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Denmark

Google starts measuring pollution levels in Copenhagen

In a new partnership between Google and the city of Copenhagen, the giant tech company started measuring pollution levels in the city to help find improvements to air quality levels.

France

Ships collide near Corsica causing major fuel spill

The collision has left a trail of pollution four kilometres long and several hundred metres wide.

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Watch: France removes polluted tyres from failed artificial reef

An artificial sea sanctuary made of 25,000 car tyres proved to be a bad idea as divers in France are removing them from the seafloor after it was found to spread pollution

Canada

Watch: 'Iceberg tourism': Newfoundland's new-found livelihood

The breaking of ice caps due to climate change is having a beneficial effect on the Canadian province's economy

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World News

Police clear protesters from tree houses

More arrests made as German police clash with activists protesting the planned clearing of a forest to expand coal mining

World News

World Cleanup Day: Global event highlights pollution

People all over the world have taken part in a cleanup campaign to raise awareness of the negative impact posed by plastic waste and other types of litter.

Eco-Innovation

Green-powered boating at the 41st Cannes Yachting Festival

The yacht industry has presented its latest energy efficient and hybrid developments in Cannes at the Yachting Festival.

Germany

Riot police clash with environmental activists in Germany

Riot police clash with environmental activists in Germany

World News

World Cleanup Day 2018: The largest waste collection day in history

United Kingdom

Meet the man who built a floatable bike to clean up London's canals

This former consultant has created an eye-catching system to collect plastic from London's canals.

Lebanon

Could incinerators be the answer to Lebanon's critical waste problem?

Could incinerators be the answer to Lebanon's critical waste problem?

World News

Daily air quality forecasts could save millions of lives, say scientis

Vincent-Henri Peuch, the head of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, said the idea was to make information on air pollution levels “as daily, as mundane as a weather forecast”.

World News

Feeling good: positive stories from the week

Studies have shown that increasing positive emotions has a powerful effect on our general wellbeing. This is why we’d like to introduce you to our roundup of some of the brightest stories from this week.

Europe News

'Explosive' documents about Monsanto in Europe

"What we have is the tip of the iceberg," says US lawyer

United Kingdom

World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in Irish Sea

The wind farm covers an area the size of about 20,000 football pitches.

United Kingdom

Burberry stops setting fire to unsold clothes

“Modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible," the brand said in a statement.

France

Hulot resignation forces Macron's third reshuffle

Hulot resignation forces Macron's third reshuffle

World

British woman set to travel the length of Hudson River on paddle board

A British woman has decided to travel the length of the Hudson River in the US on a paddle board to raise awareness of plastic pollution. Lizzie Carr will paddle for more than a week consecutively to cover the 275 km (170 miles) long journey.

Europe News

Car industry faces blame in EU's battle against air pollution

"I think that the car industry is among the big actors that are preventing us from solving the problem."

France

Environment minister Nicolas Hulot quits French government

Hulot made the announcement live on the radio and said President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe were not aware of his decision to leave, saying "they perhaps would have tried to dissuade me."