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Pollution

In Vietnam, the dark side of artisanal recycling

Asia / Pacific

Iran hits by severe air pollution

Middle East

Delhi’s pollution is a crisis of democracy as much as public health, citizens say

Analysis
Asia / Pacific
Press Review

Tehran's drought, New Delhi's pollution: Two capitals at imminent risk of becoming unliveable

Environment

India sees rare protest over pollution: Dozens arrested in New Dehli

Asia / Pacific
Down to Earth

Make it rain: New Delhi trials cloud seeding to combat deadly smog

Environment

General strike and protests paralyse Tunisia's Gabes over pollution crisis

Africa

Tunisia: Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils

Africa

Tunisians rally for closure of chemical factory blamed for spike in poisonings

Africa

Tunisian activists urge closure of factory units after poisonings

Africa
Business

French startup takes plastic waste and turns into construction material

Transforming 'waste into resource': Converting ocean pollution & marine debris into renewable energy

Environment

Scientists announce that 7 of 9 key 'planetary boundaries' have been crossed

Environment

UN treaty to protect oceans to take effect after crossing ratification threshold

Environment

The Bright Side: Earth's ozone layer is healing thanks to international action, UN says

Environment

US to stop collecting emissions data from country's biggest polluters

Environment
Down to Earth

Is the Mediterranean turning into plastic soup?

Environment

Inside the fight to save the Mediterranean Sea from plastic pollution

Tourism surge is driving up pollution in Antarctica, scientists warn

Antarctica

Fighting plastic pollution: Rwanda wants to lead by example

EYE ON AFRICA

UN plastic pollution treaty talks extended by a day as no agreement reached

Experts grapple with scale of plastic pollution in oceans

Environment

'We have missed a historic opportunity': Plastic pollution treaty talks end in deadlock

Environment

Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty

Macron urges adoption of UN plastics treaty to address 'public health emergency'

Europe

Mermaid’s tears: How tiny plastic pellets are flooding the environment

Explainer
Environment

Fighting plastic pollution: UN's landmark treaty in the making

A 'plastic-free future'? UN plastic pollution talks kick off in Geneva

Europe

Plastic-clogged 'Thinker' sculpture highlights pollution crisis as UN treaty talks begin

Europe
Down to Earth

Want to shrink your carbon footprint this summer? Try slow travel!

France

Recent European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths, scientists estimate

Environment

France wildfire shuts down Marseille airport

France
Entre Nous

Seine-sational swimming: Paris takes the plunge!

France
Focus

In the Netherlands, drug crime leaves a toxic trace on the environment

Europe

Climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, 60 top scientists warn

Environment
Perspective

Bhopal disaster 'continues to kill people even today', leading activists warn

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Fighting air pollution: Cars no longer welcome in French city of Lyon

France
The Debate

Clothes at what cost? French fast fashion bill puts onus on Chinese brands

Europe

UN Oceans Summit: Marine pollution high on the agenda

French Senate adopts bill to regulate fast fashion industry

France

Sails, batteries and AI: What a green revolution in maritime transport might look like

Analysis
Europe

As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis

Explainer
Environment

EU outlines new roadmap on marine conservation ahead of UN ocean summit

Europe

French consumer group sues Nestlé and French ministers amid bottled water scandal

France
A propos

Fast fashion's business model means firms 'cannot claim to operate sustainably', expert says

Environment
The Debate

Bottled watergate: Why did French government cover for Perrier?

Environment

Rethinking management of natural resources: Filtration of bottled water just the tip of the iceberg

France

‘Victim of its success’: Is France's beloved comté cheese bad for the environment?

Explainer
Europe

🌟The Bright Side: Swimming in the Seine to become reality for Parisians

🌟The Bright Side: Swimming in the Seine to become reality for Parisians

France
Reporters

PFAS 'forever chemicals': Citizens take on industrial giants in quest for justice

Europe
Focus

Italy's 'Land of Fires': Residents poisoned as mafia dumps toxic waste

Europe

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal industry

Americas
Entre Nous

Is Paris's air about to get dirtier?

France
Eye on Africa

Nigeria: Shell, Renaissance to face legal action over mining licence transfer deal

Africa
Down to Earth

Denim revolution: How plants and tech are cleaning up jeans' dirty secret

Environment
Focus

Nightmare in paradise: Canary Islands face wastewater crisis

Europe

Tanker hired by US military ablaze off UK after being hit by container ship

Europe
Focus

Forever pollution: Zwijndrecht, a Belgian town contaminated by PFAS

Europe

French city of Nice backtracks on big cruise ship ban

Europe

France's parliament votes to limit use of man-made 'forever chemicals'

Europe

France's parliament votes to ban some uses of 'forever chemicals'

France

Microplastics found at higher concentrations in human brains

Environment
Down to Earth

Sewage scandal: The dirty secret polluting England and Wales

Europe
Eye on Africa

London hearing over Shell's Niger Delta activity: Plaintiffs sue for oil spills

Africa

Donald Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’ meets the reality of fracking in rural Pennsylvania

On the ground
Americas

French banks make millions from fossil fuel investments polluting the Amazon basin

Explainer
Americas

Four French banks respond to Camisea project report

France
Reporters

Exclusive: Top French banks and the dirty gas business in Peru’s Amazon

Americas
Access Asia

Bhopal gas tragedy, 40 years on: Indian authorities finish moving toxic waste from site

Asia / Pacific

Milan prohibits all outdoor smoking in Italy's toughest ban to date

Europe
Focus

India: Forty years on, Bhopal disaster still plagues local residents

Asia / Pacific