Author: Kirsi Seppänen

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’Poisoning the Pacific’: New book details US military contamination of islands and ocean

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’Real and imminent’ extinction risk to whales

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Droughts are threatening global wetlands

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EU bank invests €120m to modernise power network in Hungary

The financing will cover the costs of the reinforcement of the electricity supply network, refurbishment of substations, overhead lines and underground cables and the installation…

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A business case for African battery recycling

This year, a pilot project was able to successfully ship lithium-ion batteries from Nigeria to Europe for recycling. Closing the Loop, Amsterdam, partners with electronic…

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Hokkaido municipalities to launch nuclear waste disposal site survey

 

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Over half UK’s 24m Halloween pumpkins destined for food waste

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Belgium uses giant ’vacuum cleaner’ to remove plastic from nature reserve

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E-car ‘Luca’: horsehair seats, ocean plastics chassis

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Japan fishermen oppose ’catastrophic’ release of Fukushima water to ocean

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Accepting the baton, Britain’s Prince William launches global environment prize

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Call for ban on processing scrap metal with WEEE

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Espoo on a crusade against food waste

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Japan wins war on plastic, but shoplifters bag hidden spoils

 

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Thailand passes strict ban on the importation of electronic waste

Environmental groups that had been calling for such a ban for several years applauded the move but now call for vigorous enforcement of the law,…

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In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water

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Tightening water security through rainwater harvesting

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September was the world’s hottest on record, EU climate change service says

Last month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East, and in parts of South…

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Pressure mounts on EU member states to meet plastic recycling goals

Currently, there is great disparity between member states, with some, like Germany and Denmark, already surpassing the target set out in the single use plastics…

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Researchers recycling grapevine waste into particle board for sustainable buildings

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