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Too Good To Go: The app that helps Europeans fight food waste

Thursday is the United Nations' International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.

Destinations

We're drinking too much mezcal and its damaging Mexico's landscape

Tequila and other mezcals are enjoying a global boom but for the land and plant it’s made from, it could have serious consequences.

Italy

Environmental activists stage protest, Botticelli masterpiece unharmed

The Carabinieri said that members of the Last Generation group -- all Italians -- glued themselves to a protective glass in front of the famous 15th-century painting, Primavera or Spring on Friday.

Green News

Euroviews. View: Golf has grown into an ‘ecological villain’

"It’s time we, as a society, admit that golf was a bad idea and move on," argues Abbie Richards.

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My Europe Series

Crisis, culls and curfews: Rome's rubbish triggers wild boar problem

Uncollected rubbish is said to be fuelling the problem.

Europe News

Climate activists bring London traffic to a standstill

Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked off bridges across London, as part of growing climate action in the UK.

Green News

How to set up your own satellite station to monitor climate change

Satellite images aren’t for scientists alone - here’s how to take your own

Serbia

Western embassies reject Serbian PM’s protest allegations

The embassies of Germany, the UK, and the US issued a joint statement rejecting PM Ana Brnabić's claims that the environmental protests against Rio Tinto's now-cancelled lithium mine in western Serbia had "Western backers".

Serbia

Serbian government scraps planned lithium mine after protests

Serbian PM Ana Brnabić said on Thursday that the government has cancelled all prior licences for Rio Tinto's planned mine in the west of the country.

Green News

Couple wins over €100k claiming symptoms of 'wind turbine syndrome'

From nausea to heart irregularities, the Belgian couple purport to both have experienced the same symptoms for a number of years.

Climate

Climate activists walk 820km in 26 days to reach COP26

Meet the activists who walked from London to Glasgow to raise awareness, engagement and action on the climate crisis.

Green News

Polish activists protest as logging resumes in Bialowieza forest

Polish authorities say the logging operations are legal and necessary to protect against wood-boring insects.

Climate

In pictures: Shelters forced to evacuate animals after Hurricane Ida

Animals have been flown across the US in search of their forever homes.

Denmark

Faroese officials to 'look closely' at dolphin hunts after slaughter

The Faroese prime minister has said the role of dolphin hunting will be examined after gruesome footage posted on Sunday showed nearly 1,500 dead sea mammals lying on a beach.

Health news

Climate change causing 'catastrophic harm to health,' experts warn

Editors of the world's leading medical journals joined together to release a climate change warning ahead of crucial UN and international summits.

Living

Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water

It may not be shocking that bottled water is bad for the environment, but scientists have crunched the numbers to work out exactly how much worse it is.

Living

Meet the heroic pilots who gave up flying to fight climate change

The stories of three ex-pilots who stopped flying when they realised the environmental impact it had on the planet.

Cult

Venice Architecture Biennale explores how will we live in the future

The pavilions on display aim to show how architecture can shape the way we live and face up to challenges including climate change, rising inequalities and access to healthcare.

Green News

What does Eurovision have to do with saving the environment?

A new partnership between WWF and Eurovision is using TikTok to encourage people to campaign for the environment.

Green News

Is cannabis farming destroying the planet?

“Industrial farming for cannabis is bad for the environment. The land can’t take it anymore.”