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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…
Harness ‘transformative potential’ of urbanization for people and planet
Commemorating World Habitat Day, top UN officials on Monday called for urgent action to provide low-income families and vulnerable populations more secure affordable housing and…
India to replace coal fired power plants with renewables – minister
India is planning to replace retiring coal-fired power plants with renewable generating capacity in a bid to cut the nation’s carbon footprint, power minister R….
CDP: Paris Agreement alignment could cut climate change costs by two-thirds
The mean damage costs of climate change will reach $5.4trn annually by 2070 and ”spiral” to up to $31trn per year by 2200 if the…
Calls for France to reveal location of nuclear waste dumped in Algeria
France should take initiative to solve the problem of the nuclear waste buried in the Algerian Sahara in the early 1960s, as no one knows…
New process turns paper manufacturing waste into valuable chemicals
A group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has discovered a way to convert a common byproduct of the paper manufacturing…
A factory in Indiana is turning plastic waste into eco-friendly fuel — and it’s trying to revolutionize how we handle pollution
Milk cartons, Styrofoam cups, grocery store bags — a new plant in Ashley, Indiana, wants them all. Brightmark’s facility is the first of its kind…
Lawyer named as first Black woman to lead national party in Canada
Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul was Saturday named head of the Green Party, becoming the first Black woman to lead a national political party in Canada….
’Women’s rights are under attack’: UN marks 25 years since Beijing declaration
One by one, leaders and ministers from over 100 nations admitted Thursday that 25 years after the adoption of a road map to achieve equality…
A digital euro? European Central Bank assessing safe alternative to cryptocurrencies
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Friday that it will start conducting experiments to decide whether to launch a digital euro. In a report…
Aldi to remove single-use plastic bags from fruit and veg aisles
Aldi UK & Ireland will remove single-use plastic bags from the produce aisles in all of its stores by the end of the year, the…
Coronavirus: H&M to close 250 shops as Covid drives sales online
The world’s second biggest fashion retailer, Sweden’s H&M, says it plans to cut 250 of its stores globally. The closures will come next year after…
COVID-19 vaccine won’t immediately end the pandemic, experts say
Finding a vaccine for COVID-19 does not mean an automatic return to normality, experts say, warning people to be ”realistic” about the challenges that remain….
Energy security and economic fears drive China’s return to coal
Red coal trucks zip up and down narrow dirt tracks, churning up clouds of dust in China’s remote Gansu province. Nearby, the towering stanchions of…
Intersex surgery ’abuses’ condemned by 34 states at U.N. rights forum
More than 30 countries on Thursday condemned ”medically unnecessary surgeries” on intersex children as a human rights violation, amid mounting efforts to ban such operations….
Diversity key concern for UK workers, Glassdoor survey shows
Even at a time of layoffs caused by COVID-19, three out of four British job seekers say workplace diversity would influence which company they choose…
Poland, Hungary under rule of law spotlight
Europe faces important challenges to the rule of law, an EU-wide report published Wednesday by the Commission shows, highlighting the threat to Poland’s judicial independence…
Plastic straws to be banned in England from Thursday
The Department for Food, the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) first confirmed legislation to phase these items in May 2019, initially setting the deadline for…
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