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Leaky pipes in Baltimore are funneling a lot of pharmaceuticals into local waterways

The paper illustrates how outsized an effect old or damaged infrastructure can have on our environment.

Just 5% of the world's power plants produce 73% of the global electricity emissions

These hyper-pollutors are truly atrocious.

Argentinian lake turns bright pink due to industrial pollution

Not pretty, in pink.

'No significant difference' in air pollution exposure between rush-hour commuters and others

I can't tell whether this is good or bad news. Maybe both.

Cows could help us in the plastic crisis -- with the bacteria in their guts

Cows giveth, cows taketh away.

EU’s plastic ban officially comes into force. Here’s what you should know

The bloc wants to transform its economy into a circular model

Spray-on treatment could keep roads strong for longer while also making cities cooler

Less roadwork and livable temperatures? Sign me up.

We can now track ocean microplastics from space, by looking at how winds and water interact

Our technique is not perfect yet but we’re working on it.

Earth's carbon dioxide levels hasn't been this high in mankind's entire history

It's been almost 5 million years since CO2 levels were this high.

Cattle Could Produce More Methane Than Thought, But Manure Could Be The Answer

A new review of eight existing studies published in the journal Environmental Research Letters has found that livestock farms and feedlots in North America may be emitting far more methane than previously assumed. The researchers from New York University and Johns Hopkins University found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — which estimates methane from […]

The world's fish are swimming in microplastics

House special: Fish n’ threads of leggings.

Reducing climate emissions would save millions of lives from air pollution

Needed another reason to tackle climate change? Here's one.

Just 20 companies are behind more than half of the single-use plastic waste in the world

Get ready to read some familiar names.

More than a handful: A thousand rivers bring plastic into the oceans

It's not just the big rivers, the small ones also contribute to the problem.

Lightning discharges help clean the air of some greenhouse gases

We only found this out by accident.

Inactive oil wells are a big source of methane emissions

Uncapped oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane into the atmosphere and surface water each year.

A cost-effective way to recycle plastic could be commercially available in '5 to 10 years'

Not a decade too soon.

Researchers create automatic method to detect air pollution hotspots

It's an algorithm that can help tackle air pollution from existing satellite data.

Humanity is making everything saltier around us, and it's hurting the environment (and our infrastructure)

"We used to think about adding salts as not much of a problem," the authors say. "But we realized that it stuck around and accumulated."

Is this the year European cities start banning cars?

The pandemic has brought substantial changes in how we see transportation. Big changes may be a'coming.

We can stop thousands of tons of pollution from reaching the ocean -- just by changing our laundry habits

It's a small change that can make a very big difference.

It's time to figure out how to deal with the face mask waste

It was already a big problem before the Covid-19 pandemic, but plastic waste is now turning into an even larger issue – and face masks, in particular, are not helping the cause. We need them to avoid the spread of the virus but at the same time, there’s no official guidance on how to dispose […]

Ten bloodcurdling microplastic facts we've recently learned

They are becoming a larger and larger problem worldwide

It's time to ditch the disposable cup. But many barriers still stand in the way

Coffee is always in fashion. But single-use cups are not.

The right to repair: Europe wants a revolution in how electronics are produced and repaired

Campaigners ask to include more appliances into the legislation

Outdoor pollution is affecting indoor air quality. Here's how

The air quality inside your home might not be as good as you think.

One species of the cotoneaster plant could help absorb traffic pollution

My apartment is next to a 4-lane street. I'm all for cleaner air.

A deadly smog covers much of India, threatening 400 million people

Burning farmland and fossil fuel pollution are polluting the air, and the smog will remain in place for another month.

Driving to work? You're probably inhaling dangerous chemicals

Better grab your bike or walk instead. But if you must drive, at least open the window.

Planting plastics: study finds a growing amount of microplastics in the agricultural soil

It's not just a problem in the ocean, they are everywhere

Study finds dangerous air pollution levels in subway systems in the US

The level of pollution is shocking.

In parts of Africa, a better economy means less pollution

Fewer people are using fires to manage land, which means less pollution.

Air pollution could be responsible for 1 in 5 adult deaths worldwide

That’s a staggering figure.

Mangroves are particularly at risk from plastic pollution from rivers, study finds

Plastics are everywhere, but not every ecosystem is affected the same way.

Air pollution is so bad in Bangladesh that it saved a man from deportation

He lives in France and has asthma, which would worsen in Bangladesh. It was argument enough for the court.

The Arctic is packed with microplastics, and a lot of them are polyester fibers

They may be tiny, but there's strength in numbers.

What if we kept the air as clean as it was in lockdown? Here's what we'd have to gain

Cities could save millions on public health costs and gain major economic benefits.

Mollusks are the most plastic-filled seafood in the world

Bad news for sushi.

Amazon's plastic packaging waste could encircle the globe 500 times

Most of the packaging isn't recycled and ends up in the ocean.

3D printing may be worse for your lungs than assumed

Nobody likes the fumes -- I hope?

In the Red Sea, an oil tanker rots -- it could create the largest spill in human history

There may finally be hope towards fixing the issue, however.

These are the companies that produce the most plastic

A lot of familiar names on this list.

Plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometers in just a few months

Researchers used geo-tagged 'message in a bottle' to track the plastic pollution.

Ate any clams recently? You've might have also had a side of microplastics

Scientists found microplastics in razor clams from the coast of Washington

The Clean Air Act in the US saved 1.5 billion bird lives over the past 4 decades

Clean air is good news for everyone!

A new study on biomass fuel says smoke is more damaging to lungs than we assumed

Don't breathe in.

The world's largest PET producer wants to triple its plastic recycling operations

If you want to reduce plastic pollution, southeast Asia is the perfect place to start.

Lockdowns shut whole economies down, but greenhouse gas levels are still rising

It worked for a time, but a more sustained effort is needed -- for our own sakes.

No place high enough to hide: microplastics found on Mt. Everest

Microplastics have been discovered from the depths of the ocean all the way to the highest mountain on Earth.

We're using flea treatments on our pets and it's polluting rivers and streams

Researchers couldn't believe just how prevalent the pesticides were.