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‘Strategic’ Portugal lithium mine faces EU court challenge

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Ombudsman takes up complaint over polluting Italian steel mill

It follows a complaint from local campaigners, accusing the Commission of indifference to the plight of Taranto residents and the environment.

Europe News

Are 'coal-free' countries really free? New data shows real consumption

Germany, Poland and Serbia remain the 'black lungs' of Europe, with great quantities of the environmentally damaging brown coal being burned there.

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1 in 5 Europeans exposed to dangerous noise pollution, report reveals

Only three countries are estimated to have less than 10 per cent of their populations exposed to harmful noise levels.

wellbeing

Want to live a long and happy life? Try trusting others, study says

People who tend to trust each other and institutions report higher levels of well-being, a new study has found.

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Eco-Innovation

Seaweed packaging is shifting single-use plastic out of stadiums

Notpla is aiming to expand in Europe and displace 1 billion units of single-use plastic by 2030.

Nature

Why is Paris seeking legal personhood status for the River Seine?

Meanwhile, people will be allowed to swim in the Seine's cleaner waters in a month’s time.

Green News

Inside Taranto’s 12-year wait for EU action on steel plant pollution

The European Commission has been accused of misconduct over its handling of toxic pollution from Ilva, once Europe's largest steel plant.

Health news

Decades after Vietnam War, Agent Orange-linked health issues persist

April 30 will mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but the battle with Agent Orange, a chemical used by US forces during the conflict, continues.

Culture news

Let's stop pretending Katy Perry's space trip wasn't a crass PR stunt

“That space mission this morning? That’s end time shit." No truer word has been spoken. And just because it was the first all-female flight since 1963, doesn't make it a space trip worth celebrating.

Green News

Why is less than 10% of the world’s plastic being recycled?

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates.

Climate

Why are humans still walking towards the climate abyss?

From Earth jurisprudence to committees for the future, there are plenty of positive examples of deep solutions.

Green News

Russia continues December's Kerch Strait oil spill clean-up

Russia continues its Black Sea clean-up operation in the Kerch Strait, after last December’s oil spill from two storm-stricken Russian tankers, according to Russian authorities.

Green News

Swedish hedgehogs found to contain pesticides, plastics and lead

Researchers have found hedgehog bodies are full of environmental pollutants, including some of the most hazardous to human health.

Green News

New investigation links Texas fracking to European plastics

More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.

Radio Schuman

It’s hard to breathe in Brussels - Radio Schuman

More than 900 people are dying prematurely because of air pollution. Every year it's more than two people per day, air quality expert Pierre Dornier tells Radio Schuman.

Business

Thames Water: Judge approves emergency plan to keep it afloat

Thames Water, which serves 16 million customers in and around London, was seeking court approval for billions of pounds in rescue loans to prevent it from being nationalised when it runs out of cash next month.