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Environmentalists accuse ING of 'greenwashing' at Brussels demo

Environmentalists accuse ING of 'greenwashing' at Brussels demo

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EU throwaway plastic ban - the last straw?

MEPs are set to vote on an EU-wide ban on single-use plastics on Wednesday.

Green News

Saving puffins in Iceland

Residents on a remote Icelandic island are working together to protect the puffin population.

China

Watch: UK-China expedition discovers world-class cave hall

A China-UK joint expedition team has discovered a world-class giant cave hall in the Nongle sinkhole in Fengshan County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

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World News

Train runs over crowd on tracks in northern India, 50 feared dead

Train runs over crowd on tracks in northern India, 50 feared dead

Living

Bees find a shelter on the rooftops of Paris

Urban beekeeping is a quickly emerging trend in the French capital.

World

Youths protecting the environment [Inspire Africa]

Who says teenagers do not care about the environment? In this edition of Inspire Afirca, Hannane Ferdjani talks an 18-year-old student who is actively showing his peers how to secure their tomorrow o

Spain

Euroviews. Seville: How a small Spanish city became a cycling hub for all | View

As tackling climate change and our dependence on fossils fuels becomes more urgent than ever, city planners are turning the bicycle as a healthy, environmentally-friendly mode of transport.

Denmark

Google starts measuring pollution levels in Copenhagen

In a new partnership between Google and the city of Copenhagen, the giant tech company started measuring pollution levels in the city to help find improvements to air quality levels.

France

Ships collide near Corsica causing major fuel spill

The collision has left a trail of pollution four kilometres long and several hundred metres wide.

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Watch: France removes polluted tyres from failed artificial reef

An artificial sea sanctuary made of 25,000 car tyres proved to be a bad idea as divers in France are removing them from the seafloor after it was found to spread pollution

Canada

Watch: 'Iceberg tourism': Newfoundland's new-found livelihood

The breaking of ice caps due to climate change is having a beneficial effect on the Canadian province's economy

World News

Police clear protesters from tree houses

More arrests made as German police clash with activists protesting the planned clearing of a forest to expand coal mining

World News

World Cleanup Day: Global event highlights pollution

People all over the world have taken part in a cleanup campaign to raise awareness of the negative impact posed by plastic waste and other types of litter.

Eco-Innovation

Green-powered boating at the 41st Cannes Yachting Festival

The yacht industry has presented its latest energy efficient and hybrid developments in Cannes at the Yachting Festival.

Germany

Riot police clash with environmental activists in Germany

Riot police clash with environmental activists in Germany

World News

World Cleanup Day 2018: The largest waste collection day in history

United Kingdom

Meet the man who built a floatable bike to clean up London's canals

This former consultant has created an eye-catching system to collect plastic from London's canals.

Lebanon

Could incinerators be the answer to Lebanon's critical waste problem?

Could incinerators be the answer to Lebanon's critical waste problem?

World News

Daily air quality forecasts could save millions of lives, say scientis

Vincent-Henri Peuch, the head of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, said the idea was to make information on air pollution levels “as daily, as mundane as a weather forecast”.