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Germans v government: ‘I’m suing for my right to breathe clean air’

From Berlin to Munich, people are breathing air containing five times the amount of toxic pollution that scientists know is dangerous.

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WHO joins call for a global treaty to urgently phase out fossil fuels

"Addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage," said the WHO.

Spain

Cargo ship leaks fuel near Gibraltar sparking environmental concerns

The ship stored 215 tons of heavy fuel oil, 250 tons of diesel and 27 tons of lubricating oil, say Spanish media

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Netherlands

Dutch cabinet split over 2030 nitrogen reductions rethink

The Christian Democrat leader Wopke Hoekstra told Dutch newspaper AD that the government's nitrogen reduction targets are not "sacred", causing a cabinet rift.

Health news

Scientists have found a way to break down toxic 'forever chemicals'

"Forever chemicals" don’t break down naturally in the environment, aren’t eaten by bacteria, and cannot be incinerated.

Nature

Polish police are offering €215,000 to solve the River Oder poisoning

The pollution could ‘exterminate nature’ in Poland’s unique nature reserves, and has spread into Germany. How did it happen?

Health news

Toxic levels of 'forever chemicals' found in breast milk and tap water

There are calls for a crackdown on chemical pollution after potentially toxic levels of PFAS were found in breastfeeding mothers in France.

Hungary

Volunteers clear up 86-kilometre stretch of River Tisza in Hungary

Organisers said the clean-up was complicated by low water levels.

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Wild swimming warning: Group falls ill after swim at popular UK spot

12 out of 13 people fell sick after swimming in Kent, in an incident Surfers Against Sewage has described as 'shockingly common'.

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Meet the plastic-munching lake bacteria fighting pollution

Could this solve the problem of plastic pollution in lakes?

Tech News

This microplastic-eating robot fish could help clean up the ocean

Chinese scientists have made the little bot robust enough to survive being digested by other fish and heal itself when damaged.

Green News

Yemen faces hazardous environmental threat from medical waste crisis

More than seven years of conflict in Yemen have devastated the economy, displaced millions, and wreaked havoc on the environment.

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

Groundbreaking study by the EEA names the pollutants and chemicals causing 10% of European cancer cases.

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99% of the world's population is breathing unsafe air, WHO warns

Air pollution is as bad for global health as smoking - and 89 times as bad as war. New research calculates just how many life-years it steals from us.

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

The Philippines is in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.

Climate

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

Toxic air, soil and water is causing around 9 million deaths a year, while modern pollutants from fossil fuels are "skyrocketing".

Green News

EU citizens could now claim damages over harmful air pollution levels

Poorer communities - who live and work in highly polluted areas - particularly need judicial protection.

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

Microplastics have been found in human lungs for the first time. Their nano size allows for ease of access into water filtration systems, which means they often end up in the ocean, or our body.