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Abandoning the nearly complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could create a legal mess and nudge up energy costs for European…

In a year of challenges, fresh data today highlights the ascent of the bio-based industries, that in 2017 made a total contribution of €750 billion…

Italy could become a clean energy hub for Europe by importing hydrogen produced in North Africa from solar power at 10-15% less than it costs…

President Emmanuel Macron’s government said the investment would include big spending on green energy and transport. Dubbed ”France re-launch”, it is aimed at reversing rising…

The U.N. Development Program warns the explosion at the Port of Beirut has unleashed tons of hazardous waste that pose enormous threats to health and…

The coronavirus pandemic will widen the poverty gap between women and men, pushing 47 million more women and girls into impoverished lives by next year,…

Without harnessing the energy, tech savvy and optimism of young people, the world has no hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the…

The mining necessary for producing renewable energy could exacerbate threats to biodiversity, researchers have found. The production of renewable energy requires metals and other materials…

The Danish government has announced plans to reform sexual violence laws to make consent rather than violence the basis for determining rape. “We are moving…

Jewish groups and police alike have been worried about growing anti-Semitism during large demonstrations in Berlin. Some protesters have used far-right imagery and compared themselves…

French security authorities are monitoring more than 8,000 people suspected of terrorist leanings, the interior minister says. His warning comes ahead of a trial of…

The report notes that since 2018, when China introduced import restrictions on plastic waste, there has been a “considerable increase” in illegal waste shipments from…

The number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits for the first time came in above 1 million for the 22nd time in 23 weeks…

While chemical recycling opens new possibilities for the circular economy, only a full lifecycle approach will be able to determine the real environmental benefits in…

The United States marked the centennial of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote on Wednesday with celebrations of the ”historic victory”…

Global consultancy McKinsey & Co., in an article prepared by its Chemicals group in August, says Europe is in the midst of “quiet before the…

Africa is now free of the wild poliovirus disease, which can cause paralysis in children, The World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The announcement comes…

Scientists say that machines that remove CO2 from the air will be needed to keep the rise in global temperatures in check. But these devices…

From Brazilian coffee beans to fish caught in the Mediterranean, today’s grocery stores are stocked with a wide variety of produce. Many of us are…

Tens of thousands of Lithuanians linked arms on Sunday in solidarity with the people of neighbouring Belarus who have been holding mass protests against authoritarian…