Pollution

A new Friends of the Earth analysis identifies ‘pollution hotspots’ where water, air, noise and light pollution converge, threatening human health and the survival of native species.

A wide range of chemicals which do not break down in nature can permeate the skin barrier and reach the body’s bloodstream - study.

Political parties have been urged to toughen up the regulation of toxic chemicals, the “sleeping giant of pollution”, which can harm people and wildlife.

Feargal Sharkey calls for public inquiry into water industry

Human bodies retain a long-term ‘memory’ from smoking which affects their defence against illness, according to research.

Climate breakdown and chemical exposure damage newborns’ hearts, scientists warn.

Stop polluting politics: activists hang a banner off Westminster Bridge vowing to challenge MPs who take oil money.

Belém in Brazil will host the COP30 international climate summit. But the city is struggling to deal with basic environmental and health issues.

Fares for public transport around London should be abolished, says a new campaign briefing from Fare Free London.

Pilots, cabin crew and passengers are inhaling air that could be tainted with toxic chemicals, often without awareness, impacting their health and the safety of flights.

Greenpeace protesters scale Unilever headquarters in plastic pollution protest.

The biggest ever corporate climate makeover is happening at TOYNOCA® in time for the Paris Olympics.

Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s book Breathe – a guide to winning support for action on climate change.

Fair taxes on the UK’s biggest polluters could have raised up to £23bn last year to combat the climate crisis – Oxfam

The UK's controversial pesticide policies have resulted in 36 toxic chemicals banned in the EU being allowed by the government post-Brexit.

Historic win as South Australian Aboriginal traditional owners defeat nuclear dump plan.

'Larvae affected by plastic pollution showed developmental abnormalities including malformation of the skeleton, neural and immune cells'.

Campaigners urge Michael Gove to get tough on 'dark store' delivery depots or risk children’s health and well-being from air pollution.

Rio Tinto faces new unrest at Madagascar mine as procedural dance delays promised compensation.

A decade of 'diminishing' regulation funding puts pressure on water pollution enforcement.

Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts.

How the Silvertown tunnel reinforces deadly climate doublethink.

Should rivers be given legal rights like humans? A Bristol campaigner is testing the waters of British law in an effort to protect the Avon from further pollution.