Environment pollution

10 per cent of cancer cases could be caused by air pollution and other contaminants in the UK.

Shocking new study says 10% of cancer cases in Europe due to pollution

Mount Bulusan spewing ash, the Philippines

Unpredictable volcano in the Philippines spews out 1km-long ash cloud

A boy disposes of raw sewage into a stream in the sprawling Kibera slum in Kenya's capital of Nairobi.

Pollution kills millions more people a year than COVID has, data shows

People investigating small pieces of plastic found on a beach.

What are microplastics and why is everyone so worried about them?

Luiz Bispo, who is living at Pavuna River which flows to Guanabara Bay, stands near his floating house what he says is an artistic installation developed by him.

Greta Thunberg gets invite onto floating home made from rubbish

Rubbish dumping along river banks is one cause of pharmaceutical pollution.

Which of the world’s rivers are the most polluted with medical drugs?

15/02/2022

Chemicals found in batteries can be used to create plant food.

Don't throw away old batteries, feed them to your plants instead

11/02/2022

The environmental impact of dog poo is going under the radar, a new study suggests.

Europe’s 89 million dogs are pooing all over biodiversity hotspots

07/02/2022

'Lithium Fields' in the Salar de Atacama salt flats in northern Chile.

South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of electric cars

01/02/2022

Garment employees work in the sewing section of a factory in Savar, Bangladesh.

Will the New York Fashion Act be a sustainable trend-setter?

12/01/2022

Activist Ella Daish doorsteps Procter & Gamble's European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland

Procter & Gamble shocked to find giant tampon applicator on doorstep

17/11/2021

Workers in protective suits clean oil in an inlet leading to the Wetlands Talbert Marsh after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021.

Mass clean-up saves California surf spot from catastrophic oil spill

13/10/2021

Wizz Air aeroplane

Wizz Air CEO calls carbon offsetting ‘a bit of a joke’

11/10/2021

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The gases living in your fridge are worse for the environment than CO2

04/10/2021

A World Cleanup Day volunteer collects and sorts plastic bottles removed from the River Wigwa in Kisumu, Kenya, Sept. 18, 2021.

180 countries participate in World Cleanup Day 2021

22/09/2021

Rome is overflowing with rubbish

Anger rises as uncollected rubbish leaves stench on streets of Rome

13/07/2021