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Mongolia hunting ban clashes with centuries old tradition
A battle between environmental regulations and ancestral traditions is playing out in the frozen forests of northern Mongolia. It has been the hunting ground of the Dhuka reindeer herders for thousands of years but that is now under...
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Visit the "Space of Waste"
London currently uses over a billion single-use plastic water bottles every single year. To raise awareness, an art installation showing the drastic damage humans are doing to the environment by discarding plastic bottles was unveiled at...
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Is Volkswagen CEO Mathias Mueller on the way out?
Volkswagen Chief Executive Mathias Mueller may not have long left at the helm of the German car manufacturer as former BMW executive Herbert Diess is tipped to replace him. Reports suggested the move would come as part of a larger...
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Tackling microplastic pollution in Europe's rivers
How much plastic ends up in our rivers? And what are the effects on our health and the environment? A group of Italian citizens and scientists have come together to try to answer these questions. Several times a year, the inhabitants of...
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UK to ban new diesel and petrol car sales by 2040
Sales of new diesel and petrol cars will be banned in Britain from 2040, the UK government has announced as it looks to improve the country’s worsening air quality. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) plans,...
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Italy in trouble over alleged Fiat Chrysler emission-test cheating
The European Commission has launched legal action against Italy over allegations of emission-test cheating by Fiat Chrysler. It is demanding Rome formally respond to its concerns that the carmaker has not justified the necessity for...
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Award winning filmmaker Luc Jacquet films a new chapter in emperor penguin’s life
It was 12 years ago the plight of the emperor penguin and the daily struggle to protect its chicks caught the imagination of a worldwide audience. The film ‘The March of the Emperor’ earned Luc Jacquet the Oscar for Best Documentary in...
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Award winning filmmaker Luc Jacquet films a new chapter in the life of the emperor penguin
It was 12 years ago the plight of the emperor penguin and the daily struggle to protect its chick caught the imagination of a worldwide audience. The film ‘The March of the Emperor’ earned Luc Jacquet the Oscar for Best Documentary in...
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The self-sufficient toilet could be on its way thanks to power created by urine
At the Bristol BioEnergy Centre, urine is the fuel of the moment and an outdoor urinal ensures there is no shortage. Everyone from students to builders and lab technicians at the centre donate their urine to scientific research. Once...
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ChemChina, Syngenta work to appease EU competition watchdog
ChemChina and the Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta have confirmed they have responded to concerns by the European Union’s competition watchdog over their merger. No details have been made public but usually companies offer to...
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Protect our oceans from the dangers of pollution by plastic say international campaigning group ‘Plastic Change’
Every year 8 million tons of plastic waste are being dumped into the seas. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The “international organisation –...
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Methane gas threatening to slow efforts to slow climate change
Methane gas is all around us and is threatening efforts to slow climate change. An international study led by the French organisation the Laboratory of Climate Sciences and the Environment – the LCSE – reported that methane...
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Morocco’s building trade goes green hot on the heels of Cop 22
As the sand settled on Cop 22 Morocco invited 45 countries to display their wares at the ‘Salon du Batiment’ in Casablanca. L’Association Professionnelle des Industries Céramiques vous souhaite la bienvenue au salon international du...
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World’s largest oasis threatened by climate change
The world’s largest oasis in the Moroccan region of Tafilalet is being threatened by climate change. Morocco has three major objectives: recognising issues related to climate change, preserving oases, and developing them to a single...
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Morocco launches Triple A initiative to challenge climate change
For the final stop along the Road to Cop 22, we’re in Souss Massa Draa, in southern Morocco. This region is the home of the country’s Triple A initiative which aims to transform the continent’s agriculture to face the challenges of...
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Floating containers: an answer to low-cost housing
It is notoriously difficult for students to find affordable housing. So a Danish developer has come up with a solution that can be docked right in the centre of Copenhagen Harbour. Made up of nine disused shipping containers, Urban...
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Road to Cop22: green tourism in Marrakech
The Moroccan city of Marrakech, which is hosting the Cop22 climate change summit in November, has dedicated itself to eco-tourism. Marrakech, where culture and history merge in an ambitious vision for the future, has created a number of...
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Road to Cop 22: protecting Morocco’s coastline
Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and ocean acidification amplify extremes of climate change. Finding a solution to minimise the impact on coastal areas has become a priority. That’s why COP22 host nation Morocco has set up...
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Morocco cleans up its act for COP 22
Morocco considers that action in favour of the environment coming from civil society is of the utmost importance. In Casablanca several initiatives inspired by young people have led to the setting up of associations that are working to...
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Several diesel brands emit more than VW: report
Several diesel car brands emit higher levels of pollution than Volkswagen, a study published one year after the so-called Dieselgate scandal has found. Transport and Environment said carmakers Fiat, Vauxhall and Suzuki sell vehicles that...
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Hungary’s green agenda moves in two directions
Hungary’s environmental agenda has taken one step forward and one step back. The government just announced plans to subsidise electric cars, but at the same time is blocking the installation of new wind turbines. It will give a grant of...
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Could snow leopards boost tourism to Afghanistan?
Rare footage of a Snow Leopard has emerged in Afghanistan’s northeastern Wakhan National Park. According to estimates, the population now exceeds one hundred in the area. It’s the result of a seven-year effort by the New York-based...
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Volkswagen emissions scandal: Australia sues car giant
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has sued the Australian arm of Volkswagen. The consumer watchdog, said 57,000 cars falsely touted as low emissions diesel vehicles had been sold over a five-year period in...
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Ocean health check-up: The Nekton Mission asseses the damage done
About 10 miles off the coast of Bermuda, scientists are analysing the health of the Atlantic ocean where human activities like overfishing and oil spills, are having terrible repercussions. A pioneering mission The Nekton Mission claims...