Danish lawmakers have agreed to plant one billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into natural habitats over the next two decades
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After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free
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US Joe Biden–Kamala Harris administration announces $45 million to reduce electric vehicle battery recycling costs
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US Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration announces $3 billion of investments in clean ports
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Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
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More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
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Our US disaster recovery system must evolve to respond more effectively to climate change
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US
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How cities run dry
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London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids
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The carbon tax is good for Canadians. Why axe it?
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US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
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Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’
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IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania's biologically rich forests – campaigners say suppliers benefitting from corrupt environment in the country
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Denmark will introduce a levy on farm emissions in what is set to be one of the world's first carbon taxes on agriculture
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Iceland wants to switch up its tourism tax to protect nature – and fight overtourism
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EU states push past opposition to adopt landmark nature restoration law
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Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas
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Joe Biden Environmental Protection Agency issues $900 million to US schools for clean-energy buses
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Carbon pricing works, meta-review finds
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New EPA regulation requires coal plants in the United States to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water
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Joe Biden administration sets first-ever limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in US drinking water
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Arizona governor signs bill approving human composting burials
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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany
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California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Donald Trump 2.0
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Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries
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US bill proposing legal immunity for pesticide manufacturers advances. - Bayer is a sponsor
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Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
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Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably
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Analysis: Donald Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030
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Rivers reborn: Alewives continue to make a recovery in the Penobscot watershed in Maine
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Creation of a European Environment Authority -- Thoughts/opinions?
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Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups
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Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
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The $2.6 billion experiment to cover up Europe's dirty habit – Norwegian project to bury carbon waste under the sea is getting backing from Germany
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A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
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Lessons from Finland's attempt to transition to a circular economy
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Norway's Arctic deep sea mining plan will inevitably sink – industrialising the ocean floor in the middle of a climate crisis is not only reckless, it's cruel
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Norway's decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extraction of valuable minerals breaks a promise to the other nations on the Ocean Panel and to scientists
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Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan
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Joe Biden administration announces $1 billion for low-emission US school buses
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Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining
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What if American farmers had to pay for water?
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US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover
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Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
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Developing countries emit 2/3 of the world's carbon: they can't afford the lending terms of renewable projects
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The site of a mining town on Svalbard is now being returned to nature in one of Norway's biggest-ever restoration projects
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Norway's minority government and two opposition parties have agreed to allow seabed mineral exploration in the Arctic region
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