English

More about this topic

Green News

Why is the Indian capital completely covered in smog?

Earlier this month, air quality levels fell to the “severe” category in the capital and residents faced bouts of severe pollution for a number of days.

Tech News

An Israeli start-up is giving out virtual coins for collecting rubbish

What if you could walk and earn money at the same time? A start-up has created the ultimate game app that does good both for you and the planet.

No Comment

Toxic foam covers India's sacred Yamuna river

Toxic foam covers India's sacred Yamuna river

No Comment

Chile's desert dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers

Chile's desert dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers

ADVERTISEMENT

Living

Meet the people swapping their highly polluting careers for green jobs

By 2050, there could be 1.18 million jobs in the low-carbon economy. Meet the faces of the green transition.

Green News

Paris is investing €250 million to become a 100% ‘cycling city’

The plan includes increasing safe routes and installing more secure bike parking to encourage people to cycle more.

Nature

Lausanne discovers soil has been polluted with dangerous chemicals

The citizens of Lausanne, Switzerland are reeling after discovering that the soil in parts of the city has been intoxicated with dangerous chemicals for more than 60 years.

No Comment

Rubbish litters Marseille beaches a day after heavy storms

Several beaches in the center of Marseille are littered with garbage, the day after heavy rains.

Europe News

Noisy drivers in Ghent could have their cars confiscated

Drivers who breach noise limits in Ghent could have their vehicles confiscated. It's part of a bid to battle noise pollution in the Belgian city.

World News

Why the climate blame game is causing a stink in southeast Europe

“Heavy industries were the pride of socialist countries and economies, and this feeling persists.”

Ocean

Europe starts cleaning up its act to save the Baltic Sea

In partnership with the European Commission

One of the world’s most polluted seas is in Europe. Decades of Chemical contamination, overfishing and climate change have undermined the health of the Baltic Sea, provoking a severe environmental, economic and social crisis, but measures are being taken to save this important body of water.

Ocean

Stabilising ecosystems in the Baltic Sea, the key to saving fish stocks

In partnership with the European Commission

Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, explains that there is hope for the fishing industry in the Baltic Sea, but that starts with improving the water's health.

Green News

Five of Europe’s airports are 'emitting more CO2 combined than Sweden'

A tracker documenting the CO2 emissions of airports around the world shows the annual emissions, which are largely tax free, of five of Europe’s biggest airports, amount to more than the annual emissions of Sweden.

Nature

The surprising reason you shouldn’t do drugs at Glastonbury Festival

Scientists have discovered environmentally damaging levels of illicit drugs in a river that runs through the festival site.

World News

EU air pollution limits way out of step with new WHO guidelines

The World Health Organization has tightened its guidelines for recommended air pollution limits, after it found evidence of damage to human health at lower levels than previously thought.

Green News

Biden is working with the EU to cut climate-wrecking methane emissions

Methane is one of the most potent agents of climate damage, gushing up from countless uncapped oil and gas rigs.

Portugal

Astrotourists head to Portugal for international event

A huge increase in so-called Astrotourism has been marked, in Portugal, by the first international congress to discuss the preservation of night sky and access to starlight

World News

50 million volunteers in 180 countries take part in World Cleanup Day

The movement's website showed which areas of Europe were most enthusiastic: Germany held over 900 events, France over 600, and Italy over 500.

No Comment

Taiwan: environmental group designs marine 'vacuum cleaner'

A Taiwanese environmental group has designed a marine vacuum cleaner to help in the island's fight against floating garbage

Germany

Cows can be 'potty trained like children' for greener environment

Scientists, hoping to find new ways to prevent urine from polluting the earth, have managed to potty train cows in two weeks.