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Pollution

August 2024

  • Pollution and plant debris on the River Misbourne near the village of Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire

    Almost 500 chemicals found in England’s rivers and groundwater

  • Sewage floats on the River Thames in Datchet, Berkshire, in April

    UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

  • Thames Water was fined £104m by Ofwat.

    Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation

  • Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro, the abbot, poses for a portrait at with The HIPPO project at Wat Chak Daeng on July 30, 2024 in Bangkok. The HIPPO project by Seven Clean Seas, in collaboration with Wat Chak Daeng temple, uses a solar-powered vessel to collect plastic waste from Bangkok's Chao Phraya River and recycles it to reduce environmental pollution. Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro, the abbot, leads a project at Wat Chak Daeng that turns plastic waste into monk robes, upcycling around 40 tons of plastic since 2015 and serving as a model for environmental conservation. Photo by Lauren DeCicca for The Guardian

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    How a monk and a Hippo joined forces to tackle Bangkok’s plastic pollution

  • ‘It’s just raw profiteering’: the people refusing to pay their water bills in response to the sewage crisis

  • Almost quarter of big fashion brands have no decarbonisation plan, report finds

  • The first summer I …
    Sea swimming was my saviour. But the dumping of sewage changed everything

    Jo Bateman

July 2024

  • graphic illustration of a blender full of greens against a purple background

    Detoxification is a popular claim in wellness. But it’s just another lie

  • Athletes compete in the swimming stage in the Seine during the men's individual triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

    ‘Our bet paid off’: Paris celebrates Olympic triathletes’ swim in the Seine

  • white rectangular machine, with potted plant behind it, next to a crib

    Air purifiers: how do they work and who should get one?

  • Woodland on the North Downs near Abinger Hammer, Surrey: tall, ancient trees line a track. Autumn leaves have fallen but many green and orange leaves are still on the trees; the light shines through them.

    Goals to stop decline of nature in England ‘off track’, report warns

  • Wildfire smoke may increase the risk of dementia, study finds

  • The other petrostates
    Costly climate ‘solutions’ look like more pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced

  • ‘Do you mind listening to that with headphones?’ How one little phrase revolutionised my commute

    Hannah Ewens

  • Pollutionwatch
    Childhood air pollution directly linked to adult lung health, study says

  • The other petrostates
    UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions

  • Deafening concerts have turned Madrid stadium into ‘torture-drome’, say residents

  • Ulez expansion led to significant drop in air pollutants in London, report finds

  • The other petrostates
    ‘This used to be a beautiful place’: how the US became the world’s biggest fossil fuel state

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