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Consider ‘reducing collection of recyclables’, says UN
Governments across the world should consider a potential “reduction of the collection of recyclables” during the Covid-19 pandemic, a report by the United Nations claims….
Facebook agrees to pay France €106 million in back taxes
Facebook’s French subsidiary has agreed to pay 106 million euros ($125 million) in back taxes and penalties following persistent government efforts to get online giants…
Climate Change and Land Use Are Accelerating Soil Erosion by Water
Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land cultivation….
Hong Kong reports ’first case’ of virus reinfection
Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after…
Metsä Spring and Valmet to build €20m pilot plant for 3D fibre products
Finnish firms Metsä Spring and Valmet will be working together to build a €20 million pilot plant in Äänekoski, Finland, to produce new products from…
Climate change: Removing CO2 could spark big rise in food prices
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…
Sustainable food production is becoming critical due to population growth, experts say
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…
New talks with CureVac expand EU portfolio of future vaccines
The EU Commission concluded Thursday exploratory talks with CureVac to purchase a potential vaccine against COVID-19, offering the possibility for all EU Member States to…
Earth Overshoot Day slightly later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic
Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday, according to researchers who said the grim…
Samsung faces youth climate protests over involvement in new Vietnam coal plant 21 August 2020, source edie newsroom
Climate protestors have gathered outside Samsung’s flagship UK store on Oxford Street this morning (21 August), calling on the firm to halt plans to help…
WHO hopes pandemic over in two years as Europe faces resurgent Covid-19
The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as European…
EU gives green light to €290 million state aid package for struggling Brussels Airlines
The European Commission gave the green light on Friday for the Belgian government to inject €290 million of state aid into Brussels Airlines, Belgium’s ailing…
Female Iraqi activist killed in Basra as gunmen target protesters
A female political activist has been shot dead in the Iraqi city of Basra, in the third such attack in a week. Riham Yaqoob, a…
Greenland ice sheet lost a record 1m tonnes of ice per minute in 2019
The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows….
Catastrophic failures raise alarm about dams containing muddy mine wastes
Engineers fear more catastrophes await, as the world confronts a swelling volume of muddy mine tailings, contained by more and larger dams. Some rise to…
New talks with CureVac expand EU portfolio of future vaccines
The EU Commission concluded Thursday exploratory talks with CureVac to purchase a potential vaccine against COVID-19, offering the possibility for all EU Member States to…
Michigan to pay $600 mln to Flint water crisis victims
The U.S. state of Michigan said on Thursday that it had reached a preliminary settlement to pay $600 million to victims of the Flint water…
Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of global maritime laws: UN trade body
The devastating oil spill off the east coast of Mauritius has highlighted the need for global adoption of international legislation that govern the seas and…
Poll: Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic
Most Europeans still view climate change as the biggest issue facing humanity, even despite an inevitable surge in concern over the threat of epidemics in…
Also ran: three women who paved the way for Kamala Harris
Americans have seen dozens of first ladies and more than 50 women in cabinet – but not one female boss in the White House. Kamala…
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