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Diesel cars sold in 2015 emit 50% more NOx emissions than anyone thought

The 'Diesel Gate' scandal runs deep and its effects will be widely felt for many years to come.

New method can remove small, but dangerous, amounts of chemicals from freshwater

It could remove almost all traces of pesticides, medication, and detergents.

Why Banning Styrofoam Will Improve the Environment

Styrofoam needs to go!

U.S. National Parks are too noisy

It's hard to even to hear a bird sing.

Wild dolphins' immune systems are failing because of ocean pollution

Things are not looking good.

Deep groundwaters are not safe from modern pollution, study finds

Not good.

New nanotech sponge sucks mercury from water in less than 5 seconds!

One basketball-sized sponge could clean an entire lake.

Bacteria from sewage are infecting coral reefs

Because the corals don't have it bad enough.

Hydraulic Fracking leaks much more often than we thought

These oil and gas wells spill pretty often to the surface, a new study found.

London to introduce £10 ($12) vehicle tax for polluting cars

The announcement comes after a disastrous couple of months for London in terms of air quality.

US President signs bill that overturns transparency rule for oil companies. Trump's war on common sense is on

“This is a big signing, very important signing,” Trump said after he signed a bill that will basically make it impossible to check corruption of US oil&mining corporations operating abroad.

British supermarket chain will start using trucks powered by food waste

Waitrose, a British upscale supermarket, has become the first major European company to use trucks powered by food waste.

Johnson&Johnson to remove plastic from swabs, switch to paper

You can flush as many of these babies as you like.

Nowhere is safe from mankind -- high levels of pollution found even in the deepest oceans

Nowhere on Earth is safe from humanity's impact.

Information about the world’s water at your fingertips

Now water is even more precious than ever!

JAXA's mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether

Cleaning up is hard.

UV-printed text allows sheets to be reset and re-used 80 different times

This message will self-erase in five to more days.

Trump orders media blackout at the EPA, tells employees to 'cut climate change webpage'

The Trump administration has effectively banned scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from talking to the media.

London toxic air alert goes to 'very high'

Londoners are warned not to engage in any strenuous physical activity as Britain's capital battles rough pollution.

China's smog was so bad you could barely see its skyscrapers from air

As we previously reported, China is experiencing a dramatic smog crisis - again.

The fish that evolved to survive toxic pollution 8,000 times the lethal dose

A mutant success story.

All London buses will be green by 2018

This is the end for London's dirty buses.

Paris, Madrid, Athens, Mexico City to ban all diesels by 2025, mayors announce

Maybe VW shouldn't have cheated on their emissions tests.

Canada set to join US in banning microbeads

An important move for protecting wildlife and the environment.

Scientists are trapping more and more CO2 into volcanic basalt

Storing CO2 underground might be one pivotal for our climate future.

NASA tells us which plants to buy for cleaner air -- in 100% infographic format

Plants > Chemicals.

Number of plastic bags found on UK shores almost halved after just 5p tax

A few cents can make a big difference.

Smog kills more than 400 people in Iran's capital Tehran

Unprecedented levels of smog pollution in Iran's capital have killed over 400 people.

ClientEarth vs UK Gov. verdict announced, officials have to tackle the problem

Their previous plans to clean the air were ruled to fall illegally short of the mark.

Aerial survey shows the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' is much larger than we thought

In case you didn't know, there's a huge garbage patch floating around in the Pacific.

A WHO report says 92% of humans breathe dangerously polluted air

Canned air doesn't seem like such a publicity stunt now, does it?

Rotterdam's new sharks will eat all the trash in the port's waters

Not really Jaws but they'll do the trick.

Pollution particles reach the brain, new study finds

Tiny pollution particles have been discovered in brain samples, a finding described as "dreadfully shocking" by researchers.

Transportation takes lion share of carbon emissions in U.S. after 40 years -- both good and bad news

Basically, it's because coal is done and gone.

People are dumping goldfish into an Australian river and they're growing huge -- by destroying the ecosystem

Tank'em, don't dump'em.

Google used DeepMind to cut their electricity bill by a whopping 15%

That adds up to a lot of money.

Climate change pushing clouds higher into the atmosphere, shifting them towards Earth's poles

These movements could in turn help speed up global warming.

Light pollution causes spring to come earlier

The night light burns bright.

Florida's coastlines are choke-full with guacamole-like algae blooms

Just as green, but with 1000% more "ew."

Adidas to award first 50 pairs of recycled ocean trash sneakers

The company has chosen to award the shoes via a raffle system on Instagram

Switzerland soon to open first carbon capture plant: interesting engineering or plain stupid?

No later than October, Climeworks expects to open the first ever commercial carbon dioxide capture plant in the world, near Zurich.

Fracking caused widespread contamination in North Dakota, new study finds

Wastewater spills from hydraulic fracking in North Dakota caused widespread water and soil contamination, a new Duke University study finds. Hydraulic fracking involves injecting highly pressurized fluids into subsurface rocks, creating a system of fissures through which the hydrocarbons can escape. There are many environmental issues associated with this technique, one of them being that the entire […]

97% of Diesel Cars Don't Respect Official Pollution Limits

According to the most comprehensive set of data, almost no diesel cars respect pollution limits.

Almost all of China's rural water is undrinkable, cities aren't doing much better either

It could be water, and not air pollution that’s China’s biggest problem. The Chinese government has published some extremely worrying statistics about the water quality in rural areas, showing that over 80% of it is not drinkable due to contamination from industry and farming. Considering the government’s tendency to underestimate pollution levels, it seems safe to […]

Researchers find hundreds of methane leaks at well pads in nation-wide thermal imaging study

The Environmental Defense Fund’s Oil and Gas program has released a new nation-wide report of the most common sites of methane leaks at oil and gas pads. Surprisingly, most of the leaks were traced back to faulty piping, vents or doors on gas tanks in newer, not older, wells.

NASA plans to make airplanes cleaner and 50% more fuel efficient by reviving the wing truss

NASA plans to improve today's planes with a blast from the past -- re-implementing a structure known as a wing truss would reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions of common commercial aircraft by as much as 50%, according to computational models.

BP to pay US government $20.8 billion fine for Gulf oil disaster

A federal judge has approved the $20.8 bn settlement for BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This fine will account for civil claims against the company set forth by the Department of Justice and five Gulf states. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch previously called the settlement “the largest with a single entity in American […]

Fracking is indeed causing earthquakes, new research finds

A survey of a major oil and natural gas-producing region in Western Canada founds evidence that hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" does indeed cause earthquakes in the region.

India's Bakey edible spoon does two of my favorite things: limits dishes and plastic waste

India-based company Bakeys has started producing edible spoons to try and fight world-wide plastic waste from disposable cutlery. Not only eco-friendly, but also delicious!

A woman's tweet sparked a much needed discussion about food and waste... but there's a twist

A London-based customer of Whole Foods tweeted a photo of peeled oranges, packed in plastic. Her photo and comments are on point.