Air quality, plastic waste, chemical contamination, and the environmental cost of industry.
Europe’s Waste Creates Value Elsewhere
Europe's new Circular Economy Act provides regulatory pathways to expand domestic recycling capacity and recover critical minerals from discarded prod…
Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires
Europe's wildfire season has reached catastrophic scale across France and Spain, with flames destroying record areas of land as the continent enters i…
Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning
Kenya Wildlife Service director general Erustus Kanga confirmed that 15 elephants died near a southern Kenya park over the past month from cyanide poi…
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
Monterrey, Mexico's largest industrial hub tied to US manufacturing supply chains, faces a severe air pollution crisis driven by heavy metal emissions…
Bananas could vanish from US school meals. Here’s why
The new Farm Bill restricts purchases of non-US foods in school lunch programs, threatening banana availability in American cafeterias and complicatin…
Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations
Mexico's government announced sweeping enforcement actions against industrial pollution after Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab investigations document…
Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Discharge of Toxic Metals from Coal Ash
Iowa environmental groups filed suit against the state's Department of Natural Resources over permits authorizing hazardous disposal at the Ottumwa co…
Herbicide banned in 70 countries to be pulled from sale in Australia by chemical maker
Syngenta announced it will cease selling paraquat in Australia following new regulatory restrictions on the herbicide. The chemical, already banned in…
‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites
Greece is pursuing UNESCO World Heritage status for Mount Olympus, the 2,918-meter peak that stands as the nation's highest mountain. Officials have c…
US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says
Marcos Orellana, a UN special rapporteur on hazardous substances, directly accused the United States of using Mexico as a dumping ground for industria…
Pollution context
Air quality, plastic waste, chemical contamination, and the environmental cost of industry.