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Unions slam ‘rigged’ talks on EU plans to streamline sustainability reporting
• 5:57 PM
4 min
The EU executive’s new focus on boosting the global competitiveness of European companies is causing alarm among civil society groups who sense a caving in to demands for deregulation.
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Serbian lithium mine European Parliament film screening fuels dispute
• 5:44 PM
7 min
The European Union needs lithium for its energy transition and is eagerly eyeing huge reserves in northern Serbia, but twenty years after making the discovery in the Jadar valley, Rio Tinto’s ambitions to mine the site remain stuck in a mire of environmen
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Trump’s remote work ban: What does it mean for carbon emissions and climate goals?
• 3:04 PM
8 min
An estimated 1.1 million federal workers have been eligible to work from home, and forcing them back to the office could come at a high carbon cost.
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January breaks another heat record despite hopes La Niña would slow global warming
• 8:59 AM
6 min
The last 15 years have warmed at about twice the rate of the previous 40 years.
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Wednesday, february 5, 2025
In deep water: Ocean literacy among young people is worryingly low, new survey finds
• 3:33 PM
5 min
The survey found little demand amongst young people for significant action or accountability from ocean stakeholders.
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NGOs and fishermen call for urgent action to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas
• 7:06 AM
10 min
There is growing public support for marine protection across Europe as 73 per cent of people support a ban on bottom trawling.
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Tuesday, february 4, 2025
European Commission accused of rushing through review of corporate sustainability rules
• 5:16 PM
4 min
The European Commission has been criticised for giving too much space to industry and business interests in discussions over a fast-track streamlining of sustainability and due diligence reporting rules.
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Fossil fuel subsidies: G7 nations ignore targets and increase taxpayer funding to record levels
• 3:50 PM
9 min
Despite promising a fossil fuel subsidies phaseout by 2025, G7 governments continue to increase taxpayer spend.
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‘Do you think gringos are clueless?’: COP30 attendees stung by accommodation price hikes in Belem
• 2:57 PM
13 min
Ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit, the Brazilian host city of Belem is facing huge price hikes for lodgings.
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Bad shot: Trump Jr accused of illegally hunting rare ducks in protected Venice lagoon
• 1:17 PM
4 min
In a video published on a US lifestyle website, the son of the US president is seen holding a rifle and allegedly shooting at protected quail and ducks.
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Monday, february 3, 2025
Vanishing jerseys and flooded pitches: Why football is responsible for its own climate crisis
• 3:47 PM
15 min
The most popular sport in the world is coming under scrutiny for rising emissions and lack of climate action.
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Amsterdam, New York, Toronto: The cities where climate change is causing a rat population overload
• 10:21 AM
11 min
The city of Amsterdam is one of 11 where climate change is considered to be having an impact on the rising rat population.
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Friday, january 31, 2025
'World's first industrial pollution': Evidence of toxic lead found in ancient Greece
• 4:01 PM
4 min
Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say.
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Solar grazing, tile whipping and whisky: Positive environmental stories from 2025
• 3:02 PM
9 min
Eco anxiety is very real, so we share January’s most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate.
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Top European court orders Italy to tackle mafia-caused pollution in area with high cancer rates
• 7:39 AM
3 min
Mafia informants directed police to specific sites where toxic rubbish was dumped.
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Thursday, january 30, 2025
‘A reckless gamble with our future’: Environmental groups react to UK’s Heathrow third runway plans
• 3:35 PM
15 min
Heathrow’s expansion plans have been rumbling for 10 years but the pressure has now risen for climate campaigners.
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Geneva’s homes will be heated by recycled energy from this revolutionary Swiss data centre
• 6:05 AM
3 min
Europe's many data centres are frequently criticised for how much energy they use.
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Wednesday, january 29, 2025
Slush flows can be more deadly than avalanches: How scientists are racing to stop this hidden hazard
• 4:05 PM
11 min
Predicting when and where they might happen is currently very difficult leaving local communities vulnerable to this under-researched phenomenon.
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Protestors who threw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers appeal against 'draconian' prison sentences
• 3:10 PM
4 min
16 activists have been given sentences ranging from 15 months to 5 years in prison.
