Pollution levels highly harmful to wildlife in quarter of England’s neighbourhoods, research finds
Friends of the Earth says pollution exceeds healthy levels for nature in 9,062 localities. More than a quarter of neighbourhoods in England have pollution levels that are highly harmful to wildlife, new data shows. Friends of the Earth has named 27.5% of areas “nature pollution hotspots” in new research. These are defined as places where air, water, noise and light pollution all exceed levels that are damaging to nature. Continue reading…