With only 74 remaining in the wild, time is running out to save southern resident killer whales, especially after two died this summer.
This week, the Canadian government announced a slew of measures...
Just five countries hold 70% of the world’s remaining untouched wilderness areas and urgent international action is needed to protect them, according to new research.
Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) and...
Poisonous air estimated to cause premature deaths of 7 million people a year worldwide.
In addition to having a deadly impact on people’s physical health, air pollution is now also believed to be responsible for...
A new study shows these nations’ domestic policies do not live up to their nationally determined contributions.
Only 16 countries have domestic greenhouse gas reduction targets clearly matching their Paris Agreement commitments.
That’s according to...
A small Hawaiian island that was an important habitat for endangered species has entirely disappeared, The Huffington Post confirmed Tuesday.
East Island in the French Frigate Shoals, an atoll around 550 miles northwest...
Surabaya’s recycling incentive scheme allows trash to be traded for tickets.
The Indonesian city of Surabaya is now offering free bus rides in exchange for handing in used plastic bottles and cup.
The country’s second-largest city...
More than one million people die each year in China from particulate matter air pollution, but despite 15 years and billions of dollars of efforts to clean up the country's air, dangerous winter smog persists.
Now,...
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has launched a consultation on the proposals.
Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds could be banned within a year in England under government plans to reduce pollution.
Environment Secretary...
A year after researchers at a New York university discovered microplastics present in sea salt thanks to widespread plastic pollution, researchers in South Korea set out to find out how pervasive the problem is—and...
If people had been doing this to other people, we’d call it genocide. Yet that’s what people have been doing to Borneo’s orangutans: perpetrating a form of eco-genocide against them. In this...
They will monitor and check compliance of vehicles with the type-approval regulation and the new emissions limits.
Two additional facilities that will carry out vehicle emissions testing before they are rolled out on the roads...
Research in Taiwan has show a link between very high levels of air pollution and oral cancer.
High levels of air pollution are linked to an increased risk of mouth cancer, new research...
One way of mitigating the adverse effects of man-made climate change is to plant trees. The more trees there are, the more CO2 they absorb from the atmosphere, thereby alleviating the greenhouse...
Ah, those lithium batteries in our phones. They tend to go flat just when we need them most. Then again, that’s Murphy’s law for you, isn’t it? Encouragingly, lithium-ion batteries are getting...
The Environmental Audit Committee has written to 10 retailers to find out how they are mitigating them
They include Marks and Spencer, Primark, Next, Arcadia, Asda, TK Maxx and Homesense, Tesco, JD...
The state of Michigan and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced a deal Wednesday to replace controversial aging pipelines that environmental groups worried put Lakes Michigan and Huron at risk for an oil spill, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Under...
