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Hamburg Bans Diesel Cars on Two of Its Roads
Hamburg has banned older diesel vehicles on two of its roads in a bid to reduce pollution.
The move makes it the first German city to introduce such a ruling – the measure...
Romania Breaks Up Alleged €25m Illegal Logging Ring
Romania’s security forces have mounted a series of raids to break up an alleged €25m illegal logging ring, in what is believed to be the largest operation of its kind yet seen...
Electric Vehicle Sales More Than Doubled in 2017
A record number of electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in 2017, more than doubling the number of EVs on the road, a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA) found.The...
China Isn’t Taking Our Recycling: Here’s What We Could Do With It Instead
Last year, China announced that it is officially done accepting “foreign garbage.” That is: plastic and paper recycling scraps from the U.S. and Europe. Since March 1, the country has barred 24...
Meat and Fish Multinationals ‘Jeopardising Paris Climate Goals’
Meat and fish companies may be “putting the implementation of the Paris agreement in jeopardy” by failing to properly report their climate emissions, according to a groundbreaking index launched today.Three out of...
Two Studies Reveal Amazing Resilience of Older Forests
Maybe you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but two recent studies revealed that old forests around the world are full of surprises.In Europe, scientists working to complete the first ever...
Construction Delays Make New Nuclear Power Plants Costlier than Ever
The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found.A new analysis of the history of nuclear power...
5 Eco-Friendly Drinking Straw Alternatives So You Can Skip Plastic
Last week, New York City lawmakers introduced a bill banning plastic straws in all bars and restaurants in the Big Apple, joining the growing worldwide war against this environmental scourge.
"There are 500...
Honduran Villagers Take Legal Action to Stop Mining Firm Digging Up Graves for Gold
Nothing is sacred in the path of gold miners in northwestern Honduras – not even the dead.A transnational mining company, Aura Minerals, has been digging up graves in the 200-year-old cemetery near...
Scotland Draft Climate Change Bill Sets 90%-by-2050 Emission Reduction Target
New targets will set Scotland on course to become one of the first countries in the world to achieve a 100% reduction in carbon emissions, the Scottish government has claimed, although it...
Pollutionwatch: Air Contamination Drops by 30% in China
Beijing is slowly shedding its image as the world’s most polluted city. In 2013, it ranked as the 40th worst city for the particulate PM2.5 in the World Health Organisation global database....
Iceland first UK supermarket to trial deposit return scheme
Iceland has become the first supermarket in the UK to trial the plastic bottle deposit return scheme.
It has installed a reverse vending machine at its store in Fulham, London, as part of...
High CO2 Levels Make Rice Less Nutritious, Study Finds
Research published Wednesday in Science Advances found that rice grown with the higher atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations expected by the end of this century was less nutritious, signaling bad news for the...
Plastic Killed Most Sperm Whales Found Dead in Greek Waters Since 2001
More than a third of the sperm whales found dead in the eastern Mediterranean since 2011 were killed by plastic debris, researchers from the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute in Athens found.
Necropsies on...
Hitting Toughest Climate Target Will Save World $30tn in Damages, Analysis Shows
Achieving the toughest climate change target set in the global Paris agreement will save the world about $30tn in damages, far more than the costs of cutting carbon emissions, according to a...
World’s Largest Battery and Rapid-Charge Network Launches to Accelerate EV Adoption
London-based Pivot Power unveiled plans to build the world's first national network of grid-scale batteries and rapid-charge stations across the UK to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption and to usher in low-carbon...
