In Pullens Hope, your eyes itch and your nose clogs. It’s easy to figure out why.

The world’s social and financial systems must undergo a huge transformation to revive the natural world that is vital for human life, a major UN report has concluded.

The year 2019 has passed by in the blink of an eye. While we’re heading into the last month of the year, FreshPlaza will look back at the big events of the year. From protests to trade wars to environmental challenges, let’s take a look at what happened in 2019.

As the increasing restive public around the world are raising the pressure on governments to act more decisively to slow emissions amid evidence that catastrophic climate change is becoming an ever more real prospect, mitigation efforts have been gaining the most attention with measures designed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

While much of the public’s attention—and funding for scientific research—has been funneled into efforts that focus on the impact of plastics in marine environments, the ones in our soils may be just as serious a problem. In response, policymakers and scientists alike are starting to shift their attention to the negative impacts of plastics on land.

A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country’s citizens to an environment that isn’t harmful to their health.

The mostly deadly air pollution in South Africa seldom makes the press. It causes by far the most death, disease and permanent brain damage, but you almost never read about it in the newspapers or hear about it from green environmental groups

Agricultural pollution is a hot topic right now. Although farming is crucial to our modern way of life, it’s also responsible for a significant amount of pollution.

Bees and other beneficial bugs are disproportionately harmed by air pollution when compared to crop-destroying pests, a new study published in Nature Communications has found.