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Palace says cheesemakers to Queen must keep up with environmental standards or risk removal of coat of arms

Noise pollution underwater has been likened to a nightclub with seals and porpoises having to ‘shout’ at each other to be heard, according to new research.

School children were asked to draw pictures of how they imagined the world's oceans in 2070 - and the images were filled with plastic pollution and dead fish

António Guterres says the world must turn the tide of rising sea levels, ocean heating, acidification and plastics pollution

In recent years, the amount of plastic in the environment has become a global concern. With the world population approaching eight billion, more and more plastic and plastic-derived products are being used and discarded. An estimated 367 million tonnes (367 billion kg) of plastic were produced in 2020 alone –…

Farmers driving tractors are blocking highways in the Netherlands in the latest protest sparked by a government pledge to rein in pollution emissions, a move that will hit the country’s agriculture sector

“Nobody would accept six years of failure to act if polluted tap water was leading to hundreds of deaths per year"

New data shows carbon pollution rose 0.8% in 2021 as manufacturing, agriculture and gas bounced back from pandemic lockdowns

Every year, air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths in the UK.