September 16th, 2019 Last week, the new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen outlined her nominees for Commissioners, many of whom are tasked with addressing the climate crisis. Ms von der Leyen has promised to present a European Green Deal within the first 100 days of taking office on Read more…
September 6th, 2018 Taxing non-recyclable plastics will only work if both consumer and producer behaviour towards plastic consumption change, a new study has found. The study, carried out by the New Economics Foundation for the Rethink Plastic Alliance, shows that while taxation would increase recycling rates in Europe, increased production Read more…
August 23rd, 2018 One-third of farmed fruits and vegetables never reach supermarket shelves due to the high cosmetic standards set by supermarkets, a new study has found. The study carried out by the University of Edinburgh found that over 50 million tonnes of fruit and veg grown in farms across Read more…
August 17th, 2018 A new European survey has revealed that a long weekend visit to Dublin has the same impact on our health as smoking one cigarette due to air pollution. The Brussels-based NGO Transport and Environment ranked Europe’s most popular and most polluted cities to show people the potential Read more…
August 15th, 2018 Coastal flooding could cause over €900 billion in damages to European countries by the end of the century without further investments in coastal protection, a new study finds. The study carried out by the EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) found that the annual damages caused by coastal Read more…
August 8th, 2018 A country with less than three million inhabitants, Lithuania is little known around the world apart from its breath-taking wilderness. And it is the small Baltic state’s desire to keep its natural environment intact that is bringing it international attention with the launch of a national deposit Read more…
August 2nd, 2018 The summer of 2018 has seen unpredictable weather events moving from one extreme to the other, with the current heatwave easing down and flooding now knocking on the door. After recording its hottest June on record, Northern Ireland fell straight into extreme flooding conditions last weekend, with Read more…
May 29th, 2018 EU Green week, Europe’s biggest environmental event, has resulted in the launch of new software to help cities become more sustainable. The EU also set new recycling and landfill reduction targets, and will adopt strict new rules to ensure targets are met. The new rules set targets Read more…
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[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]2nd February 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”] By now you are surely aware of the threat of climate change, rising sea levels, mass extinction and the destruction of tropical rainforests, but you probably haven’t Read more…
