They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in ...

Children are “very much at risk” after a spike in dangerous particles caused by Glasgow's Union Street fire, an air pollution expert has warned. Emergency services responded to a blaze at a vape shop ...

Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government to urgently investigate a series of gas leaks reported in the Bille community in Rivers State, warning that the situation poses a serious ...

Scientists have just found a direct link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease—suggesting that improving air quality could be an important way to prevent dementia and protect older adults.

Eef Hogervorst receives funding from ISPF to investigate pollution in Indonesian neonates and stunted growth, a risk factor for later life dementia Air pollution has long been linked to heart and lung ...

On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An AI-powered platform generated at least 20,000 emails that helped defeat a proposal to phase out gas-powered ...

A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday. By Scott Dance Maxine Joselow and Eric Niiler ...

AROUND THIS time each year Delhi experiences a brief but magical spell. Spring arrives, gardens erupt in blossom, and for a week or two the sky even turns blue. The city’s 30m people stop obsessing ...

LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab is reviewing strategic options for its India-based Sprng Energy renewable power unit, the company said on Thursday. The British oil major said ...

The Trump administration delivered a deadly blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules that revoke the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate climate pollution ...

The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them. By Lisa Friedman ...