Pollution

The Ganges contains millions of liters of untreated sewage, yet it is still used for bathing and drinking water.

“The perspective of Earth from space is incredible,” he writes. But the views from space “also show us changes; we need leadership to protect it.”

The islands attracted a record 8.77 million tourists in the year through March.

Experts couldn't measure just how bad the air pollution was because the sandstorm caused traditional measuring instruments to break.

Drone footage captured pits full of water that had been turned dark red by pollution.

High nitrogen dioxide levels have a “significant and negative association” with life satisfaction, according to a new study.

The summer months often bring more haze to Singapore.

The report also suggests building huge ventilation tunnels to create wind which will lift the smog from the city

Letting contaminants slowly diminish over time saves money for polluters, but could jeopardize drinking water supplies and cost taxpayers dearly.

Air pollution levels in the capital city are five times higher than in Beijing—and things are getting worse.

Kenya tops list of countries with the cleanest air.

Government says the social cost of carbon is $36 per every metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.

Dead zones are appearing in oceans due to pollution from agribusiness and sewage. Two U.S. estuaries in trouble: Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound.

A study found that Americans use too many bright lights at night, while Germany keeps its sky relatively unpolluted.

New figures show 80% of urban populations exposed to 'very high' pollution levels

The Georgia-Pacific factory made the small town prosper, but it could also be contaminating its air and waterways.

A battery recycling plant in Los Angeles spewed lead and arsenic into the atmosphere for decades—now poor Latinos are paying the price.

Campaigners are challenging the plan, which would allow 55 liners to moor on the Thames every year.

In Detroit’s industrial suburbs, toxic air is destroying generations of black residents while local and federal officials twiddle their thumbs.

Slick when frozen, a silicone finish doesn’t let ice stick.

The 'pigeon air patrol' record the nitrogen dioxide levels produced by London traffic.

The warning comes just a week after the city’s first ever red alert.

China says it will clean up its act, but when it's good and ready.

New York can reduce as much carbon pollution as Germany—the world’s sixth largest polluter—pumps out every year.

The testing, sparked by the Volkswagen cheating scandal, begins today.

The country’s future depends on keeping the holy river alive.

As more plastic reaches the oceans, more finds its way into animals’ bodies.

The project will pilot in San Francisco before it rolls out country-wide.

Nitrogen and phosphorous runoff creates blooms of algae that die, consuming oxygen.