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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
8 min
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
5 min
Katowice hopes to serve as an example to other industrial cities wanting to move away from fossil fuels.
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Golf merger could see early divergence of EU and Trump-US regulation
Sport • 7:38 AM
5 min
As LIV Golf and PGA Tour attempt to finalise a merger, the impact on sports entertainment and conditions for players will raise regulatory questions on both side of the Atlantic - but the outcome of US and EU merger scrutiny may differ.
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Saturday, january 11, 2025
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
Qatar’s Asian Cup legacy one year on
Sport • 5:01 PM
1 min
Hosting global football tournaments has left a long-lasting legacy for the Gulf state.
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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
Why does Trump want Greenland? Resource-rich country has a key place due to climate change
• 2:57 PM
8 min
Climate scientists describe Greenland as an open refrigerator door for a warming world.
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Didier Deschamps to step down as France coach after 2026 World Cup
Sport • 10:46 AM
2 min
Deschamps led Les Bleus to championship glory in 2018.
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Tuesday, january 7, 2025
UK scraps plan to ban gas boilers by 2035: Can the government boost heat pump uptake?
• 3:41 PM
7 min
The UK is lagging behind the rest of Europe with around two heat pumps per 1000 households.
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‘An epic ocean victory’: Can Biden’s new offshore drilling ban outlast Trump?
• 11:52 AM
11 min
Days before leaving office, Biden has made a move that environmental groups are “thrilled and thankful’’ for.
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‘If the oceans die, we die’: Anti-whaler Paul Watson on activism, prison and not giving up hope
• 6:03 AM
14 min
Watson has been fighting for the rights of whales and the wider environment for more than 50 years - and is showing no signs of slowing down.
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Monday, january 6, 2025
‘Breakneck speed’: Renewables reached 60 per cent of Germany’s power mix last year
• 4:32 PM
4 min
Reducing coal usage and making permits easier has helped renewables become “the backbone of the system” in Germany.
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Tile whipping: The national competition helping to make the Netherlands ‘climate-proof’
• 6:04 AM
4 min
The practice is easing pressure on drainage systems, one of the Netherlands’ growing climate-induced challenges.
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Saturday, january 4, 2025
Thursday, january 2, 2025
What will be the biggest football stories of 2025?
Sport • 5:00 PM
1 min
The inaugural 32-team FIFA Club World Cup is the most anticipated tournament of the year. Despite there being plenty of time until kick-off, there are concerns about fixture congestion.
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The UK has the fewest heat pumps in Europe, but the government hopes myth-dispelling can change that
• 3:30 PM
5 min
Heat pumps are common features in houses in countries like Norway and Sweden but haven’t taken off yet in the UK.
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‘An ecological disaster’: Russia deals with aftermath of massive fuel oil spill
• 2:02 PM
3 min
Thousands are attempting to help lessen the damage, but some volunteers say the government is not doing enough to help.
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Tuesday, december 31, 2024
Monday, december 30, 2024
Germany and Spain experienced some of the world’s costliest climate disasters in 2024
• 3:46 PM
7 min
A new report by Christian Aid found that Europe accounted for three of the top 10 costliest climate disasters in 2024.
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Amazon wildfires and droughts are ‘ominous indicators’ of a long-feared tipping point
• 3:00 PM
9 min
Governments have historically viewed the Amazon as an area to be exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples.
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Electric wallpaper and carbon-sequestering cows: Positive environmental stories from 2024
• 7:36 AM
90 min
Climate anxiety is very real, but these good news stories from 2024 prove there is hope for our planet.
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Saturday, december 28, 2024
From a president to an activist grandmother, all our unsung heroes for the climate in 2024 are women
• 9:02 AM
24 min
Euronews Green celebrates our year’s top unsung heroes of the climate movement - and all of them are women!
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UK zoo breeds and releases endangered snail onto Atlantic island
• 12:45 AM
3 min
Two species of tiny Desertas Islands snails have been bred at the UK’s Chester Zoo and released back into the wild onto one of Portugal's islands.
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Friday, december 27, 2024
Thursday, december 26, 2024
The Best of Football Now in 2024
Sport • 5:00 PM
1 min
Over the year, we brought you some of football’s biggest names and the biggest stories on — and off — the pitch.
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‘Drilling will be destructive’, but oil made Shetland locals rich: The family divides over Rosebank
• 6:04 AM
21 min
What do Shetlanders feel about Rosebank, the UK's biggest untapped oil and gas field, being on their doorstep?
