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Pollution

  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Climate legislation
    The Hague will become first city to ban fossil fuel ads by law

    Legally binding crackdown will include promotion of petrol cars, flights and cruise ships

    A passenger walks past a poster advertising Heathrow’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions at the airport’s Terminal 5
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Climate change
    UK court quashes Cumbrian coal mine plan

    Decision to block first new colliery in 30 years highlights shift away from fossil fuel projects under Labour government

    An artist’s impression of the proposed Woodhouse Colliery
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    News in-depthClimate Capital
    Pharma groups to tackle greenhouse gases from asthma inhalers

    GSK and AstraZeneca plan final trials to upgrade propellants that cause much of the sector’s carbon footprint

    A person pulls an asthma inhaler out of their jeans pocket
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Vera Songwe
    The fragmentation of carbon markets must be fixed

    Policymakers need to implement global standards if we are to scale up the role of credits

    Smoke billows from the chimneys of a factory in Dalian, China
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    UK infrastructure
    Water executives to face jail if they obstruct UK investigations

    New legislation gives regulator Ofwat extra powers on executive pay at utility companies

    Waste water flows out of a pipe into a river
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Houthi rebels to allow burning Red Sea oil tanker to be salvaged

    Fire onboard the Greek-owned Sounion had sparked warning of an imminent ‘ecological disaster’

    Flames and smoke rising from the Sounion oil tanker in the Red Sea on August 25 2024
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Maritime chief warns of oil spill risk from stricken Red Sea vessel

    The Sounion has a cargo of 1mn barrels of crude and is on fire after being attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen

    A photo of the stricken Sounion oil tanker
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Houthi movement
    Pentagon warns Red Sea tanker risks ‘environmental catastrophe’

    US says vessel targeted by Houthis appears to be leaking crude from its 1mn-barrel cargo

    Flames and smoke rise from the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    Can UK industry make carbon capture work?

    The technology offers huge benefits for polluters struggling to reduce emissions and meet climate goals, but it is untested at scale

    A worker at VPI Immingham power station
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Plastic pollution
    US to support global treaty aiming to reduce production of plastic

    Backing from one of world’s largest producers will boost prospect of UN agreement for manufacturing cap

    An art installation of a water tap leaking plastics while people clean up a beach in Chile
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    UK urged to ban leaded aviation fuel for small planes

    Calls to follow US and EU come after warnings over impact of toxic metal on human health

    A small aircraft
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    From the power of renewables to the wisdom of animals — new books on the environment

    The latest climate writing offers important messages on ways to wean the world off fossil fuels and protect its wildernesses

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Airlines
    UK watchdog bans ‘misleading’ Virgin Atlantic ad about sustainable fuel

    Airline rebuked for claims about first long-haul flight to be fully powered by cooking and animal fats

    Virgin Atlantic airline
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Thames Water
    Thames Water fined £104mn over sewage discharges

    Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water also sanctioned by regulator

    Thames Water’s Deephams Sewage Treatment Works in London
  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Climate change
    Brazil minister warns carbon credit buyers to beware fraud

    Environment minister Marina Silva says alleged criminal schemes in Amazon could harm reputation of credits

    Marina Silva during a news conference
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    UK ministers set to change environmental rules to boost housebuilding

    Property industry claims ‘nutrient neutrality’ regulations have halted construction of tens of thousands of homes

    A roofer works on a residential property construction site in Chelmsford
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Climate change
    US remains off track on climate pledge despite Biden green spending push

    Record clean energy investment fails to drive emissions cuts far enough to close the gap on UN climate goal

    US President Joe Biden speaks at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Carbon trading
    UN attacks companies’ reliance on carbon credits to hit climate targets

    Draft policy document pushes for corporate cuts in emissions rather than using multimillion-dollar carbon trading market

    An ExxonMobil refinery in Texas
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Risk of lead contamination in UK food chain should be assessed, says senior scientist

    Senior toxicologist warns about toxic metals leaking from disused mines, calls for urgent monitoring

    People dining out in London
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    Heathrow expansion
    Labour signals ‘open-minded’ approach to Heathrow third runway

    Controversial proposals for airport expansion would have to meet four tests, including on climate

    A BA plane comes in to land at Heathrow
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Paris Mayor swims in Seine as city cleans up river for Olympics

    Water quality has improved after heavy rains, boosting hopes bacteria levels will be low enough for athletes to compete

    Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo swimming in the Seine on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    ExplainerFT Guides
    Climate tech explained

    Your guide to the technologies and solutions that will help the planet reach net zero

    A green background with a black globe icon in the center, surrounded by white icons representing renewable energy sources such as solar panels, wind turbines, and electric plugs
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    FT GuidesClimate tech explained
    Climate tech explained: direct air capture

    Sucking carbon straight from the air could play a role in reaching net zero, provided costs come down

    Schematic moving image of a fan sucking in grey air and expelling cleaner air
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Water Services Regulation Authority UK
    Ofwat expands sewage probe to all water utilities in England and Wales

    Severn Trent, United Utilities, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy added to investigation

    An aerial view of sewage being processed at Thames Water’s Longreach Sewage Treatment Works
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    UK infrastructure
    UK plans to put failing water companies into ‘special measures’

    Proposals come as South East Water warns it needs investors to put more money into the business

    Surfers hold banners in a protest against water pollution
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