From Lagos and Lahore to London, it’s the poorest people who are most affected by air pollution. The poor tend to be priced out of the leafy suburbs where there are fewer highways and air quality is…
The recent devastation in Mozambique due to two successive hurricanes (Aida and Kenneth) of unprecedented severity for southern Africa, are a clear indicator that we are now living in a climate…
Bonn, 9 May 2019 – Plastic pollution poses serious health risks to wildlife globally, affecting a wide range of species including whales, turtles, fish and birds.
On World Migratory Bird Day,…
A new study has found that pesticides and antibiotics are polluting streams across Europe.
The study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, tested samples from 29 waterways in…
File this one under K for Karma. US coal power plants have spent the past few decades messing with the nation’s water resources, and now water is turning around and messing with coal. The Energy…
Research finds even supposedly pristine region of the Pyrenees is polluted.
Microplastic is raining down on even remote mountaintops, a new study has revealed, with winds having the capacity to…
It’s not the first time plastic pollution has been found in ice. Previously, researchers have found plastic in remote regions such as the Arctic — now, the same researchers have now discovered…
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Mozambique's President Filipe Nysui is warning countries ravaged by Cyclone Idai could face more flooding. The cyclone's heavy rains, which killed at least 750 people in Mozambique and…
A proposal for a new waste to hydrogen plant in the UK has been revealed.
Peel Environmental is joining forces with Waste2Tricity to deliver a UK first hydrogen plant in Cheshire, England.
The £7…
A new report has found that not only is marine plastic pollution damaging the environment, it is costing the world billions.
The report, led by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, found that…
Villagers say mine run by subsidiary of UK-based firm has caused illness and deaths
Two thousand Zambian villagers who say their lives have been ruined by toxic runoff from the world’s second-…
In a joint report, coordinated by Wildlife and Countryside Link, 19 leading environment organisations call for an end to plastic pollution in the UK.
In order to save more than 4,000 billion pieces…
About 70% of fresh produce sold in the US has pesticide residues on it even after it is washed, according to a health advocacy group.
Strawberries, spinach and kale among most pesticide-heavy…
For years, the EU Commission has warned Germany about illegally high levels of nitrate in groundwater. The European Court of Justice even ruled on the issue in June. Now, the German government is…
The new UV-LED purification system aims to reduce the amount of plastic waste that gets sent to garbage dumps and landfills in the Philippines.
Acuva Technologies, based out of British Columbia,…
Traffic pollution is putting our children at risk. We meet campaigners – many of them concerned mothers – fighting back.
In the winter you can taste and smell the pollution,” says Kylie ap Garth,…
The flamingo population of India’s largest city has tripled. Is it thanks to sewage boosting the blue-green algae they feed on?
There is an air of anxious excitement among the urban professionals…
Reducing global air pollution can prevent millions of premature deaths according to an international team of scientists, led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. The most significant…
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