Author: Kirsi Seppänen

Germany’s Constitutional Court largely upheld several complaints against the European Central Bank’s purchase of government bonds under a program started in 2015 and meant to…

General Electric announced Monday it will cut an additional 10,000 jobs from its aviation sector as the coronavirus pandemic decimates the industry, forcing companies to…

Mink have contracted coronavirus, adding to the list of animals known to be at risk of catching the virus. Mink at two fur farms in…

The human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder, wider and sooner than previously believed, according to a study that shows a billion people…

Workers in hospitality, tourism and other industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as parents have appealed to the government for more financial and…

This spring, New York’s commercial waste sector was planning to submit bids for a transformative new franchise zone system. Instead, haulers are now dealing with…

According to the data of the Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), the EU countries exported 31 million tons of waste in…

The average Brit will get through 242 plastic bottles, 109 single-use coffee cups and 209 crisp packets each year, according to research. Research polling 2,000…

A typical nuclear reactor uses only a small fraction of its fuel rod to produce power before the energy-generating reaction naturally terminates. What is left…

All of the defining images of the coronavirus pandemic seem to feature one thing: plastic. The coronavirus crisis has sparked a personal protective equipment (PPE)…

Access to drinking water in Niamey, the capital of Niger, will soon be improved. The President of the Republic of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, has finally…

Greenhouse gas emissions regulated under Europe’s carbon market fell by 8.7% last year, with a large fall from the power industry helping to offset a…

Environmental activists delivered a petition to a special session of the Swiss parliament on Monday demanding that a government aid package should promote a ”green…

Poliisin tilastojen mukaan rikoslakirikosten kokonaismäärä on laskenut, mutta kotihälytysten, rattijuopumusten ja ylinopeuksien määrät ovat nousussa. – Kotihälytysten määrä on noussut etenkin häiritsevän metelin ja häiriökäyttäymisen…

Kansliapäällikkö Jaana Husu-Kallio kirjoittaa biotalous.fi-sivustolla YK:n kansainvälistä kasvinterveysvuotta koskevassa blogissaan kasvinterveyden merkityksestä. Hän painottaa, että erityisesti näin keväällä on parasta aloittaa kaikenlainen ruoantuotanto mahdollisimman puhtailla…

Ympäristöministeriö sekä Espoon, Helsingin, Vantaan ja Turun kaupungit neuvottelevat vapaaehtoisesta green deal -sopimuksesta työmailla syntyvien päästöjen vähentämiseksi. Sopimus on tarkoitus allekirjoittaa kesällä 2020, mutta sopimuksessa…

Tutkimushankkeessa selvitetään, millaisia yhteisvaikutuksia ulkomaalaislakiin ja sen soveltamiskäytäntöön tehdyillä muutoksilla on ollut kansainvälistä suojelua hakeneiden ja saavien asemaan. Erityisesti tarkastellaan, onko muutoksilla ollut vaikutusta lapsen…

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the prisoners of conscience it is campaigning for worldwide, who are now at…

Male and female students experience vastly different levels of stress stemming from physical appearance, a survey by the Seoul City government showed Monday. In the…

More than 300,000 in the UK may have quit smoking during the coronavirus crisis as evidence mounts that the habit makes them more vulnerable to…