Exclusive: Roads make up 1% of the country but the pollution produced may harm wildlife everywhere.
Pollution from roads affects virtually every part of Great Britain, with 94% of land having some…
A group of teenagers, living in some of London's most polluted communities, are posting roadsigns highlighting the disproportionate impact air pollution has on people of color.
Stark findings come at ‘critical moment’ for global climate action, the study’s lead author tells The Independent.
Global emissions cuts pre-Covid were just one tenth of the level needed to meet the…
Bushy variety of cotoneaster works best in areas of heavy traffic, say researchers, while other plants can cool buildings or reduce flooding.
Bushy, hairy-leafed cotoneaster is a “super plant” that…
A panel of 23 citizens from Tees Valley and County Durham also said the UK’s journey to net zero should ‘increase equality in society’.
The UK’s biggest emitters should be made to pay carbon taxes…
Exclusive: With 30% of infertility unexplained, pollution could be an ‘unignorable’ risk factor, scientists say
Exposure to air pollution significantly increases the risk of infertility, according…
Jakarta, Indonesia, 18 February 2021 – PM2.5 air pollution was behind approximately 160,000 deaths in the world’s five most populous cities in 2020, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis…
Cross-party committee says deprived groups contribute least but suffer most from dirty air.
The government must set tough new air pollution targets to reduce the stark health inequalities suffered…
Large UK study found small pollution rise associated with more cases of age-related macular degeneration.
Small increases in air pollution are linked to an increased risk of irreversible sight loss…
Grim milestone to come as humans continue to drive emissions through burning fossil fuels and deforestation
Atmospheric CO2 will hit a level this year that is 50 per cent higher than before the…
Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case that turned on environmental concerns.
Air pollution does not respect national boundaries and environmental degradation will lead to…
Court says man would face ‘worsening of his respiratory pathology due to air pollution’ in country of origin.
A Bangladeshi man with asthma has avoided deportation from France after his lawyer…
Trial finds reduced lung function and heart changes in young people who exercised near Schiphol.
For seven months in 2018, a lorry trailer was parked near a runway at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.…
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…
Rolling out 5G technology could lead to a sharp increase in power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, a report published by France's High Council on Climate warns.
The report, published…
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…
Coroner says failure to reduce pollution levels to legal limits was factor in death of Ella Kissi-Debrah, who had severe asthma.
A coroner has made legal history by ruling that air pollution was a…
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