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How did Canada end up with worse air quality than the US?
Year of devastating wildfires meant Canadians were breathing worse air than southern neighbours for first time...
Water firms’ profits in England and Wales almost double since 2019, find Lib Dems
Party to call for measures to stop companies prioritising profit over environment at spring conferenceWater companies...
Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive
Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiativeThames Water...
Row over possible River Cam bathing spot frequented by Darwin and Lord Byron
Proponents of ‘bathing waters’ designation say it would force action on sewage but others worry about...
UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant
Campaigners say Ineos project in Antwerp will turbocharge plastic production on a scale not seen before...
Queensland school among 25 entities supplied with mulch that could be contaminated with friable asbestos
Revelation comes amid NSW asbestos crisis after contaminant found in mulch at more than 60 Sydney...
Shell must clean up pollution before it leaves Niger delta, report says
Firm told it must take responsibility for toxic legacy of pollution and safe decommissioning of abandoned...
Thousands of NSW students to stay home after asbestos found in mulch at two more Sydney schools
Positive tests recorded at schools in Marsden Park and Orchard Hills takes total number of sites...
Second Sydney primary school among four more sites testing positive for asbestos contamination
Single piece of bonded asbestos found in a garden bed at Allambie Heights public schoolExclusive: Testing...
Testing regime meant to stop toxic chemicals going into NSW landscape products gamed by suppliers
Exclusive: Manufacturers retest contaminated soil fill until it ‘complies’ with regulations and can then be used...
Heavy metals and E coli: raw sewage at US-Mexico border a ‘public health crisis’
The Tijuana River flows through Mexico and empties off California, carrying pathogens and chemicals and threatening...
Vets urged to stop giving pesticide flea treatments after river pollution study
Exclusive: Pet owners risk contaminating their hands with neurotoxins for at least 28 days after application,...
Asbestos found in mulch at new sites across Sydney following earlier Rozelle parklands discovery
Hazardous material found in mulch at railway substations in Dulwich Hill, Canterbury and Campsie and alongside...
Mulch containing asbestos found at Rozelle parklands may have been used at other Sydney sites
Testing reveals ‘low-risk’ contamination in samples taken from mulch near Rozelle playground, Transport for NSW saysFollow...
‘Queen of trash’ and employees arrested over Sweden’s ‘largest environmental crime’
Bella Nilsson’s company NMT Think Pink accused of illegally dumping tens of thousands of tonnes of...
Netherlands warns children not to swallow sea foam over PFAS concerns
‘Forever chemicals’ at Dutch resorts comparable to high concentrations detected along Belgian coast, study findsThe Dutch...
Pregnant women near farms had higher weedkiller levels during spraying season
Urine found to contain ‘significantly’ increased concentrations of glyphosate, which is associated with fetal problemsPregnant women...