NYC budget cuts will close some composting programs
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NGO CLASP report - Out of date, inefficient air conditioners sold by the millions in smaller Asian countries
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Pakistan is planting lots of mangrove forests. Is it restoration? Carbon colonialism? Both?
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Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities
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The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there?
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Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise
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Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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Feeding seaweed to cows can cut methane emissions – Swedish study proposes government commission more research into environmental benefits of cattle feed additives
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Europe’s water crisis: How supplies turned to ‘gold dust’
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Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
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Iceland is turning to taxes to reduce the impact exponential growth in tourism has on its pristine wilderness
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Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024
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Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule
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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
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Applying taxes to beef products could be one way to reduce CO2 emissions, says the Danish Government
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Mexican politician introduces bill to criminalize ecocide - only a few countries have such laws but more are considering it
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Fukushima contaminated water set to be released into the ocean
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Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area
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Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling
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US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish
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US President Joe Biden to designate a new national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon
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A charge on supermarket single-use plastic bags has led to 98% drop in use in England since 2015
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Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins
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Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out discussion and implementation of more sustainable ways to manage waste
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Danish environmental campaigner Merijn Tinga has windsurfed up the Thames to return plastic bottles from the UK which he found in Sweden
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Oil is hard to quit, even in Norway where electric cars rule the road
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Australian governments impose recycling rules after the packaging industry fails on waste
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How US Supreme Court’s EPA ruling might affect wetlands, clean water
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$25 million has been allocated to transfer more bison from federal to tribal lands and forge management agreements with tribes
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Norway wants to raise taxes on its aquaculture industry, which could provide a model for how to better manage the marine environment
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Denmark should aim to reduce beef and dairy production by introducing a farming emissions tax in order to reach its ambitious climate targets
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California fires back at other Western states with its own Colorado River plan
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Brazil launches first anti-deforestation raids under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva bid to protect Amazon
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Australia to set aside at least 30% of its land mass to protect endangered species
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Environmental defenders celebrate a ‘huge’ win for ‘unique’ Tasmanian rainforest
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Norway's breeding programme sees arctic foxes return in high numbers – foxes still listed as under threat of becoming extinct in Scandinavia
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Norway is to introduce new traps to protect wild salmon after experts warned they could become endangered as a result of contact with their farmed counterparts
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The global campaign to make environmental destruction an international crime
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Monterey bans gas leaf blowers in residential areas
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People who live near the most toxic sites in America say they saw a level of attention they hadn't seen in decades under Donald Trump
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Vermont first state to implement a statewide ban on food waste
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Germany bans range of single-use plastics including straws and cotton buds
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Trump administration to make it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska — A ban against luring mothers from their dens with doughnuts and other treats will be lifted
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Supreme Court has granted Sámi in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on its land – and not the Swedish state
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Finland's first sighting of golden jackal sets off political debate
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Donald Trump to claim US is environmental leader in spite of ripping up protections
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Washington becomes first US state to legalise human composting
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Are plastic bag bans garbage?
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Botswana mulls lifting elephant hunting ban
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