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Work less, save CO2: How a four day working week can benefit the planet
• 3:03 PM
9 min
Working four days a week gives people 50 per cent more free time and helps drive down their carbon emissions too.
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UK Chancellor bets on third Heathrow Airport runway for boost to growth
• 2:26 PM
5 min
Rachel Reeves' support for a third runway came in a wide-ranging speech on boosting UK growth rates, which have been historically low since the 2008 global financial crisis for a variety of reasons.
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‘A perfect storm’: How climate change made the LA wildfires more likely - and more deadly
• 5:30 AM
6 min
32 researchers from around the world looked at what caused LA’s worst ever wildfires.
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Tuesday, january 28, 2025
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Los Angeles wildfires: Residents sue over lack of water, but did this cause the devastation?
• 4:59 PM
9 min
Even before the wildfires are extinguished, LA residents look to blame a lack of water on the devastation.
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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg to fund UN climate change body after US exits Paris Agreement
• 3:33 PM
4 min
The core of the UNFCCC's budget comes from its almost 200 member countries.
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‘I couldn’t bear it any more’: Crushing guilt led this Air France pilot to quit his dream job
• 3:16 PM
20 min
Euronews Green exclusive: Anthony Viaux had it all - a dream job, a thriving career and a great salary. But he didn’t want any of it in the age of the climate crisis.
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Thursday, january 23, 2025
Use of EU funds to lobby MEPs was ‘inappropriate’, commissioner says
• 4:58 PM
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The conservative European People’s Party (EPP) has questioned the use of public funds for campaigns they say run against the EU’s own interests. The Commission says it’s fixed the problem, but some see it as part of a wider attack on environmental campaig
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Dutch ponder climate-friendly diets while Norwegians talk money: Inside citizens' assemblies
• 4:03 PM
5 min
Around the world, these assemblies have been held on everything from electoral reforms to abortion law and biodiversity.
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One of the world’s oldest icebergs is on the move - and may collide with a wildlife haven
• 3:31 PM
8 min
The colossal A23a iceberg has travelled more than 3,000km since it broke off from its Antarctican ice shelf.
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Major milestone for EU energy revolution as solar power overtakes coal for the first time
• 5:04 AM
10 min
The EU's electricity transition has moved faster than anyone could have hoped for, but further progress cannot be taken for granted, experts say.
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Wednesday, january 22, 2025
Humpback whales spotted off UK coast: Have European whaling bans brought them back from extinction?
• 3:37 PM
10 min
Scientists have a few theories to explain the re-appearance of the majestic creatures.
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Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen emissions by 2030: Victory for Greenpeace
• 3:05 PM
6 min
The ruling follows earlier verdicts that have highlighted the ineffectiveness of the government’s nitrogen-cutting policies.
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Tuesday, january 21, 2025
Trump declares an energy emergency: Will more fossil fuel extraction really cut energy bills?
• 3:43 PM
9 min
The US already produces more oil and gas than any other country in the world.
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Private jet flights soar by 170 per cent as politicians and business leaders descend on Davos 2025
• 3:18 PM
12 min
Despite calls from the WEF and global NGOs for Davos delegates to travel more sustainably, elevated private jet activity in Switzerland suggests they didn’t listen.
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What is the Paris Agreement? A full guide to the historic climate treaty that Trump loves to hate
• 12:03 AM
7 min
Most of the world's superpowers are members of the legally binding international treaty.
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Monday, january 20, 2025
How Alaska’s beauty, China’s renewables and Biden’s caution could save the climate from Trump
• 3:06 PM
10 min
Trump might not be able to cut as much “red tape” as he has said he will.
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EPP declares war on ‘excessive regulation’ from Brussels
• 12:00 AM
5 min
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) has called for a bonfire of EU red tape in a three-page statement adopted at a gathering of conservative leaders in Berlin.
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Saturday, january 18, 2025
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Travelling to Greece this summer? Your hotel swimming pool could be filled with seawater
• 4:03 PM
5 min
As tourism puts pressure on freshwater resources, Greece is considering other options to keep hotel pools filled.
