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Friday, april 11, 2025
Climate champion or catastrophe: Can AI ‘offset’ its own, growing emissions?
• 3:02 PM
10 min
Data centre electricity demand is predicted will rise to around 945 terawatt hours by 2030, more than the entire electricity consumption of Japan.
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La Niña has ended after three weak months. What does it mean for Europe’s weather?
• 2:01 PM
4 min
Longer-term weather forecasts are more difficult to establish when the phenomenon is not present.
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'Make America's showers great again': Trump reverses US water and energy saving measures
• 7:20 AM
4 min
The standards were intended to make dishwashers, showerheads, refrigerators, laundry machines and toilets use less energy and water.
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Thursday, april 10, 2025
‘One big backlash’: Why is a green shareholder activist group pausing its climate resolutions?
• 3:24 PM
4 min
A “changing political landscape” and global trade tensions are partly to blame, according to the Netherlands-based group.
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Not just social media: Report claims mainstream French media is spreading climate disinformation
• 2:32 PM
9 min
A new study discovered dozens of climate lies being shared in French media, from renewable energy to EVs.
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EU agrees to restore soils to health but stops short of setting legal targets
• 2:30 PM
3 min
The state of Europe’s soil is often overlooked in the battle against climate change and ecosystem destruction, and in efforts to limit flooding and ensure food security. The EU has agreed to restore its heavily degraded land by 2050, but environmentalists
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Ditching fossil fuels would improve energy security for most countries, new research finds
• 2:24 PM
4 min
Trade-related risks to energy security decline on average by 19 per cent in net-zero scenarios.
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Wednesday, april 9, 2025
Commission overruled as lawmakers extend microplastic controls to shipping
• 4:28 PM
3 min
After a series of high profile spills at sea, MEPs and governments have agreed that new pollution controls must extend to maritime freight, despite opposition from the EU executive.
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European premiere of Meryl Streep narrated film urging nature restoration
• 3:38 PM
7 min
Filmmaker Matthew Brady tells Euronews why he wanted to bring a message of hope to the big screen – and how he persuaded Hollywood royalty Meryl Streep to narrate his award-winning documentary ‘Escape from Extinction – Rewilding’.
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Nations debate historic first global carbon tax as shipping faces pressure to cut emissions
• 3:01 PM
9 min
As nations of the world debate a historic global carbon tax on shipping, the US has waded in with threats of retaliation.
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Europe’s largest meteorite impact crater is pumping out methane and nobody knows why
• 2:02 PM
7 min
Methane emissions in Sweden’s Siljan Ring lakes are up to 300 times higher than expected, raising climate concerns.
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Lego says new factory in Vietnam will make toys without without adding emissions to the atmosphere
• 11:58 AM
14 min
It is hoped that the factory’s 12,400 solar panels and energy storage system will help set a precedent for more sustainable manufacturing in Vietnam.
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‘Their determination is heroic’: Portuguese youth mount fresh climate lawsuit against government
• 4:02 AM
7 min
A new lawsuit is being built to challenge the Portuguese government’s climate targets and plans by young veterans of climate litigation.
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Tuesday, april 8, 2025
MEPs reject renewed attacks on NGO funding in EU budget review
• 4:35 PM
4 min
A parliamentary committee has voted down a raft of amendments from right-wing lawmakers seeking to incorporate sharp criticism of EU funding for non-governmental organisations into the discharge of the bloc’s 2023 budget.
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Meet Zen, the border collie teaching rescue dogs as climate change compounds avalanche risks
• 2:03 PM
17 min
When things go wrong, the only weapon Alpine rescuers have to search is dogs.
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World surpasses 40% clean electricity with Europe leading as a 'solar superpower'
• 4:01 AM
10 min
Heatwaves, AI and data centres are driving electricity demand to new heights. But clean power is up to the challenge, a new global review finds.
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Monday, april 7, 2025
European Commission slammed for 'opaque' funding of NGOs
• 3:27 PM
6 min
The EU’s audit office has demanded greater transparency over EU funding contracts for non-profit civil society organisations, despite finding no evidence during a year-long probe of any wrongdoing by either NGOs or European Commission officials.
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Scientists say human-caused pollution may be masking the true extent of climate warming
• 2:30 PM
3 min
The findings will help develop more accurate climate models to predict future climate change.
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Meet the teen duo that won this year’s Earth Prize Europe with their groundbreaking clean water tech
• 10:48 AM
9 min
The European winners hope they can scale up their invention to tackle water pollution at its source.
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Sunday, april 6, 2025
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Friday, april 4, 2025
Going round in circularity: Most Brits confused by sustainability language, survey finds
• 2:32 PM
5 min
A third of consumers admitted to ignoring what brands say about sustainability because it confuses them.
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We know next to nothing about 99 per cent of the world’s insects: Here’s why that’s a problem
• 2:03 PM
5 min
While we regularly hear about population declines in ‘charismatic’ insects like bees, huge data gaps make it hard to protect the rest.
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Thursday, april 3, 2025
Greens, socialists hope centrist alliance will limit scale of EU deregulation
• 5:00 PM
4 min
The European Parliament has voted to delay key rules on corporate sustainability pending a reduction of their scope, on the same day the Trump administration appeared to be targeting EU regulatory standards with a punitive 20% import tariff.
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Beryl, Helene and Milton join list of nearly 100 hurricane names so deadly they won’t be repeated
• 3:12 PM
7 min
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was the ninth in a row with above average activity, the WMO says.
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Greece storms were made wetter and more destructive by climate change, study finds
• 2:38 PM
3 min
The research found that storms are up to 15 per cent wetter now than they would have been in the past.
