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One of the world's largest floating offshore wind turbines set sail earlier this week from Osaka Bay in Japan and is currently on its way to a site off the coast of Fukushima. ...more |
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![Morocco bans plastic bags Morocco bans plastic bags](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c09ee739-9214-40ca-834a-6ab8354250fc_.jpg) |
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Morocco has banned the production and use of plastic bags, with many shops and street sellers across the country having reportedly stocked-up last week ahead of the legislation which came into force on July 1, reports Al Jazeera. ...more |
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![Germany pledges support for developing countries at Petersberg climate meeting Germany pledges support for developing countries at Petersberg climate meeting](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_b98f7ad3-ee56-4085-89b1-ff6049b62e60_.jpg) |
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Germany's Environment and Development Ministries on Monday announced plans for an implementation partnership to help poorer countries transform their national climate action plans into concrete strategies. ...more |
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![Vestas multi-rotor wind turbine delivers first power Vestas multi-rotor wind turbine delivers first power](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_facc5c1c-72b6-42d9-904a-0af90f7772bb_.jpeg) |
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Wind energy giant Vestas has revealed its innovative multi-rotor turbine design has delivered power for the first time, fueling hopes the four rotor concept model could help to maximise wind farm output and curb clean energy costs. ...more |
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![China passes law to 'regulate' wild animal products China passes law to 'regulate' wild animal products](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ddcb3f53-cd61-4ecb-b258-784128a45de9_.jpg) |
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China has passed a new wild animal protection law banning the sale of food made from endangered species, but allowing other products derived from them, state media said, amid controversy over its wildlife policies. ...more |
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![New tarantula named after Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez New tarantula named after Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_9519585a-5ac5-42b8-aa1f-4b26a4a309b6_.png) |
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Scientists have discovered a new species of tarantula in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria mountain range in Colombia. ...more |
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![Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima: Study Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima: Study](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c82a88bb-e112-4bcb-b45f-41985fbc80f6_.jpg) |
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Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids into the sea, a study showed Monday. ...more |
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![Google snaps up 236MW of wind capacity to power EU data centres Google snaps up 236MW of wind capacity to power EU data centres](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_00d58210-0622-4623-b942-4dc524c41e85_.jpg) |
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Google, the world's largest corporate buyer of clean energy, has struck a new deal to buy 236MW of new wind capacity to power its European data centres. ...more |
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![Paris drives old cars off its streets Paris drives old cars off its streets](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e0faec6b-4956-4ec2-84f2-fd95305d8e1f_.jpg) |
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Paris banned old, exhaust-belching cars from its streets on Friday in a war on air pollution that environmentalists hope will also drive dirty vehicles from the centers of other European cities. ...more |
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![Orangutans rescued from Indonesian forest fires released back into wild Orangutans rescued from Indonesian forest fires released back into wild](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_cd753921-159e-442d-9cda-59084300c545_.jpg) |
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Three orangutans rescued when forest fires destroyed their Indonesian rainforest habitats were returned to the wild on Borneo island last week. ...more |
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