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Global GDP could be halved without urgent action on climate change, report warns
• 4:00 PM
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People are already impacted by food system shocks, water insecurity, heat stress and infectious diseases. If unchecked, mass mortality, mass displacement, severe economic contraction and conflict become more likely.
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‘A bonfire of climate regulations’: What Trump’s first days in office could mean for the environment
• 3:17 PM
18 min
As Donald Trump prepares to become the 47th president of the United States, what will his first actions be on climate and energy, and how will they impact the rest of the world?
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Germany funds partnership with Interpol, WWF to tackle environmental crime
• 10:54 AM
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With environmentally destructive activities such as illegal logging and waste disposal among the largest areas of organised crime worldwide, Berlin is bankrolling a collaboration between civil society and the international police body Interpol.
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Thursday, january 16, 2025
A ‘Pandora’s box of ills’: What are the UN chief's climate priorities for 2025?
• 3:02 PM
8 min
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reminded the world that every year since the Paris Agreement has been the hottest on record.
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Car industry leader renews plea for leniency over failure to meet CO2 standards
• 2:45 PM
4 min
European auto industry’s new lobbyist-in-chief says carmakers have no chance of complying with EU environmental law this year, and renews call for emergency relief from impending fines that could run to billions of euros.
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Greenland lawmaker touts stronger EU role in island's critical raw materials
• 10:53 AM
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Twenty-five of the 34 minerals found in Greenland were identified as "critical raw materials" in a European Commission study in 2023.
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Wednesday, january 15, 2025
Europe's noisy cities raise concerns from EU auditors
• 4:26 PM
5 min
Loud urban environments can have ruinous health impacts from sleep disturbance to cardiovascular problems, but lawmakers and local authorities are failing to take the issue as seriously as air pollution, the European Court of Auditors has warned.
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This Italian climate researcher was fired for refusing to fly - now he’s won compensation
• 3:12 PM
6 min
The researcher hopes his case will inspire others to try flight-free travel.
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Italy and Albania agree to share wind and solar energy across the sea - how will it work?
• 1:03 PM
4 min
The UAE is lending technology and expertise for the project.
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Chemicals industry accused of pre-emptive strike against incoming PFAS ban
• 9:51 AM
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Investigations by European NGOs and newspapers point to a concerted industry campaign to limit incoming EU restrictions on PFAS, toxic substances dubbed ‘forever chemicals’ because they can persist for centuries in the environment. The European Commission
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Tuesday, january 14, 2025
Monday, january 13, 2025
LA fires: 1000s had insurance cancelled in the months before the disaster - what's the climate link?
• 4:38 PM
11 min
As the scale of uninsured losses from the Los Angeles wildfires becomes clear, are insurers ready for a climate change-induced ‘new normal’?
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Unions, green groups fear sweeping deregulation as EU pursues competitiveness agenda
• 4:22 PM
4 min
Trade union leaders and environmental campaigners are among over 250 groups warning against a bonfire of red tape as the second von der Leyen commission presses on with its core goal of shielding European industry from US and Chinese competition.
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How the heartland of Poland’s coal industry is ditching fossil fuels - without sacrificing jobs
• 3:05 PM
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Katowice hopes to serve as an example to other industrial cities wanting to move away from fossil fuels.
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Friday, january 10, 2025
‘Pollutocrat Day’: The richest 1% have already burnt through their annual carbon budget, Oxfam says
• 6:05 AM
5 min
Climate campaigners are calling for wealth taxes on the top 1 per cent to limit their pollution and pay for damages.
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'The future is in our hands’: Climate scientists share solutions as 2024 declared hottest on record
• 4:04 AM
17 min
Experts say the world is now ‘teetering on the edge’ of passing the crucial 1.5°C warming limit.
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Thursday, january 9, 2025
California wildfires: Why are they happening and is climate change to blame?
• 10:57 AM
8 min
A cocktail of extreme weather events is turning California’s wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration.
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Poland seeks to break EU deadlock on GMO deregulation
• 8:56 AM
4 min
After 18 months, governments have yet to agree on when a new class of genetically modified crops can be treated as equivalent to conventional strains, and whether producers should be granted monopoly rights through patents.
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Wednesday, january 8, 2025