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Tuesday, december 24, 2024
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EU Commission reaches for brakes on FI motor deal
Sport • 5:28 PM
2 min
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it will investigate Formula One owner Liberty Media's €3.5 billion euro deal for the motorcycle racing league MotoGP World Championship, as the deal risks raising prices for the licensing of broadcasting
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Football in 2024: The year in review
Sport • 5:01 PM
1 min
2024 was an exciting year in the world of football, with international tournaments on all continents delighting fans from all across the globe.
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US pledges 61% emissions cut by 2035 as Biden bows out
• 4:07 PM
5 min
The US has become only the fourth country to put a new emissions reduction pledge on the table ahead of a February 2025 deadline under the Paris Agreement to halt global temperature rise – but with president-elect Trump due to take office next month, its
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Montana Supreme Court locks horns with Republicans over landmark climate ruling
• 3:28 PM
7 min
The Chief Justice used a classic parental comeback to uphold the ruling, in another blow to state-backed fossil fuel industries.
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‘The Spotify of heat pumps’: The Swedish company offering sustainable heating with no upfront costs
• 6:04 AM
8 min
Buying and installing a heat pump comes to an eye-watering €11,500 – but this company aims to change that.
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Wednesday, december 18, 2024
Tuesday, december 17, 2024
Thousands of puppies are abandoned just after Christmas: Ethical alternatives for pet lovers
• 3:29 PM
13 min
Puppies are a terrible Christmas gift idea - but pooches are the most pampered family member, new research reveals.
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Governments support strict controls on maritime transport of plastic pellets
• 2:14 PM
4 min
In the wake of the spillage of some 26 tonnes of tiny plastic pellets which washed up on Spanish beaches a year ago, environment ministers have agreed that minimum standards and monitoring should apply to shippers operating in EU waters.
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Oil and gas majors demand massive public support for carbon capture
• 1:52 PM
9 min
The clock is ticking on a legal deadline for the petroleum industry to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure – a technology it has championed for decades – at an unprecedented scale by the end of the decade.
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From renewables to fossil fuels in Europe: How does your country generate electricity?
• 6:15 AM
4 min
Nuclear and coal power in the EU have decreased significantly over the last 20 years, with nuclear dropping to 23% and coal to 12%, while renewables have risen.
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Monday, december 16, 2024
Want to try out climate fiction? Take your pick from the finalists of the first-ever fiction prize
• 3:58 PM
10 min
The first-ever Climate Fiction prize has announced its longlist of books - and they’re all written by women.
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FIFA apologises for showing map of Ukraine without Crimea during 2026 World Cup draw
Sport • 10:22 AM
3 min
World football's governing body has removed the image omitting Crimea from Ukrainian territory, which Kyiv called an "unacceptable error".
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Sunday, december 15, 2024
Friday, december 13, 2024
France’s political instability deepens opposition to Mercosur trade agreement
• 2:23 PM
5 min
French opposition to the Mercosur agreement concluded by the European Commission on 6 December has been trenchant, but its domestic political situation is feeding the stance.
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Child labour: Nigeria’s lithium mines reveal the dark side of our electric future
• 5:14 AM
10 min
Children as young as five-years-old were found to be working in one illegal mine.
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Thursday, december 12, 2024
The rise and rise of Spanish football
Sport • 5:00 PM
1 min
2024 was another stellar year for Spanish football. Multiple trophies have been won at club and international stages.
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Climate clampdown: Research shows UK and Norway most likely to arrest protesters
• 4:48 PM
14 min
New powers for police have seen an increased number of climate protest-related arrests.
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‘Silent enablers’: The European shipping companies moving deforestation-linked beef around the world
• 3:05 PM
13 min
The loss of rainforest three times the size of London can be linked to these five European shipping companies.
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Ukraine’s energy crisis holds a lesson for EU, Polish minister says
• 1:35 PM
5 min
As Russia deliberately targets energy infrastructure, war-torn Ukraine is inadvertently showing Europe how it can boost security and resilience, a senior Polish energy official says, as Warsaw prepares to take over the EU Council presidency.
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Wednesday, december 11, 2024
Are solar farms destroyed during storms? Experts debunk the myth that panels can’t handle the wind
• 5:11 PM
6 min
No power infrastructure is immune from extreme weather, but solar has some advantages and means to improve.
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Conservatives demand ‘urgent’ action as EU car makers fall behind in race to electrify
• 3:33 PM
4 min
This week has seen a ratcheting up of pressure from the political right and car industry, which want the EU to ease regulations designed to cut emissions and promote a switch to electric vehicles.
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The Arctic tundra has transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, report finds
• 3:02 PM
5 min
Dramatic changes in the Arctic are being driven by high temperatures and intense wildfires.
