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WATCH: Are footballers playing too often?
Sport • 5:30 PM
1 min
Player injuries are at an all-time high, but the football calendar is set to get even busier.
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Microsoft’s emissions soar by 30%: Why is it building more data centres and what is their impact?
• 3:00 PM
4 min
AI has helped increase Microsoft’s emissions almost a third since 2020.
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Towns in Spain are being invaded by flies: Is climate change to blame?
• 1:59 PM
4 min
Climate conditions and farming practices may be creating the perfect breeding ground for the insects to multiply.
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Economics chief cites no regrets despite green deal backlash
• 1:55 PM
2 min
With fresh elections looming, senior officials are unrepentant for making climate change a priority of their five-year term.
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Austria to make KlimaTicket free for 18 year olds: Do cheap tickets encourage public transport use?
• 11:00 AM
12 min
Public transport is one of the lowest carbon ways to travel but getting people to use it isn't always easy.
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Wednesday, may 15, 2024
Commissioner touts launch of critical raw material joint purchasing
• 3:28 PM
4 min
EU executive will set a procurement system to secure supply of more than 30 critical raw minerals, similar to that applied to natural gas.
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Industry backers say Europe needs a carbon capture and storage tsar
• 3:26 PM
5 min
With real-world development lagging far behind the rhetoric of policy makers in Brussels, industry groups and big oil agree the EU needs a 'CCS tsar' to make the case for a climate solution that still attracts a lot of mistrust
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Mumbai should ‘drastically cut back’ on billboards, Indian author says after storm disaster
• 3:00 PM
7 min
Cyclones are getting more frequent in the mega city, and the built environment is making matters far worse.
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Free public transport in Montpellier has led to 20 per cent more journeys
• 2:09 PM
6 min
The city made public transport free in December and has now released its first figures showing how the scheme is going.
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Satirical posters protesting Shell’s ‘lethal legacy’ replace 200 adverts across the UK
• 9:02 AM
11 min
Activism collective Brandalism claims the fossil fuel company’s tactics are “straight out of Big Tobacco’s playbook”.
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Tuesday, may 14, 2024
Green groups welcome Commission caution on fast-track renewables deployment
• 4:52 PM
4 min
Environmental groups have expressed relief at European Commission guidelines for the acceleration of renewable energy deployment, which stress the need to respect nature protection rules.
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Italy, France, Germany: Which EU country has the most environmentally friendly economy?
• 3:19 PM
6 min
Italy has the best urban recycling rate in the EU while Spain has the lowest material consumption.
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Berlin and Dublin spearhead move to unblock Nature Restoration Law
• 11:08 AM
4 min
Eleven EU members are urging their peers to sign off on a new Nature Restoration Law - perhaps the most important piece of environmental legislation to fall foul of a backlash against the European Commission's green deal agenda.
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Cooking with climate-harming dirty fuels kills millions every year. How can Europe help?
• 5:00 AM
8 min
“I believe if your neighbour’s house is burning, you help them. Africa is our neighbour,” said IEA executive director Dr Fatih Birol.
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Monday, may 13, 2024
Banks are propping up the fossil fuel industry to the tune of €6.5 trillion, new report finds
• 4:00 PM
8 min
Barclays, Santander and Deutsche Bank were among Europe’s biggest fossil fuel financers in 2023.
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Von der Leyen mollifies MEPs over PFAS ban concerns
• 3:55 PM
4 min
An exchange of letters reveals German centre-right MEPs' concerns over a proposed blanket ban of PFAS 'forever chemicals', and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's efforts to reassure them that industry will be shielded from negative impac
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Trucks and buses to slash CO2 emissions by 90% by 2040
• 3:24 PM
3 min
Heavy-duty fleet manufacturers need to shift their efforts towards electrification.
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Free trees and green garlands: How Antwerp is encouraging residents to be urban gardeners
• 8:00 AM
5 min
The free-tree scheme in Antwerp is part of an initiative by the local council called Neighbourhood in Bloom.
