16 Polish cities have already exceeded the permissible annual limit of air quality standards - informs the Polish Green Network. The list incudes cities: Krakow, Nowy Targ, and Wodzislaw Slaski.more
The European Commission has threatened Britain with court action and hundreds of millions of pounds in fines for persistently breaching EU limits on air pollution.more
Travelling by public transport exposes commuters to up to eight times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, a groundbreaking study found. In the latest evidence of the health risks posed by rising traffic levels, researchers found that drivers commuting in diesel cars did the most harm to the wellbeing of other travellers.more
Record numbers of three dolphin species found off Scotland's west coast were found during a survey by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT).more
A generation gap in attitudes towards cooking and eating is helping to fuel the UK's food waste mountain, research reveals, driven by time-poor millennials who do not understand the value of the food on their plate. more
An explosion and fire have occurred at the Flamanville nuclear plant on France's northern coast but there is no nuclear risk, officials say. Several people may have been injured in the blast, which happened in a machine room around 10:00 (09:00 GMT), Ouest-France newspaper reports.more