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Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state

Noise pollution threatens the health of millions of Europeans. Sleep disturbance, cardiovascular diseases, and mental disorders are the main effects.

Waste from pig and poultry farming is around 10.4 million cubic metres annually

The reefs are vital ecosystems that support other marine life in the area, including green sea turtles and tropical fish

The government’s plans to bar petrol motorbikes from city centre next year have been widely greeted with scepticism.

The Beddington Energy Recovery Facility generates energy from residual waste that cannot be composted or recycled

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry responded not by making cigarettes safer, but by making them seem safer. Filters were the perfect innovation – not for health, but…

Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.

A two-year delay on new mercury rules benefits coal-fired power plants, while chemical plants got an exemption from stricter air pollution standards.

Other lives: Water quality campaigner who promoted natural ways of cleaning up polluted rivers

Some applaud TfL’s efforts to stop ‘headphone dodgers’, while others say people should ‘suck it up and get over it’