EU's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 'huge' 8% in 2023
• Oct 31, 2024, 4:17 PM
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Emissions linked to buildings, agriculture, domestic transport, small industry and waste fell by 8 percent in 2023, with the latest reports showing that the EU is bucking a global trend for continuously rising emissions. It is still in a race against time to meet its own climate action targets, however.
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Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling
• 8:59 AM
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Oil giant Shell has succeeded in overturning a landmark 2021 court ruling that ordered it to cut CO2 emissions by 45 percent from 2019 levels by 2030. The appeals court in The Hague said that while companies like Shell had the responsibility to contribut
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UK's Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for 'Orbital'
• 3:21 AM
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UK author Samantha Harvey, one of a record five women shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the coveted award on Tuesday for her fifth novel, a "space pastoral" titled "Orbital", becoming the first woman to win the award since Margaret Atwood in 2019.
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