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Wednesday, april 2, 2025
The Arctic’s glaciers are retreating, exposing new coastlines that could trigger tsunamis
• 3:00 PM
4 min
The unstable new coastline poses safety risks for the tourists that flock to coastal glacial areas for their beauty and abundant wildlife.
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Commission denies singling out NGOs in green funding row
• 2:30 PM
6 min
After right-wing parties in the European Parliament narrowly lost a symbolic vote on blocking funding for non-profit groups through the LIFE Programme, the European Commission issued a detailed statement that has done little to reassure critics who see th
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Dead hedgehogs reveal PCB pollution still haunts the environment decades after ban
• 2:14 PM
8 min
Researchers have found hedgehog bodies are full of environmental pollutants, including some of the most hazardous to human health.
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'The last form of protest I have': German priest prefers prison over €500 fine for climate activism
• 7:29 AM
6 min
Rev. Jörg Alt and about 40 other activists blocked traffic in Nuremberg by gluing their hands to a street in front of the city's train station.
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Tuesday, april 1, 2025
Türkiye’s 20,000-year-old glaciers are disappearing. Scientists want to close them to visitors
• 2:30 PM
4 min
The remaining glacial area in the Cilo Mountains has been damaged and degraded, scientists say.
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MEPs reject call to halt funding for environmental NGOs
• 11:49 AM
5 min
In a knife edge vote, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted down an objection jointly tabled by the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) against continued funding of civil society campaign groups.
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Finland ‘ahead of schedule’ on coal phase out as Helsinki’s Salmisaari plant closes
• 5:04 AM
7 min
Wind power in Finland has more than doubled since 2020 to supply a quarter of the country’s energy.
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Saturday, march 29, 2025
Friday, march 28, 2025
‘Hanging up the high vis’: Just Stop Oil says it will stop direct action protests this April
• 3:01 PM
6 min
During their three-year history, Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested 3,300 times and imprisoned 180 times.
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Massive Attack concert made history by slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 98%
• 11:08 AM
4 min
The gig broke the world record for the lowest carbon emissions ever produced by a music event.
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Governments losing patience with European Commission over delayed 2040 climate target proposal
• 10:38 AM
5 min
With some clear exceptions, there appears to be broad support among European governments to open negotiations on a 2040 emissions reduction target as soon as possible – but enthusiasm for the 90% cut favoured by the European Commission was less in evidenc
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Thursday, march 27, 2025
Wednesday, march 26, 2025
Toxic water and a sickening stench: How pig-rearing has turned this Spanish town into ‘a dungheap’
• 4:19 PM
10 min
Residents are too afraid to drink water from their local wells or open their windows for fear of the stench of nearby livestock operations.
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Europe challenged to step up as China’s solar boom powers record renewable energy growth
• 2:22 PM
4 min
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said that the clean energy transition can be "Europe's economic engine-room".
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Heavy rainfall fills empty reservoirs in Spain, bringing drought relief and floods
• 12:11 AM
5 min
Reservoirs around the country are now around 66% full on average, according to Spain's environment and ecological transition ministry — the highest level in a decade.
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Tuesday, march 25, 2025
Chinese lithium must not become ‘the new Russian gas’, says EU industry chief
• 5:14 PM
5 min
The EU has drawn up a priority list of 47 projects for the mining and processing of critical raw materials, which local authorities will be required to fast-track through the permitting process in as little as 15 months or less.
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Barcelona has the highest density of cars in the EU. Cutting traffic by 25% could save 200 lives
• 3:02 PM
6 min
From superblocks to port electrification plans, Barcelona’s traffic pollution is slowly improving.
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This decade-long climate lawsuit saw its plaintiffs grow from children into adults. Now, it is over
• 8:50 AM
7 min
The case has inspired similar climate legal action on behalf of young people across the United States.
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Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €11bn a year, new study finds
• 6:03 AM
10 min
Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed.
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Monday, march 24, 2025
‘Embarrassing, bad and frankly dangerous’: Experts react to drop in US weather balloon launches
• 3:42 PM
7 min
Weather balloons are an “essential piece of the forecasting system.” But there will be fewer of them in tornado season this year.
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Renewables stepped up to meet surge in energy demand from rising temperatures in 2024, IEA says
• 2:59 PM
4 min
Despite some climate-related setbacks, the decoupling of emissions from economic growth is one promising trend.
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Saturday, march 22, 2025
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Monday, march 17, 2025
In Finland, more than half of consumers are shopping less for climate reasons
• 3:34 PM
4 min
Most Finnish people said they had already experienced the impact of climate change in their daily lives with 62 per cent feeling that recent winters have been milder.
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What are nurdles? ‘Sheen’ of plastic pellets spotted in the North Sea after ship crash
• 2:49 PM
8 min
Although not toxic, nurdles present a deadly risk to wildlife if ingested.
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Sunday, march 16, 2025
Friday, march 14, 2025
‘A bad joke’: Greece gives green light to oil drilling while expanding marine protected areas
• 4:45 PM
6 min
Environmental lawyers say that the new concessions threaten endangered species in the biodiversity-rich Hellenic Trench.
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‘Faster and faster’: Why did global sea levels rise more than expected in 2024?
• 3:41 PM
4 min
Since the satellite recording of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled.
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Governments agree to ease regulation of new-generation GMOs
• 2:40 PM
3 min
The EU is to set to release a new class of genetically modified crops from strict regulation that dates back over 20 years, but MEPs and governments are divided over whether biotech firms should be allowed to patent them.
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Thursday, march 13, 2025
