Polyester fibres that injure marine life were found in sea water across region.
The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic…
Environmental campaigners say failure to call in West Cumbria Mining planning application ‘jaw-dropping’
Environmental campaigners and a local MP have criticised the government’s “jaw-dropping”…
Conservation groups say it is a last-minute push by the Trump administration to help secure drilling rights for oil companies before the president leaves office in two weeks.
The Trump …
In what Japanese regulators on Wednesday called an "extremely serious" development, lethal levels of radiation have been recorded inside the damaged reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear…
EPA rule will require release of raw data from scientific studies
Critics fear compromising personal details and health benefits
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed one of its last…
Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.
If all goes as planned, the US will eliminate all greenhouse…
The European Union's executive branch on Tuesday announced new rules for plastic waste shipments—including a ban on some exports to poorer countries—that will take effect on January 1 as part of the…
Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseases.
Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a…
This year's economic shutdowns have done little to reduce the world's carbon emissions. While pollution has dipped, greenhouse gases keep accumulating in the atmosphere, locking in future decades of…
Tom Kennedy learned about the long-term contamination of his family's drinking water about two months after he was told that his breast cancer had metastasized to his brain and was terminal.
Lefteris Arapakis comes from a long line of fishers. For five generations his family has plied the bountiful waters off southern Greece, netting the same cod and red mulls that have sustained Greeks…
WASHINGTON — In the waning days of the 116th Congress, lawmakers have authorized $35 billion in spending on wind, solar and other clean power sources while curtailing the use of a potent planet-…
Wood burners triple the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes and should be sold with a health warning, says scientists, who also advise that they should not be used around elderly people…
Committee has delayed decision after some Liberals criticised proposal but Keith Pitt says it should ‘do its job’.
The federal resources minister, Keith Pitt, has warned parliament’s joint standing…
Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses.
Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which…
China’s new emissions target for 2030 is an ‘incremental step forward’, an analyst says
The leaders of China and India failed to set ambitious new climate targets at a key summit co-hosted by the UK…
Conservationists allege company has breached its environmental licence 52 times at its NSW Bayswater power station site in the past five years
Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, AGL, will…
'Significant portion’ of billions of masks and gloves used each month end up in seas.
The pale blue of a mask is easy to spot among the dry-brown reeds.
At the world’s biggest coal export port in Newcastle, no China-bound ships are waiting or scheduled to load before Christmas
Three years ago, pictures of bulk carriers queued off the coast of Mackay…
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