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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Study says cover crops and no-till aren't just good for soil — they also make farmers more money
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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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Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears
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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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Denmark launches the Laura Maersk, the first container ship to run entirely on green methanol – will save 2.75 million tonnes of CO2 per year
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Rafting the most polluted river in Australia
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California Department of Transportation awards $54 million for Sustainable Transportation Planning grants
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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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Direct solar power: Off-grid without batteries
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Scientists discovered why Germany’s wild boar are radioactive
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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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Engineers just made concrete 30% stronger. The secret ingredient? Coffee.
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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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The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions receives pushback from US automakers
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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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Electric vehicles are sending toxic tire particles into the water, soil, and air
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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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Manmade horrors beyond our comprehension
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Who really wants megastructure cites?
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Oil is hard to quit, even in Norway where electric cars rule the road
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Why is desalination so difficult? An overview of seawater desalination: Removing salt to make drinkable water from the ocean.
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Can EV batteries be recycled? It’s complicated, but it’s already happening
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Denmark sets new record - month of June has been the most sunny since records began
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Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed
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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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The world’s longest suspension bridge is history in the making. After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.
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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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What’s the real cost of mezcal?
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Producers of the latest Mission: Impossible film have dropped their attempt to obtain permission for dozens of helicopter landings on Svalbard
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Micro datacenters begin trials as commercial heating units
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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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There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows
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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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