All news on the topic: Pollution

Testing conducted by Fulham Reach Boat Club in Hammersmith with River Action on Wednesday morning, following heavy rainfall the previous night, recorded 58,000 E. coli per 100ml of river water.

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.

State-owned Romanian energy firm Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA has declared much lower-than-average carbon dioxide emissions figures despite burning heavily-polluting low-grade coal, raising questions of whether it has skirted hundreds of millions in EU carbon taxes.

The findings come from the first continent-wide mapping of landfills, conducted by the Guardian, Watershed Investigations, and Investigate Europe.

Dead fish have been found in a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed.

Residents of a small Mississippi town are suing Drax Biomass after the company won a permit to become a “major source” of hazardous air pollution at a local wood pellet production plant.

Nearly 55 million gallons of sewage are endangering Hawaii’s coral reefs.

Local residents have hit out at the plans, claiming they will bring ‘un-ending havoc and pollution’

Italian prosecutors are carrying out an investigation into numerous officials and executives, including two Tirrenia-Moby employees who were interrogated on Wednesday, as part of a broad corruption case.

A state of emergency has been declared in Olomouc due to a train accident involving benzene. Approximately 350 tons of the toxic substance leaked into the groundwater, marking the largest pollution of its kind in the world.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has pledged to ensure "only rainwater" enters England’s largest lake.

Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area.

Experts criticise Defra’s decision not to use OECD definition of PFAS, with one asking if move is ‘politically based’

Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled.

Residents claim contamination from Angus Fire factory has left them trapped and unable to sell their homes

Continent is warming at much faster rate than other parts of world, leading to fires, drought and health problems

CEO and CFO given total of £616,000 for a year in which some residents struggled to go about daily lives

Southern Water says it wants to protect rare chalk streams, but campaigners say it could pollute the Solent

A leap in the number of cars on the roads of the Greater Manchester area could be the cause of a sharp rise in the number of children having to be hospitalised with breathing difficulties and lung problems