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‘Burnt and dumped’: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Unilever and Nestlé plastics waste fuelling climate change
Four of the world’s largest users of plastic packaging – Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Unilever and Nestlé – are responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic…
Fears for water quality after NSW allows coalmining extension under Sydney’s Woronora reservoir
The New South Wales government has approved the extension of coalmining under one of Greater Sydney’s reservoirs in a move that environment groups say could…
Plans are underway to build huge, floating offshore wind turbine in Europe
Spanish utility Iberdrola is heading a consortium aiming to develop a large-scale floating offshore wind turbine in the North Sea, as the sector looks to…
Trump completes rollback of Obama-era vehicle fuel efficiency rules
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday completed a rollback of vehicle emissions standards adopted under his predecessor Barack Obama and will require 1.5% annual increases…
Japan submits updated emissions plan, leaving carbon target unchanged
Japan has maintained its carbon emissions reduction target in its updated emissions plan submitted to the United Nations as part of an international process to…
Fossil fuel use not closely linked to longer life expectancy, study suggests
The rise of primary energy use and CO2 emissions over four decades across 70 countries is not closely correlated with increases in life expectancy, a…
BNEF: Green hydrogen could curb third of fossil fuel and industry emissions by 2050
A major rollout of green hydrogen technologies could offset up to one third of global greenhouse gas emissions produced by fossil fuels and industry by…
EPA urges states to support water, wastewater operations during COVID-19
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler has sent a letter to Governors in all 50 states, territories and Washington, D.C. urging them to…
EPA urges states to support water, wastewater operations during COVID-19
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler has sent a letter to Governors in all 50 states, territories and Washington, D.C. urging them to…
Tibet improves drinking water safety for rural residents
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has been making efforts to provide safe drinking water to the rural residents and the problem of safe drinking water…
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