My Europe Series
"Insiders" talks to all sides on the great German coal divide
Despite its Green credentials Germany is a heavy user of coal, especially lignite, which comes from Europe's biggest opencast strip-mine. Now it wants to expand, but first it has to expel protesters from what remains of Hambach forest, which is due to disappear.
My Europe Series
German energy giant clears climate protesters from Hambach forest
Central Europe's last primordial forest in Germany is about to be obliterated to dig up dirty and inefficient lignite coal, despite Berlin's trumpeted green credentials. Insiders talks to all sides of the story, but RWE refuses to comment.
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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.
World News
Earth Overshoot Day is the earliest in almost half a century
The day marks when humanity's annual demand on nature exceeds what our planet can renew in that year. This year, it falls on Aug. 1 - one day earlier than in 2017, which fell on Aug. 2, and the earliest since our planet went into "overshoot" in 1970, which fell on Dec. 29.
Belgium
Leadership looks like... cleaning up the oceans by 2040
Boyan Slat went diving in Greece aged 16 and saw more plastic bags than fish. Instead of wringing his hands he went on to set up a not-for-profit that aims to rid the oceans of 90% of their plastic by 2040. And he is well on his way to achieving this.
