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Schweinfurt: European home of electric bikes

This week in Business Planet, we’re in Schweinfurt in Germany, the European home of the electric bike. How to make the most of the e-bike boom? What

Business Planet

Industrial symbiosis in Kalundborg: turning waste into a resource

For 40 years the port of Kalundborg in Denmark has been a world reference for ecology in industry, otherwise referred to as ‘industrial symbiosis’

My Europe Series

Dirty business: mafia's toxic waste crimes spread across Europe

The illegal dumping of domestic and sometimes even hazardous industrial waste by the mafia has long been a problem in Italy. Now it has emerged that

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Waste not, want not: Ghana's mushrooming bio-waste initiative

Managing food waste is both a challenge and an opportunity for developping countries. Every month, the St. Baasa factory in west Ghana transforms

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Vatican

Pope Francis bestrides global diplomacy with his environment encyclical

The most awaited, and controversial papal document in half a century has been published. Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment is also the

Vatican

What is Pope Francis' encyclical on the future of our planet?

We've rounded up a list of quotes to sum up the encyclical, a document that will, undoubtedly, have an impact on millions the world over.

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Helping farms produce more crops with less water

Is it possible – in agriculture – to produce more with less water? That’s the aim of a European research project taking place in Bologna, Italy

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Do you know: can crops grow without water?

France

Mixed reaction to French plans to force supermarkets to donate unsold food

There has been a mixed reaction to moves by France to crack down on food waste. The French National Assembly has voted to prevent large supermarkets

USA

Coastguards say Santa Barbara oil cleanup could take "months"

The cleanup continues along Santa Barbara’s sullied beaches following the spill of some 2500 barrels of oil onto the land and into the sea. About a

USA

Santa Barbara coast devastated by nightmare oil spill

It is one of only five climates of its type in the world, but California’s Gaviota coast in Santa Barbara county, is facing an ecological disaster

Culture news

Solo yachtswoman and journalist Catherine Chabaud wins Woman of the Year award

Journalist and sailor Catherine Chabaud became the first woman to complete a solo navigation of the globe without any stops during the third edition

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Saving water from waste in chemical plants

This edition of Futuris explores how new technologies can help recycle the water used in chemical plants to make these more environmentally friendly.

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU under fire over migrant policy

In this edition of Europe Weekly, the EU comes under fire over its migrant policy; Ukraine’s economy is predicted to shrink this year; MEPs get tough

Europe News

MEPs tell shoppers to pay more for plastic bags

Israel

Israel: Haifa mayor orders closure of refineries amid cancer scare

Plants run by Israel’s biggest refining and petrochemicals group have been ordered closed by the mayor of Haifa after a report said increased cancer

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Slik operation: new device to remove oil from troubled waters

Marine oil spills can be extremely difficult to deal with, requiring a lot of time and effort by experts to remove the pollutant from the surface of

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Do you know: what's worse than oil spills?

United Arab Emirates

Solar Impulse plane takes off on historic round-the-world flight

A plane powered solely by the sun has begun an unprecedented round-the- world flight after taking off from a runway in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The aim

Europe News

EU ministers endorse climate pledge ahead of UN conference