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UK waste firm Biffa loses appeal after exporting dirty waste to China

One of the UK’s biggest waste firms has lost a case in the court of appeal to overturn a criminal conviction for exporting dirty waste…

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Discovery of fish never recorded in the Amazon shows richness of Brazil’s Calha Norte

Brazilian scientists have identified six fish species never before seen in the Amazon in Pará’s state’s Calha Norte, one of the best-preserved and least studied…

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Study: Climate change increasingly raised as a human rights issue in court cases

Climate change is increasingly being harnessed as a human rights issue in legal claims and court cases around the world, as the mass popularity of…

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EU overestimates impact of its climate spending, auditors say

The European Union is overestimating the emissions-cutting potential of climate action schemes outlined in its next budget and should change its methodology for assessing their…

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Spotlight on feedstocks: Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical…

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Humans left behind a record amount of e-waste in 2019

2019 set a record for the amount of e-waste ever generated worldwide: 53.6 million metric tons of discarded phones, computers, appliances, and other gadgets. That’s…

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Kleenex debuts plastic-free tissue boxes as Mr Muscle unveils 100% ‘ocean-bound’ plastic bottle

Kleenex will remove the plastic opening from all tissue boxes by August 2020, parent firm Kimberly-Clark has announced in the same week that SC Johnson…

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New Recycled Paper Wine Bottle Has Lower Carbon Footprint than Glass

A new wine bottle made from recycled paper with a food-grade liner can be completely recycled after use. Packaging company Frugalpac reported that the bottle…

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MP calls for crackdown on raw sewage discharges in English rivers

A fresh attempt to change the law to stop water companies from releasing raw sewage into rivers has been launched by a senior Conservative MP….

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Rising Water Temperatures Threaten the Reproduction of Many Fish Species

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have published ground-breaking findings on the effects of climate change for…

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