Pollution
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Londoners overwhelmingly back Sadiq Khan’s air pollution crackdownSome 15,000 people responded to the mayor’s air quality consultation, with 79% backing plans to bring forward restrictions on polluting vehicles, reports BusinessGreen
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Deepwater Horizon review – Mark Wahlberg v BP in angry disaster movieThe actor is a believable everyman engineer in a harrowing, courageous account of the 2010 oil rig tragedy – and the corporate greed that caused it
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Getting to grips with London's road traffic congestionThe London Assembly is investigating how the mayor and Transport for London can prevent clogged roads suffocating the capital
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The polluting effect of wear and tear in brakes and tyresPollutionwatch Some wear-particles from brakes and tyres are small enough to be inhaled, and the increase in wear-particles can outweigh the benefits of improvements in exhaust emissions
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Call to halt Great Australian Bight oil drilling amid faulty equipment fearsExclusive: MPs and activists want BP’s exploration licences to be suspended over ‘very critical safety issue’ identified by US regulators
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Urine luck, San Francisco: subway to spray stench from elevatorsBay Area Rapid Transit authorities plan to use enzyme mists and open underground restrooms in an attempt to reduce odor-causing bacteria in subway
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Air pollution costs trillions and holds back poor countries, says World BankStudy finds dirty air takes huge economic toll on poor countries and costs the world more than $5tn annually in lost work days and welfare costs
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Leading ocean advocacy groups join forces to tackle microfiber pollutionIn a sign that the tide is turning against toxic microplastics, a new coalition has been formed to try to stop microfibers from poisoning our oceans
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Investigation ordered as Russian river turns redPipeline is feared to have broken in Arctic city of Norilsk, where Daldykan river runs close to nickel-producing factory
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The Black Lives Matter protesters were right: air pollution is a race issueGlobally, it’s those who have done least harm to the environment who are hit hardest by its degradation. And that’s true in London too
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How the ‘Great Paradox’ of American politics holds the secret to Trump’s successThe Long Read: In the heartland of the American right, people harmed by polluting industries have instead come to hate the government whose environmental regulations protect them. Now they’re voting for Donald Trump
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Climate change is a racist crisis: that’s why Black Lives Matter closed an airportToday’s BLM protest at London City airport makes perfect sense: whether it’s via air pollution or police detention, race inequality is alive and kicking in Britain
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Turkish coal plants in line for public subsidiesMPs and campaigners warn new amendment could open the door to dirty, harmful coal projects with no means to demand environmental assessments
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Palm oil firm accused of hiring men to kidnap smog inspectors in IndonesiaSeven people from a ministry of environment team documenting illegal forest fires were taken hostage and threatened, ministry says
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Australia seeks $120m for Great Barrier Reef damage from Chinese coal shipFederal court hears crash site was contaminated with paint particles tainted with tributyltin but carrier’s owner says cleanup cost ‘unsubstantial and unrealistic’
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Toxic air pollution particles found in human brainsDetection of ‘abundant’ magnetite particles raises concerns because of suggested links to Alzheimer’s disease
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Havana's dirty truths: rubbish-strewn streets spark anger at city's failingsAmid all the stories of Cuba’s new prosperity, residents of its capital are growing frustrated by the daily reality of uncollected rubbish, overflowing sewage and water leaks – and asking: ‘Why did Havana become like this?’
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First they came for our plastic bags, now they’re coming for our coffee cupsHaving led the way with the coalition’s popular 5p bag levy, the Lib Dems have another cunning plan ...
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How the microbead ban could help solve a massive problem – videoA poll from Greenpeace found that almost two thirds of people in the UK think microbeads should be banned
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UK government to ban microbeads from cosmetics by end of 2017Found in beauty products, tiny pieces of plastic which can harm marine life will be banned from sale in the UK from the end of 2017, government will announce
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Fuel economy: just two cars deliver advertised mileage, tests showThousands of models are 30% worse on average when measuring miles per gallon in real-world conditions, according to comprehensive new data
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How the domestic chicken rose to define the AnthropoceneOver the past 70 years, the bird has become a global staple, and could be the key fossil evidence for human-influenced epoch
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Breastfeeding, air pollution and sudden infant death syndromeLetters: It was disappointing that there was no reference to the strong protective effect of breastfeeding in the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (Sids) in the commentary on Peter Fleming’s important and seminal work on this topic
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Emissions from new diesel cars are still far higher than official limitSeveral manufacturers have launched models that produce more pollutants when driven in real-world conditions
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Lead and arsenic in soil forces Indiana project residents to abandon homesOver 1,000 people in West Calumet confronted with displacement after officials move to demolish complex where EPA confirmed high lead levels decades ago
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UK air quality shows little improvement over past 20 years, says studyAcademics say planners are concentrating on reducing road deaths and promoting growth at expense of environment
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The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced ageExperts say human impact on Earth so profound that Holocene must give way to epoch defined by nuclear tests, plastic pollution and domesticated chicken
Extreme cities Where the river runs red: can Norilsk, Russia's most polluted city, come clean?