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Serbia

This 'liquid tree' in Belgrade is fighting back against air pollution

It contains six hundred litres of water and uses microalgae to bind carbon dioxide and produce pure oxygen through photosynthesis.

Climate

Serbs protest in Belgrade over air pollution problems

Protesters blew whistles and carried homemade banners to raise awareness of the pollution problems facing their cities.

Earth News

Procter & Gamble shocked to find giant tampon applicator on doorstep

Environmental activist Ella Daish has doorstepped the Procter & Gamble headquarters in a protest against period pollution

Earth News

Cocaine is being hidden in plastic waste, claims new investigation

A new report reveals how illicit flows and organised crime groups are worsening the world's 'heartbreaking' plastic waste problem.

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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.

Poland

Polish minister in Prague in bid to defuse Turów coal mine dispute

Poland is the second-biggest user of coal in Europe after Germany.

Earth News

'Waste age': Art explores the devastating impact of what we throw away

From fashion to food, electronics to construction, even packaging – designers have found the lost value in our rubbish and imagined a future of clean materials that could lead us out of the 'Waste Age'.

Earth News

Euroviews. COP26: Why a bad outcome ‘is the best we can hope for’

Professor Rupert Read says our political leaders can’t be relied upon to deliver at COP26, and inevitably change will be up to the people.

Earth News

Even babies in the womb can be harmed by microplastics

Plastic particles as big as cloud droplets are being absorbed by placenta cells, the Plastic Health Summit was told last week.

Earth News

Bulgaria slammed over 'irreversible' ecological impact of shipwreck

A cargo vessel carrying over 3,000 tonnes of nitrogen fertiliser has been stranded off Bulgaria's northern coast for more than three weeks.

Earth News

Mass clean-up saves California surf spot from catastrophic oil spill

A tremendous clean-up operation means these iconic US beaches can now reopen following an environmental disaster.

Earth News

Wizz Air CEO calls carbon offsetting ‘a bit of a joke’

József Váradi also described the environmental measure as greenwashing.

Ecotech

This exhibition gives you a fish’s eye view of a plastic-filled ocean

An environmental conservation group has built this highly Instagrammable outdoor exhibition to bring attention to the ocean plastics crisis.

Climate

The gases living in your fridge are worse for the environment than CO2

HFCs are worse for the climate than carbon dioxide, so why are they still in billions of homes worldwide?

Tech News

Here's how the iPhone 13 makes you pay €300 for Apple screen repair

A teardown of the new device found that Face ID stops working if anyone other than Apple replaces the screen, and it's all down to something called "part pairing".

Nature

180 countries participate in World Cleanup Day 2021

On Saturday around 50 million volunteers from every continent of the globe participated in the 2021 World Cleanup Day.

Earth News

Landmark legal case launched over toxic 'forever chemicals' in the US

Chemours, a spin-off from DuPont - which was featured in the Hollywood film Dark Waters - is being sued in the EU Court of Justice.

Spain

Spanish region restricts fertiliser after dead fish wash up in lagoon

Tonnes of dead fish washed up in Mar Menor, a salt water lagoon in Murcia.

Russia

Russian prosecutors open investigation into Black Sea oil spill

Satellite images showed damage from the leak may have been misreported, with the spill appearing to be 400 times larger than initially claimed.

Nature

Watch: Lagoon turns shocking pink and fish farming may be to blame

The Corfo Lagoon in Patagonia, southern Argentina, has turned pink after waste from fishing companies was dumped in its waters.