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China to ban thin plastic bags, plastic film
China will look to ban ultra-thin plastic bags and agricultural-use plastic mulch, as well as other types of non-biodegradable plastic products, the country’s state planning…
Put women and girls at centre of COVID-19 recovery: UN Secretary-General
Limited gains in gender equality and women’s rights made over the decades are in danger of being rolled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Coronavirus puts Arctic climate change research on ice
Coronavirus lockdowns have been touted on social media as helping to fight climate change. But in the Arctic Circle the virus is disrupting climate science….
EU’s Thierry Breton says ‘solidarity’ is only way out of Covid-19 crisis
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and former French finance minister, reacted to the rescue deal…
U.S. domestic workers ‘hardest hit’ by coronavirus without food or rent
Almost three-quarters of U.S. domestic workers have lost their jobs due to the new coronavirus, with most unable to pay rent and worried about buying…
Furloughed staff in Sweden retrain to help hospitals
Furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants as the death…
Coronavirus could trigger ‘largest ever annual fall in CO2’ in 2020, study suggests
But tentative analysis from Carbon Brief points out likely reduction in CO2 this year would still be far off goals of the Paris Agreement ….
Greenland ice sheet meltwater can flow in winter, too
Liquid meltwater can sometimes flow deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in winter, not just in the summer, according to CIRES-led work published in the…
WHO sounds alarm over new Ebola case in Congo
After weeks of calm in the fight against Ebola, the WHO noted a new case in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report came as…
As Africa looks for clean power, nuclear interest grows
Faced with power shortfalls, demands for greener energy and drought threats to hydropower, a growing range of African nations are considering a shift to an…
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