Pollution news headlines

A distressing photo has been captured showing a dolphin calf entangled in a fishing line in Perth's Swan river. 

It's the equivalent of taking 7800 cars off the road but scientists warn it's not enough, and could even be a distraction.

Residents in Perth should avoid swimming, diving, kayaking, jet-skiing, and fishing in areas of scummy water, health officials say.

A maimed shark has been filmed swimming off the NSW mid-north coast with a plastic ring stuck around its neck.

More than a billion people from one region of Earth risk dying years earlier than they should due to foul air.

The ship was completely overturned by the time rescuers arrived at the scene

The scientists sustained enough fusion energy to power 12,000 households using just 0.2 milligrams of fuel.

The hazardous material was found at electrical sub stations and a highway landscaping project.

Almost all beaches south of Narrabeen on the Northern Beaches have a red warning of high contamination levels.

Tasmania's polluted coastline is threatening the health of marine life and even humans.

Hertz, which has made a big push into electric vehicles in recent years, has decided it's time to cut back.

Dyson's new research shows indoor air pollution in Australia can be even worse than outside.

When blistering extreme heat gripped India's capital, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling.

Popular spots like Bronte Beach, Brighton le Sands Baths and Tamarama Beach are some of the 34 swimming spots under warning.

The huge expanses of floodwaters in Far North Queensland are ideal breeding grounds for tropical diseases, say authorities.

Australian food company Primo Foods will fork out $150,000 after thousands of litres of wastewater from its Western Sydney processing plant allegedly polluted a nearby river.

Nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week.

The stench from the waste facilities has long been an issue with residents raising concerns for years.

Scientists are concerned the dramatic drop means the vast continent could be starting to heat the ocean.

The novel move comes amid warnings the textile industry is set to become the world's second biggest polluter.

The Albanese government is planning to give the uptake of electric cars a big push.

The majority of the plastic comes from a human industry, however between 10 and 20 per cent of the total volume can be traced back to a devastating natural disaster.

China's sprawling capital Beijing has been blanketed with floating sand and dust this week. The highest warning possible for a sandstorm has been issued across the city.

Six of the world's seven species of marine turtle occur in Australian waters. All six are listed as endangered or vulnerable.

Water bosses have revealed the disgusting hazards they have to deal with under the ground.

Fremantle MP Josh Wilson said Parliament should not gloss over the "risks and uncertainty" in the huge defence project.

A group of people left major environmental damage at the Queensland reserve.

The report wasn't all good news for Australia, with several monitoring stations in most capital cities exceeding the healthy limits.

Skyscrapers in Beijing disappeared into the haze and air quality plummeted as China's capital was enveloped in a dust storm and heavy pollution on Friday.

Heavy rain and unseasonably warm weather over the past week have caused many rivers to fill with trash.

The legislation currently being drafted by the Greens proposes huge fines if cigarette manufacturers refuse to clean up discarded butts left in public places.

It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the planet.

Some of the 200,000 residents who live in Bhalswa say the area is uninhabitable, but they can't afford to move and have no choice but to breathe the toxic air and bathe in its contaminated water.

The collapse of Australia's largest soft plastic recycling scheme this week amid revelations of secret stockpiling has revealed serious shortcomings in recycling supply chains and dented customers' confidence in such schemes.

From November 1, NSW will move to ban a wide range of single-use plastics.

A World War II shipwreck is still leaking explosives and other toxic elements into the ocean floor of the North Sea more than 80 years after it was sunk.

Victoria's environmental regulator has been accused of allowing three coal-fired power stations to contaminate the air with millions of tonnes of pollution.

A patch of trash almost the size of Queensland is now more than 100,000 kilograms lighter as a group funded by donations tackles the environmental nightmare.

Hundreds of volunteers are working to help collect dead fish.

A fresh push is underway to clean up a notoriously polluted waterway in Sydney's south-west.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia's attack on a chemical plant in the country's east as "madness".

A male lion was feasting on its prey when it locked onto a photographer with a glaring yellow eye.

An "overlooked" issue was responsible for nine million deaths in 2019 and 16 per cent of all deaths globally.

Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new US government study found.

Complaints by hundreds of western Sydney residents over bad smells has led to the prosecution of a waste management and recycling company.

Australia has been deemed a "climate laggard" on par with Saudi Arabia, with the 2022 Green Future Index ranking the nation fifty-second on a list of 70 countries.

An Australian-led study has found varying concentrations of microplastics in mussels sampled from both popular and remote beaches across South Australia.

Melbourne's air quality had dropped after 23 planned burns over the weekend blanketed the city in smoke.

Pollution levels in Cockburn are nearly double global safety standards, according to new data from the World Quality Air Index

Armidale has the worst air pollution in Australia, with a new report revealing the New South Wales town exceeds the safety guidelines of the World Health Organisation by more than double.