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VW: France calls for EU investigation into 11-million-vehicle software scam

The investigation into VW widens: France calls on the EU to launch an inquiry into a software scam on 11 million vehicles.

22/09/2015

Economy

Volkswagen diesel components supplied by Bosch

The German auto supplier Bosch says it delivered components for regulating diesel exhaust systems to Volkswagen, which is at the centre of a

22/09/2015

Europe News

EU environment ministers endorse 2030 climate target

EU environment ministers have formally agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least forty percent by 2030. It forms the bloc’s negotiating

18/09/2015

Iran

Efforts to save the Iranian cheetah take off!

The Asiatic or Iranian cheetah is one of the most endangered big cats on earth. To highlight its plight internationally, Iran’s Meraj Airlines has

18/09/2015

Lebanon

Hunger strikers dig in to protest over Beirut rubbish crisis

Hunger strikers in Lebanon are continuing their protest at the mounds of stinking rubbish that are piling up In Beirut. The protests began in August

15/09/2015

France

Major UN climate change conference in December 'risks failure'

The French foreign minister says immediate action is needed to ensure the success of a major United Nations conference on climate change at the end

08/09/2015

Health Series

Say cheese: the whey forward in renewable plastics

Whey from cheese production and other agricultural waste can be a valuable raw material for new biodegradable plastic. A European research project

07/09/2015

USA

Nearly four million litres of contaminated water leaks into Colorado river system

In the US nearly four million litres of waste water containing toxins has been a leaked into a local river system in Colorado. The Environmental

13/08/2015

World News

Why World Elephant Day matters

Elephants never forget, they say. But did you remember that today, August 12, it is the annual celebration of these magnificent creatures? World

12/08/2015

World News

Fossil fuel subsidies rising in EU despite pledges to phase them out

04/08/2015

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Painters protest oil giant's Arctic drilling plans

03/08/2015

USA

Climate Change: Obama to unveil 'biggest, most important step' taken by the US

President Barack Obama is releasing the final version of America’s Clean Power Plan on Monday. In a video posted online by the White House, he calls

03/08/2015

Japan

Company hails breakthrough in Fukushima nuclear clear-up

The company that operates the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, says it has managed to remove a 20-ton fuel handling machine from one of the

03/08/2015

Next Series

Supergrass: fighting climate change with riverbank plants

European research project in Ireland offers promise of an alternative energy source from non-native myscanthus grass cultivated along riverbanks

27/07/2015

Next Series

Do you know: can grass save the planet?

27/07/2015

France

Climate change 'a matter of conscience' at Paris summit

Mankind’s relationship with nature was the focus of the Climate Summit of Conscience in Paris, hosted by French President Francois Hollande on

21/07/2015

Republic of Ecuador

Galapagos: sun and wind power world's 1st 'green' airport

The world’s first ‘green’ airport is up and running on Ecuador’s Galapagos islands. The eco-airport, located on the island of Baltra is completely

16/07/2015

USA

Solar Impulse grounded 9 months in Hawaii by battery damage

A solar-powered plane halfway through an attempt to circle the globe will be grounded in Hawaii for at least nine months because of battery damage

15/07/2015

Business Planet

Industrial symbiosis in Kalundborg: turning waste into a resource

For 40 years the port of Kalundborg in Denmark has been a world reference for ecology in industry, otherwise referred to as ‘industrial symbiosis’

26/06/2015

World News

EU's most precious nature sites facing 'biggest threat in decades'

25/06/2015