Pollution

British observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat

Part of a SpaceX rocket about the size of a bus slammed into the Moon on Aug 5.

Canada wildfire smoke blankets US Midwest, North-east with hazardous air

The sky in New York is tinged with an orange haze and the air smelled acrid on July 16.

India’s capital announces permanent anti-pollution curbs for toxic winter months

Traffic moves along a highway amidst air pollution in New Delhi, on Dec 18, 2025.

India’s New Delhi to ban new gas-powered scooters, trucks to fight pollution

Every winter, as cold temperatures trap emissions from traffic, construction and crop burning, New Delhi’s skyline turns a toxic gray.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 23, 2026

An Iranian woman walking past a mural depicting an Iranian and US negotiation table next to the former US embassy in Tehran.

Indian officials survey farms around Tata iPhone parts plant after water pollution warning

Tata Electronics is central to Apple’s push to diversify iPhone making beyond China.

Tata’s iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body alleges

The entrance of Tata Electronics Plant in southern India which makes iPhone components in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, on Sept 28, 2024.

Australia sues 3M for $1.82b over contamination from PFAS at defence sites

3M said it has never manufactured PFAS in Australia and ceased sales of the products at issue in the country roughly two decades ago.

Pope Leo decries ‘dizzying’ profits earned by companies that pollute

Pope Leo arriving for a meeting with mayors and faithful of various municipalities of the so-called "Land of Fires," an area long plagued by illegal toxic waste dumping and burning, in Acerra, Italy, on May 23.

Hanoi hits the brakes on petrol bike ban

Vehicular emissions account for more than half of the capital’s pollution problem but the city runs on two-wheelers.

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