities have most to gain

But many are unaware of indoor air pollutants - like candles or air freshener - and the impact they can have on people's health

A new study found that electric vehicle adoption could bring worse air quality to low-income neighborhoods.