Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen
Church in Australia selling bleach as a coronavirus treatment fined $151,200
The Australian chapter of an international church selling and promoting bleach as a cure for COVID-19 has been issued infringement notices totalling $151,200. The Genesis…
Canada zoo to send pandas home after bamboo shortage
A Canadian zoo is shipping two pandas home to China after the coronavirus pandemic left it struggling to source the massive bamboo stockpiles needed to…
Researchers Turn Algae Leftovers into Renewable Products with Flare
The UC San Diego researchers who developed algae-based flip-flops and surfboards are at it again. This time they are advancing their brand of renewable and…
Production at ŠKODA AUTO sends zero waste to landfill
Škoda Auto is consistently optimising the ecological footprint of its cars – from the extraction of the raw materials required, to the end of their…
Paper recycling rate at 66.2 percent in 2019
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Washington, has announced that 66.2 percent of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2019….
Murray-Darling lower lakes were largely fresh before European settlement, CSIRO review finds
A CSIRO review of the lower lakes of the Murray-Darling system has found that the lakes were largely fresh before European settlement, and that environmental…
New Partnership Aims to Drive Corporate Action to Protect Global Water Supply
The Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) at the University of Saskatchewan is partnering with Ceres to develop a new global assessment. The assessment will…
Beat the heat? India struggles to keep cool during lockdown
With little access to air conditioners or parks during the coronavirus lockdown, India’s poor – from farmers to slum-dwellers – could face deadly threats from…
Mercedes-Benz could face legal battle with British drivers over diesel emissions
Up to one million Mercedes-Benz drivers in Britain could have been unknowingly releasing illegal levels of emissions into the air after the German carmaker allegedly…
Smart waste report sets out how to realise the circular economy
Rubicon has released its inaugural environmental, social and governance report that sets out technology-based sustainability solutions to reduce emissions, eliminate waste, promote recycling, and bring…
Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight
Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts…
New Program Aims to Improve Wastewater Management in Textile Supply Chains
A new wastewater operations training program aims to improve water and wastewater management and treatment throughout the textile supply chains around the world. The training…
Coronavirus is a make-or-break moment for climate change, economists say
A decade ago, as world economies clawed their way back from the global financial crisis of 2008, climate experts pushed nations to adopt green spending…
’Another milestone for Britain’: UK grid completes first coal-free month
The UK’s record-breaking run without coal power passed another milestone yesterday, as National Grid ESO confirmed the grid had completed a full month without any…
Gravity-based energy storage project set for Edinburgh
Edinburgh-based Gravitricity’s energy battery system works by utilising and raising a range of weights totalling up to 12,000 tonnes that are suspended in deep mine shafts….
Europe is getting off coal even faster than expected
Across Europe, countries are making strides toward a fossil-free future. In April, Austria and Sweden closed their last coal plants—the latter nearly two years ahead…
Ineffective recycling compounds Indonesia’s marine waste problem
Indonesia has been in hot water over its contribution to marine waste since 2015, when a report by researcher Jenna Jambeck ranked Indonesia as the…
UK Seafood Company Cuts Plastic Packaging by 60%
British seafood company JCS Fish redesigned the packs for its range of frozen salmon products in a way that cut plastic packaging usage by around…
Insects decline on land, fare better in water, study finds
Insects touch nearly every corner of life on this planet, filling endless functional roles and providing services too vast to name — and they are…
Auckland water shortage: Treated sewage a future option as city deals with climate change, population growth
Amid the worst drought on record, Auckland Council this week signed off mandatory restrictions for the first time since 1994, when the region’s supply dams…

















