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France rejects mandatory deposit system for plastic bottles
France has dropped plans to introduce a mandatory deposit system for plastic bottles, instead proposing that towns and cities establish voluntary schemes. The French environment ministry said that no mandatory…
Nearly half of Finns prepared to pay more to combat climate change
48% Finns support climate change measures despite higher costs, women more.
Protecting 1.2% of Earth would prevent most extinctions
Study: $263 billion to save most species with 1.2% more land.
The fossils being formed today will show how humankind disrupted life on Earth
Mark Williams , University of Leicester ; Anthony D. Barnosky , University of California, Berkeley ; Elizabeth Hadly , Stanford University ,…
Ensuring That All Sectors Abide To Environmental Vision Is Crucial
By Alfred Camilleri, Director of EVPoint The recently announced incentives for Maltese businesses by Malta Enterprise to encourage investment in electric charging…
Wet wipes containing plastic to be banned from sale in UK
Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned from being sold in the UK, with legislation expected to be announced by Environment Secretary…
World leaders call on nations to swiftly ratify U.N. ocean treaty
The European Union and the governments of 13 countries urged nations to prioritise the ratification of a U.N. treaty to protect the…
EU countries split over nature law in latest blow to green agenda
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, March 25 (Reuters) - The European Union's flagship policy to restore damaged nature is hanging in the balance,…
Germany on track to reach 2030 targets, environment agency says
BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) confirmed preliminary projections that Europe's biggest economy's greenhouse emissions fell by around…
Hundreds of guillemots, exhausted by storms, dead on French beaches
BRETIGNOLLES-SUR-MER, France, (Reuters) - Hundreds of guillemot seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy winter storms…