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Sunday, may 12, 2024
Saturday, may 11, 2024
European success with an Uzbek comeback
Sport • 7:44 PM
3 min
The second day of the Kazakhstan Barysy Grand Slam opened with a colourful ceremony featuring a range of cultural performances and remarks from the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, the IJF director general, and the president of the Kazakhstan Judo Fed
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Is it 'high time' for Europe to recognise the human right to a healthy environment?
• 5:00 AM
12 min
The Council of Europe is the only regional human rights system that has not yet explicitly recognised the right to a healthy environment.
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Friday, may 10, 2024
Judo Grand Slam day one: a golden start for Kazakhstan
Sport • 6:52 PM
4 min
All the latest developments on the Judo Grand Slam Astana 2024.
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Renewables are meeting 95% of Portugal’s electricity needs. How did it become a European leader?
• 5:00 PM
4 min
Portugal has made huge progress in renewable power, up from 27 per cent in 2005 and 54 per cent in 2017.
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Polish farmers stage parliament sit-in against Ukraine imports and EU regulations
• 7:31 AM
1 min
An influx of grain from Ukraine has compounded existing grievances against what farmers describe as punitive environmental regulations from Brussels.
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Watch Just Stop Oil protestors in their 80s target the Magna Carta with a hammer and chisel
• 12:44 AM
5 min
The protestors were heard asking “Is the government above the law?”
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Thursday, may 9, 2024
WATCH: Who is the Premier League's greatest team of all time?
Sport • 5:30 PM
1 min
The Premier League has reigned supreme for decades and featured some outstanding teams.
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'We will feed the world in 50 years': Scientists behind giant seed vault win World Food Prize
• 3:23 PM
6 min
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in 2008 and now holds 1.25 million seed samples from nearly every country in the world.
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Severe flooding leaves at least 100 dead and thousands homeless in Brazil
• 2:31 PM
10 min
The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has been virtually cut off from the rest of the country as flooding washed away roads and bridges and inundated airports.
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Why is lithium crucial to the EU's green and digital transition?
• 7:00 AM
10 min
Lithium is one of the 34 critical raw materials listed by the EU under the Critical Raw Materials Act, and a key component in the EU’s quest to ditch fossil fuels and switch to clean energy.
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What is scrubber water? Ships pollute Baltic Sea to the tune of €680 million in 8 years, study finds
• 5:00 AM
8 min
Shipping companies have recouped the cost of ‘scrubber’ tech and are now benefiting from dirtier fuel, researchers have revealed.
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Wednesday, may 8, 2024
Europeans want governments to focus more on curbing migration than climate change
• 2:30 PM
2 min
People all over the world were surveyed about what issues governments should prioritise.
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Rising sea levels and climate change mean London’s flood defences are due for an upgrade
• 2:00 PM
4 min
Sea levels are projected to rise by around a metre by 2100 and storms are becoming increasingly intense due to climate change.
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More than 30% of world’s electricity now comes from renewables, report reveals
• 5:01 AM
7 min
A decline in fossil fuel power is now ‘inevitable’, the report's authors say.
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Tuesday, may 7, 2024
Rainfall allows Catalonia to ease water restrictions for first time since drought began
• 4:00 PM
2 min
Reservoirs in Catalonia were at extremely low levels but have since risen, meaning the restrictions on water usage will be eased - for now.
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Europeans see natural disasters as a bigger threat than armed conflict, study reveals
• 3:00 PM
5 min
More than 2,000 people across seven EU member states were quizzed about what they think are the most pressing issues facing the bloc.
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‘False promises and phantom emissions’: How was Shell able to double its carbon credits in Canada?
• 2:00 PM
7 min
Canadian taxpayers covered 93 per cent of the costs of the Quest carbon capture project, a Greenpeace report reveals.
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'Blood sport' or 'humane and quick'? Controversial whale slaughter begins in Faroe Islands
• 8:00 AM
9 min
Critics say the practice is cruel and unnecessary, though defenders claim it is an integral part of island life and resist what they see as meddling by outsiders.
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Monday, may 6, 2024
China dominating soaring global clean tech industry
• 3:46 PM
3 min
EU’s goal to increase domestic manufacturing capacity for net-zero technologies faces stiff competition from China.
