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Greta Thunberg sails to Spain with YouTubers for climate conference

The teenage environmental activist continues to advocate the no flying movement, by sailing all the way to Europe.

World News

Six dead, 36 missing after cyclone Bulbul lashes Bangladesh

More than two million spent a night huddled in storm shelters as Cyclone Bulbul smashed into the coasts of India and Bangladesh.

Green News

EU countries say airlines should pay for polluting the planet

Nine countries are calling for the aviation industry to be taxed, in order to improve air pollution in Europe.

World News

The smallest hole in the ozone layer is closing - but is it good news?

Experts warn against getting too excited.

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Portugal

'We're learning' says Lime CEO on electric scooter criticism

“We’re learning, cities are learning,” Lime chief’s executive told Euronews as he addressed critics who claim electric scooters are endangering pedestrians and littering pavements across Europe.

Living

Dezeen Day: 4 eco designers changing the world with their art

Highlights from the 2019 international design conference held by Dezeen in London.

China

Macron and Xi to agree on 'irreversibility' of Paris climate accord

The French and Chinese presidents are set to sign an agreement that mentions the 'irreversibility' of the Paris climate accord, which comes just after the US said it filed paperwork to withdraw from the deal.

World News

Trump administration notifies U.N. of planned Paris climate accord exit

Trump administration notifies U.N. of planned Paris climate accord exit

World News

Thousands of Romanians protest against illegal logging, attacks on forest workers

Thousands of Romanians protest against illegal logging, attacks on forest workers

Green News

Why I quit my job at Vogue to live in a tree for a year

I meet Alex Fisher, who lived in a tree for a year in the 1990s to stop British forests being cut down.

$A police officer moves a protester outside the Houses of Parliament during a demonstration against fracking, in London, Britain, October 31, 2018$

United Kingdom

UK bans fracking just weeks before national election

The UK is to put a temporary halt on fracking - Boris Johnson's government says it's because the industry causes earth tremors which are too disruptive to local communities.

$FILE PHOTO: Chevron fracking site near Midland, Texas, US. August 22, 2019. Picture taken August 22, 2019.$

United Kingdom

Britain orders immediate moratorium on fracking

The government said the industry risked causing too much disruption to local communities through earth tremors.

Green News

Scientists are growing mustard and strawberries to survive on Mars

Scientists in Prague are growing food in Aeroponic conditions to survive the extreme weather on Mars.

Germany

Decline of insects in Germany is 'frightening', scientists warn

Insect biomass in the forest the scientists studied decreased by approximately 40% since 2008 and the situation is "even more alarming" in grasslands where it has decreased to only one-third of its former level.

Netherlands

Watch: Dutch inventor unveils device to purge rivers of plastic

The Interceptor is a vessel which trawls rivers collecting plastic waste. The solar-powered boat catches the rubbish before it reaches the ocean.

Green News

Newly discovered beetle named after Greta Thunberg

The Natural History Museum in London has chosen to honour the young climate campaigner.

Romania

Court blocks expansion of Romania's biggest coal mine

An energy company wanted to expand Rosia's 1,450-hectare coal mine by a further 280 hectares, 235 of which are currently covered by forest which would have had to be cut off, according to environmental network Bankwatch

World News

UK reviews diplomatic immunity rules after crash involving U.S. woman

UK reviews diplomatic immunity rules after crash involving U.S. woman

United Kingdom

As plans for the UK's first spaceport take shape, opposition grows

Trekking through the muddy peat bog on the A'Mhoine peninsula on the remote north coast of Scotland, it seems hard to imagine that within a couple of years, that this remote, beautiful, wetland landscape could be the UK's first spaceport, launching small satellites into the lucrative polar orbit.

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Activists spray paint Paris building of energy firm Total

Activists from the anti-capitalist group ATTAC vandalised the Total headquarters building in Courbevoie, Paris's business district, on Saturday (October 12)