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MEPs approve law to reduce growing stream of packaging waste

MEPs have adopted a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) described as one of the most lobbied files to…

Parliament backs stricter limits for air pollutants, better monitoring

EU residents are set to benefit from cleaner air in the years to come after lawmakers in the European Parliament…

High Seas Treaty: EU votes to ratify landmark international law to protect oceans

The European Union has voted in favour of ratifying the High Seas Treaty. This treaty aims to protect marine life…

Commission seeks to clarify ‘essential use’ of dangerous chemicals

European Commission guidance on what constitutes the ‘essential use’ of dangerous substances divided opinion this week as policy makers and…

Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Niño has ended but its impacts are still being felt

Australia’s weather bureau has said the El Niño weather event has now ended as temperatures appear to have “cooled substantially”…

Is the Thames safe to swim in? London mayor Sadiq Khan vows to make it so by 2034

London’s mayor has vowed to make the notoriously polluted River Thames swimmable within a decade. It’s welcome news for Londoners…

These European countries could lose more than 30 days of comfortable weather a year by 2100

For most people, deciphering the impact of rising temperatures on their everyday lives isn’t easy. Global warming of 1.5C or…

Biden’s Earth Day pledge: Rooftop solar grants could save US households over €300 million a year

President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion (€6.6 billion) in federal grants for residential solar projects serving…

A climate activist faced jail for a jury sign. The judge says UK case against her was ‘fanciful’

A climate protester who faced up to two years in prison for holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors…

Low emissions traffic schemes linked to cleaner air

Cities introducing low emissions zones have cleaner air than those without, according to preliminary research by health insurers comparing Belgian…

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