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Tuesday, december 10, 2024
‘Redefining life on Earth’: Three-quarters of the world’s land is permanently drying up
• 3:31 PM
11 min
A UN summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hopes to address global desertification - once-fertile lands turning arid.
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New EU air quality rules: Air pollution still the top environmental health risk to Europeans
• 3:00 PM
8 min
Air pollution is also hurting ecosystems, resulting in lower crop yields.
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Governments remain deadlocked over energy taxation reform
• 1:21 PM
3 min
The European Commission wants to hike levies on fossil fuels as it seeks to radically cut carbon emissions — but EU members remain divided even if a proposed kerosene levy seems to have fallen by the wayside.
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Monday, december 9, 2024
With all eyes on the Paris Notre-Dame reopening, the cathedral’s saviour is revealed as the jay bird
• 3:30 PM
7 min
Two billion acorns are planted in the ground by jays each year in French forests.
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2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first year above 1.5C, scientists confirm
• 6:02 AM
3 min
Last month was the 16th out of the last 17 where global average temperatures have exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times.
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Sunday, december 8, 2024
Saturday, december 7, 2024
Judo Grand Slam in Tokyo: A perfect first day for Japan
Sport • 4:25 PM
3 min
The Japanese judokas won all seven gold medals on the first day of the Tokyo Grand Slam, which will conclude the 2024 World Judo Tour.
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Heat pumps are booming in Norway, Sweden and Estonia despite cold weather and old buildings
• 9:08 AM
6 min
It's a myth that the buildings in some countries are more suited to heat pumps than others.
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Friday, december 6, 2024
The latest medical advancements for treating football injuries
Sport • 6:05 AM
1 min
The leading physiotherapy and sports science experts gathered at the Aspetar International Rehabilitation Conference in Doha.
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Young campaigners win landmark climate case to stop new coal power in South Africa
• 12:34 AM
7 min
Civil society organisations said the government’s plan to add 1500MW of new coal-fired power was expensive, unnecessary, and a limitation of children’s right to a healthy environment.
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Thursday, december 5, 2024
Von der Leyen flies to Mercosur summit amid French political turmoil
• 4:38 PM
4 min
While the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen landed in Uruguay to finalize the Mercosur agreement, France, in the midst of a political crisis, continues to voice its opposition to the trade agreement.
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‘Post Milk Generation’ no more: Oatly loses right to call its drinks ‘milk’ in landmark UK ruling
• 4:05 PM
5 min
As dairy-free consumption grows across Europe, the battle over Oatly’s branding intensifies.
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Big polluters accused of hiding behind climate treaties at landmark ICJ hearings
• 3:32 PM
8 min
Vulnerable nations say historic polluters should be held legally responsible. Countries in the Global North believe existing climate change treaties are good enough.
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UK universities are divesting from fossil fuels while the rest of Europe lags behind
• 3:05 PM
5 min
While the pledges have been praised by campaigners, investigations show universities have still accepted millions of euros in funding from fossil fuel companies in recent years.
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COP29 climate finance: Will rich countries pay the $300bn a year they have promised?
• 11:02 AM
8 min
Developing nations slammed the deal as woefully inadequate but rich countries set to pay the bill praised it as ambitious.
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Wednesday, december 4, 2024
The Arctic could be ice-free by summer 2027: What it means for weather, shipping and polar bears
• 3:10 PM
8 min
The Arctic Ocean may see its first ice-free day before 2030, earlier than scientists predicted.
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EU anti-deforestation law delay: centre-right cries victory, NGOs cry foul
• 12:01 AM
4 min
The centre-right European People’s Party is claiming credit for a one-year delay to a regulation blocking EU market access for products linked to deforestation, although it failed in its attempt to further water down the law despite support from the far-r
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Sunday, december 1, 2024
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What countries are on track to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
Sport • 5:01 PM
1 min
It's the second anniversary of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and qualifying for the 2026 tournament is taking shape.
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Bank pledges €500m for nature-based solutions. Can greening your money help fight climate change?
• 3:00 PM
11 min
A sustainable pension or better banking may be a more effective way of cutting your carbon footprint than not flying.
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Monday, november 18, 2024
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Thursday, november 7, 2024
Will Indonesia be surprise qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
Sport • 5:00 PM
1 min
Indonesia is looking to become the lowest-ranked nation to ever qualify for a FIFA World Cup.
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Australian breaker Raygun retires after Olympics backlash
Sport • 10:06 AM
5 min
Rachael Gunn has quit competitive breakdancing after her unusual routine at the Paris Games went viral and generated criticism and conspiracy theories.
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Friday, november 1, 2024
