Brussels is finally bearing some teeth over the Volkswagen emissions scandal. European Consumer Commissioner Vera Jourova on Monday described so-called ‘Dieselgate’ as a pan-European challenge and said that the Commission is assessing...

Brussels is finally bearing some teeth over the Volkswagen emissions scandal. European Consumer Commissioner Vera Jourova on Monday described so-called ‘Dieselgate’ as a pan-European challenge and said that the Commission is assessing...

Volkswagen has suffered a 12 percent drop in quarterly profit at its main passenger car division. That was a big improvement on the three month period before that, but shows the challenges it still faces to overcome a scandal from the...

About 10 miles off the coast of Bermuda, scientists are analysing the health of the Atlantic ocean where human activities like overfishing and oil spills, are having terrible repercussions. A pioneering mission The Nekton Mission claims...

Helicopter overview with biologist Mario Moscatelli illustrates the extent of Olympic host city's water pollution

It's 40 days until the Rio Olympics and the list of challenges for the host city gets longer, CBC's Chris Glover reports

German vehicle maker Volkswagen AG is to pay more than 15.3 billion dollars – around 13.8 billion euros – in an historic settlement deal with government regulators and nearly 500,000 US diesel car owners. The agreement, which settles...

About eight million tons of plastic enters the oceans every year. And environmentalists have long sounded the alarm bell over this plastic pollution that is killing a huge number of seabirds and marine mammals. Fresh hope comes from the...

Urban sprawl is the reality for two out of three people living in Europe. This edition of Real Economy comes from the Spanish city of Valencia. As we move to urban economic powerhouses for jobs and opportunities we also have to deal with...

Tom Rand of MaRS Clean Tech and Ken Green of the Fraser Institute debate the future of the fuel

As Volkswagen announced its emissions-test cheating scandal was going to cost at least 16 billion euros to sort out, other German carmakers – including Mercedes-Benz, and Opel – said they will join VW and its subsidiaries Audi and...

Tech company in London has outfitted pigeons with backpacks equipped with monitors and GPS trackers to measure how much pollution is in the air

Mark Satov, strategy advisor and founder, Satov Consultants on some of the day's big topics

EU politicians have backed a compromise deal which will allow vehicles to exceed official pollution limits. It flies in the face of calls for more radical reform in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions test scandal. The vote only...

EU regulators want more powers to fine carmakers for faulty vehicles after the Volkswagen scandal. They want to be able to fine companies 30,000 euros per faulty car. VW had been found using special technology to cheat on emissions...

US regulators have rejected Volkswagen’s plans to fix 2.0 litre cars equipped with equipment which “cheated” emissions tests allowing them to emit 40 times the legal amounts of pollution. The California Air Resources board said the fix...

Volkswagen says a probe into carbon-dioxide emissions irregularities has found that far fewer cars were affected than previously thought. CO2 issue largely concluded #VWGroup https://t.co/Mme7gfwoyd— Volkswagen Group (@vwgroup_en)...

Volkswagen says a probe into carbon-dioxide emissions irregularities has found that far fewer cars were affected than previously thought. CO2 issue largely concluded #VWGroup https://t.co/Mme7gfwoyd— Volkswagen Group (@vwgroup_en)...

Heavy air pollution hangs in the air in Beijing and nearby regions

Despite Beijing announcing its first ever red alert for air pollution, smog is not a new phenomenon for the city’s residents. Many new devices can be found on the market today to bring the latest pollution forecasts to mobile phones,...

How is China going to make good on its COP21 promises? David Common reports from Shanghai

Vietnam's capital city, Hanoi, is set to take some strict measures to curb rising levels of pollution.

Vietnam's capital city, Hanoi, is set to take some strict measures to curb rising levels of pollution.

Tufnell Park children protest against plans for Ocado depot next to their school