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Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 - experts say climate change is to blame
• 1:42 PM
2 min
April in Pakistan saw significantly above average rainfall and lightning which killed dozens of people.
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Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people - is climate change to blame?
• 9:50 AM
6 min
A further 103 people are missing in the deadly floods which have been causing havoc for over a week.
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Sunday, may 5, 2024
Judo Grand Slam Day 3: Titans of the Tatami
Sport • 5:55 PM
3 min
All the latest developments of the Dushanbe Judo Grand Slam 2024.
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Are humans a ‘keystone species’? This captivating new book rethinks our role in rewilding
• 6:00 AM
11 min
Sophie Yeo talks to us about her new book Nature’s Ghosts and the lessons for conservationists buried in landscapes of the past.
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Saturday, may 4, 2024
Judo Grand Slam day two: The Dushanbe Dojo
Sport • 5:14 PM
3 min
All the latest development on the 2024 Dushanbe Grand Slam.
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‘Personal freedom’ vs ‘greater good’: Low emission zones show EU’s impact on our everyday lives
• 5:00 AM
8 min
The European Green Deal and other buzzwords are talked about a lot in the Brussels bubble, but how do these things actually affect EU citizens in their everyday lives?
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Friday, may 3, 2024
Judo Grand Slam: day one at Dushanbe
Sport • 6:50 PM
3 min
All the latest developments of the Judo Grand Slam 2024.
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Tiny particles of plastic pollution could be finding their way deep into our lungs with every breath
• 4:00 PM
4 min
Inhalation is one of the most likely pathways for human exposure to microplastics.
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Clean tech sector and NGOs produce alternative election manifestos
• 12:25 AM
8 min
Election manifestos are not the preserve of political parties vying for seats in the European Parliament: the run-up to the 6 June poll has seen industry lobbies, interest groups and NGOs produce wish lists of their own.
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Thursday, may 2, 2024
WATCH: Bayer Leverkusen clinch German Bundesliga title
Sport • 5:30 PM
1 min
Bayer Leverkusen have emerged victorious, pushing Bayern Munich off the throne after their 11-year reign.
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Copernicus: Switzerland says it can’t afford to take part in EU climate change monitoring programme
• 3:00 PM
4 min
Launched in 1998 by the European Space Agency, Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth and observation programme.
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Green leader sees ‘huge danger’ to climate policy as elections loom
• 1:58 PM
4 min
A trio of leading Green MEPs have presented a proposal for a Green Industrial Deal supported by a trillion-euro EU fund and preferential interest rates from the European Central Bank, while warning a swing to the right in June could see five years of clim
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Wednesday, may 1, 2024
Here’s how Big Oil repeatedly misled the public over their private downplaying of climate crisis
• 5:00 PM
10 min
A new report released by US Democrats has shown that many big oil companies have willingly misled the public about their opinions on the dangers of climate change.
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Two men charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old tree near Hadrian’s Wall
• 4:00 PM
3 min
The National Trust has said it will take up to three years to see if new growth sprouts from the sycamore's stump.
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‘Deliberately ambitious’: Eurostar promises to power its trains with 100% renewable energy by 2030
• 2:00 PM
4 min
In one European country, its trains have already been running entirely on wind power since 2017.
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No Mow May: How to turn your garden into a haven for butterflies this spring
• 6:00 AM
5 min
Lawns provide little sustenance for insects. Here's how to improve the wildlife in your garden.
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Tuesday, april 30, 2024
Airlines lobby against EU plan to monitor non-CO2 emissions from flights
• 4:00 PM
4 min
Contrails or condensation trails are created when ice crystals form around tiny particles of carbon emitted by a plane’s engines.
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G7 commits to phasing out coal by mid 2030s - but environmental groups aren't happy
• 3:29 PM
4 min
The Environment, Energy and Climate summit concluded on Tuesday at the Palace of Venaria in Turin.
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How close is the world to securing a global treaty to end plastic pollution?
• 2:00 PM
9 min
For the first time, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty.
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More than 70% of key resources imperilled by climate - report
• 1:48 PM
4 min
Global production of crucial raw materials may be at risk of disruption due to climate change and businesses need to find adaptation solutions in order to timely deliver clean technologies for the green transition.
