The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Firms were collectively set a target of a 40% reduction in pollution incidents but instead recorded a 30% increase, Surfers Against Sewage said

Only a third of survey respondents believe their supplier will take the necessary steps to address water pollution

The vehicles are not only too big and dangerous, they create a disproportionate amount of pollution that ends up in the ocean

“Out of sight, out of mind” is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety medications to antibiotics, don’t simply vanish after leaving our bodies. Many are not fully removed by wastewater treatment systems and end up in rivers, lakes and…

Analysis also finds that only 9% of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic produced ends up being recycled.

John Todd’s eco-machine stunned experts by using natural organisms to remove toxic waste from a Cape Cod lagoon. Forty years on, he wants to build a fleet of them to clean up the oceans

Advocacy group says the firm has doubled the number of methane gas burning turbines it’s using without permits

After a series of high profile spills at sea, MEPs and governments have agreed that new pollution controls must extend to maritime freight, despite opposition from the EU executive.

Air pollution in the Paris region has been cut in half over the past two decades, according to a new study published by Airparif, an independent group that tracks air quality.