Hot day prompts Sydney air pollution alert


Sydneysiders are being urged to avoid the outdoors due to air pollution caused by high ozone levels.

Worsening pollution in China stokes calls for coal curbs

China pollution



China's pollution

Pollution in Beijing was stuck at unhealthy levels for the sixth straight day, prompting warnings for people to stay indoors as thick grey smog shrouded the capital a week before the annual meeting...

China steps up coal capacity even as pollution mounts



Pollution findings prompt calls to cover coal wagons

coal train

Peter Hannam Findings that coal trains are leading to significant increases in particulate air pollution in the Newcastle region have prompted renewed calls for rail wagons to be covered.

China tries to cut pollution in 'Beige-jing'


Pollution disrupts sports, travel in China

Fog and pollution has descended on northern China, forcing international golf and tennis players to play in hazardous smog and leading to flight cancellations and road closures as millions of Chinese...

Outdoor air pollution leading cancer cause: WHO


The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans.

Shanghai residents warned for seventh day about heavy pollution

Smog in China

Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors for at least a seventh day this month, intensifying pressure on local authorities to control the worst smog since government monitoring began...

NSW bushfires: pollution levels soar 50-fold

People exercising through Sydney's smog from the intense bushfires.

Peter Hannam Residents in the Sydney region are being hit with air quality levels as much as 50 times worse than normal as pollution from the state's bushfires casts a pall of smoke over the city and beyond.

Bushfire smoke sends pollution levels skyward again


Peter Hannam Sydneysiders can expect another day of high smog levels as smoke from nearby bushfires blankets the city.

Dutch water resources at risk from pollution, climate change



Beijing under cloud as air pollution threat sparks emergency response

Ai Weiwei

Daryl Loo, Feiwen Rong BEIJING ordered government vehicles off the roads as part of an emergency response to ease air pollution that has smothered China's capital for the past three days, while warning the smog will...

China jails anti-pollution protesters after riot

China has sentenced 16 people to up to a year-and-a-half in prison for involvement in an environmental protest last July when a crowd of thousands ransacked government offices, the official Xinhua...

China pollution scare after 2200 pigs found dead

China pollution

Over 2,200 pigs have been found dead in one of Shanghai's main water sources, official media reported on Monday, triggering a public outcry.

Pollution battle to save the rare pink dolphins from extinction



Santos pollution alert as it pushes for more gas sites

Coal seam gas

Ben Cubby Polluted water appears to be leaking from an artificial lake at a troubled coal seam gas drilling site in the Pilliga Forest, in north-west NSW.

NSW government accused of altering coal pollution findings

coal train

The NSW government changed adverse findings of a report on coal train pollution to suit its political goals, a community action group says.

Flood risk 'doubled' by greenhouse pollution

Deborah Smith, SCIENCE EDITOR Scientists have shown for the first time that human activity has made extreme rainfall and floods around the globe worse in recent decades.

Abbott featherbedding pollution: Brown


There could be power shortages and a failure in energy investment if Opposition Leader Tony Abbott continues "featherbedding pollution", the Greens say.