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How Europe’s energy crisis is feeding the election campaign
• 1:13 PM
11 min
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy was already a central pillar of the European Green Deal before a belligerent Moscow triggered an energy crisis; now the question of how best to ensure secure, affordable energy is dividing political cam
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Monday, april 29, 2024
Bulgaria and Poland to increase climate adaptation and just transition efforts, Commission says
• 4:16 PM
3 min
Bulgaria and Poland's energy and climate plans still need to fill some gaps.
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91% of Europe’s cities are looking to nature-based solutions to fight climate change
• 4:00 PM
8 min
Cities are home to a majority of Europe’s population and are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change.
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‘If we don’t act, who will?’: Meet the French activists who stormed a forever chemical plant
• 4:00 AM
9 min
Euronews Green followed members of Extinction Rebellion as they prepared to break into French chemical giant Arkema.
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Friday, april 26, 2024
Renewable records and green awards: Positive environmental stories from 2024
• 5:00 PM
44 min
Climate anxiety is very real, but these good news stories from 2024 prove there is hope for our planet.
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Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change
• 3:00 PM
5 min
A new report shows where wine production has dried up the most in Europe.
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ROUNDUP: Key energy and environment votes in parliament
• 1:41 PM
9 min
MEPs waved through a raft of energy and environment files in Strasbourg this week during the last European Parliament plenary session before elections in June.
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'No confidence': Scottish coalition government collapses in battle over climate targets
• 8:26 AM
7 min
A three-year coalition between the SNP and Scottish Green Party has broken down after emissions targets were dropped.
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Thursday, april 25, 2024
WATCH: Should the Premier League have a salary cap?
Sport • 5:30 PM
2 min
Player salaries are increasing, will the Premier League implement a salary cap?
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MEPs agree to give European clean tech manufacturing a boost
• 4:02 PM
4 min
New rules are designed to bring ‘clean tech sovereignty’ to the bloc in face of competition from China and the US.
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‘A good start’: Germany, Spain and France propose billionaire tax to help tackle climate crisis
• 4:00 PM
10 min
Campaigners say the tax will cover around half of annual loss and damage costs from climate disasters.
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Pope Francis calls climate change deniers ‘fools’ in US TV interview
• 3:00 PM
4 min
The Pontiff has been outspoken on climate change over the last decade.
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An ‘exceptional situation’: Two of London’s escaped horses undergo operations
• 1:00 PM
6 min
Officials say that two of the horses who escaped on Wednesday, now named as Vida and Quaker, have undergone operations as result of their injuries.
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Rapid militarisation jeopardising climate, claim NGOs
• 8:14 AM
3 min
Impact of conflict-related carbon emissions should be accounted for and more data from military operations is needed, according to NGOs and lawmakers.
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Scientists probe causes behind mass beaching of pilot whales in Australia
• 12:00 AM
3 min
Rescue efforts are underway, but at least 26 of the whales have died.
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Monday, april 22, 2024
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Wednesday, april 17, 2024
Two further deaths at the Grand National are a stark reminder that cruel horse races must end
Sport • 10:26 AM
9 min
Suffering is an almost inevitable outcome, and it is supported with each bet placed — all just for a fleeting flutter, Elisa Allen writes.
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Netflix first quarter earnings preview: Subscriber growth in focus
Sport • 7:03 AM
6 min
The earnings season for major US tech companies is set to commence with Netflix on 18 April. While Netflix has stopped offering guidance on its subscriber growth, the addition of users remains a pivotal metric for its earnings report.
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Thursday, april 11, 2024
WATCH: How football stadiums are designed to serve as multipurpose venues
Sport • 5:30 PM
1 min
State-of-the-art multi-functional stadiums are designed to impress more than the average football fan.
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Climate change should be a compulsory subject in all Scottish schools, people’s panel says
• 4:00 PM
4 min
A public panel said that it would help young people gain a basic understanding of climate change, energy production, global issues and green job opportunities.
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Lawmakers ditch life-cycle approach to transport emission tally
• 3:35 PM
3 min
MEPs, industry and clean transport campaign group at odds over the inclusion of a life-cycle methodology.
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