All news on the topic: Pollution

Internal documents obtained by the BBC indicate that British multinational Shell continued operating a major oil pipeline in Nigeria for years despite awareness that it was causing extensive pollution.

Milk is affordable on supermarket shelves. But for farmers, high prices of essentials including fertilizer, fuel, and feed have prompted production costs to shoot up, forcing many to boost productivity by “going big”.

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has collected $9m (£6.6m) in unpaid fines from Amazon, which has been violating clean air regulations by leaving engines running on its parked vehicles.

Raw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is being pumped straight into the sea because the British overseas territory of Gibraltar does not have, and has never had, a wastewater treatment plant.

Trump's war in Iran has boosted the fortunes of US gas companies – and UK savers are unwittingly bankrolling their expansion.

The factory that produces the most pollution in France is using more coal than ever. In August 2025, ArcelorMittal Dunkirk took delivery of several thousand tonnes of coal from an extremely toxic mine in Mozambique.

Romanian state-owned energy company Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA has reported significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions than usual, despite using highly polluting low-quality coal. This has prompted speculation over whether it has potentially avoided paying hundreds of millions in EU carbon levies

The results originate from the inaugural continent-wide mapping of rubbish dumps, carried out by the Guardian, Watershed Investigations, and Investigate Europe

The Environment Agency has verified that deceased fish have been discovered in a river in Norfolk where an extensive area of white foam surfaced

Inhabitants of a small town in Mississippi are taking legal action against Drax Biomass following the company's acquisition of a permit designating their local wood pellet production facility as a "major source" of dangerous air pollution

Approximately 55 million gallons of sewage are putting Hawaii’s coral reefs at risk

Italian prosecutors are conducting an investigation into numerous officials and executives, including two Tirrenia-Moby employees who were questioned on Wednesday, as part of an extensive corruption case.

Campaign group We Own It says eight suppliers in England handed out more than £1.35billion in payouts between them in the last financial year

An Asthma expert has revealed six common, every day triggers that you may be unaware of that could be making your asthma symptoms a whole lot worse. Here's what to look our for.

The charity Surfers Against Sewage warned about the effluent on beaches on its website. The organisation said there were storm sewage issues within the last 48 hours in a number of areas

The amount of sewage dumped into our rivers and seas last year doubled in quantity, but the fat cats are still drawing obscene bonuses

We are paying the price for the disastrous privatisation of the water companies, with firms paying out billions of pounds to shareholders which should have been spent on cleaning up our rivers

A study calls for air quality assessments to be mandatory at the proposal and planning stage of any new school building - as children are more susceptible to the 'harmful effects' of pollution

This amounts to over 200 billion plastic water bottles bought nationwide - with over a quarter admitting they regularly buy them

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, 9, from south-east London, died after an asthma attack in 2013 having been exposed to air pollution and now her mum is suing the Government for compensation

People around the world rely on rivers for their freshwater to drink and wash in but many of the biggest across the planet are polluted beyond the point of human consumption

Tourists were shocked to discover a beach covered in plastic bottles and other litter with waters full of garbage and children building sandcastles surrounded by waste

Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle, Leicester, Coventry, Hull and Bradford have the highest levels of air pollution in the country, a recent fieldwork study has revealed

Other locations where pollution is more than twice the recommended levels include Newcastle, Leicester, Coventry, and Hull, the research found