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![London fights legal challenge over expanding clean-air zone London fights legal challenge over expanding clean-air zone](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_70333748-4fcc-474e-8f6d-84cdb031cd90_.jpeg) |
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London's expansion of a fiercely debated scheme that charges the most polluting vehicles in the city should be blocked, local authorities bringing a legal challenge over the plan argued on Tuesday. ...more |
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![Brazil soccer star Neymar fined $3.5 mln for environmental offense Brazil soccer star Neymar fined $3.5 mln for environmental offense](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_65e2461f-32ff-413f-b82f-ff5d5d4f91a4_.jpeg) |
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Brazilian authorities said on Monday that soccer star Neymar was fined 16 million reais ($3.33 million) for breaching environmental rules during the construction of his coastal mansion in southeastern Brazil. ...more |
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![Shipping faces showdown over greenhouse gases Shipping faces showdown over greenhouse gases](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_abc50fa3-75b5-4b9f-a3cd-a8489e4f9b81_.jpeg) |
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The shipping industry is under growing pressure to dramatically curb planet-warming emissions from smokestacks. ...more |
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![UK weather: hottest June since records began - Met Office UK weather: hottest June since records began - Met Office](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7dc08245-f368-41b5-b86a-6bd8efa88546_.jpeg) |
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The UK had the hottest June on record, the Met Office has confirmed. ...more |
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![Portugal doubles 2030 goals for solar and hydrogen capacity Portugal doubles 2030 goals for solar and hydrogen capacity](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e452f6de-602c-408f-89c3-d8a57ffd6bba_.jpeg) |
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Portugal has more than doubled its 2030 goals for installed capacity of solar energy and electrolysers to produce green hydrogen, as it aims to decommission natural gas-fired power plants by 2040 and possibly become carbon neutral by 2045. ...more |
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![London's expanding clean air zone sparks economy-vs-environment row London's expanding clean air zone sparks economy-vs-environment row](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a2e6e013-d7de-40cc-855f-6c472f4ec438_.jpeg) |
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The ring of cameras trained on London's roads to charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles 12.50 pounds ($16) a day is due to expand next month - and not everyone is happy about it. ...more |
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![New Zealand bans plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets New Zealand bans plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c1d4da3d-70e4-4bd1-a77c-46c3af7ad511_.jpeg) |
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New Zealand has become the world's first country to expand its ban on plastic bags in supermarkets to thin bags, which are typically used to hold fruits or vegetables. ...more |
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![Climate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records, experts say Climate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records, experts say](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_86ec67cd-16c8-4212-8277-8a8f5e810bbd_.jpeg) |
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The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea. ...more |
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![EU set to swerve binding targets to improve soil health EU set to swerve binding targets to improve soil health](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d734eafe-85ab-45c4-a2fb-ecd0bb0dd97a_.jpeg) |
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The European Union's first law to improve soil heath will not include any binding targets to curb pollution or the degradation of soils, a draft showed, rebuffing calls from some companies for more ambitious rules. ...more |
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![EU plans drive to cut food waste this decade EU plans drive to cut food waste this decade](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_6a79b46b-80c4-4ffe-9b4f-9ddca60b7fb9_.jpeg) |
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European Union countries will be required to rein in food waste this decade under draft EU plans aimed at tackling the 10% of food in Europe that gets thrown away. ...more |
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