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Is My Skin Care Routine Planet-Friendly? 3/10/2025
Is My Skin Care Routine Planet-Friendly? It can be hard to feel good about your skin care routine when so many products come in plastic and you’re constantly pushed to try new and more things. ...more
Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country 2/10/2025
Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country Yemen’s first large-scale solar plant is helping to alleviate electricity shortages in the southern port city of Aden, bringing some relief to residents and businesses which suffer losses particularly when the intense summer heat hits. ...more
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day 2/10/2025
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023. ...more
Japan's renewable curtailments on track to hit record as nuclear generation rises 2/10/2025
Japan's renewable curtailments on track to hit record as nuclear generation rises Curtailment of wind and solar power generation in Japan is set to rise to record levels this year due to increased nuclear power use, a Reuters review of industry data showed, exacerbating pain for a sector seeing an exodus of players. ...more
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say 2/10/2025
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Wednesday. ...more
New IUCN report highlights urgent need for more sustainable blue tourism in the Mediterranean 2/10/2025
New IUCN report highlights urgent need for more sustainable blue tourism in the Mediterranean Mediterranean Blue Tourism at a crossroads: €171 billion sector faces climate and environmental pressures. ...more
EU will have new climate targets by COP30 summit, von der Leyen says 1/10/2025
EU will have new climate targets by COP30 summit, von der Leyen says The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after the bloc missed a U.N. deadline to approve the goals this month. ...more
Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises at UN 1/10/2025
Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises at UN Leaders of developing countries threatened by climate change told rich nations at the United Nations General Assembly that they are falling far short of promises to fund measures to combat rising sea levels, droughts and deforestation. ...more
Green energy pact has curbed fossil fuel funding 1/10/2025
Green energy pact has curbed fossil fuel funding Public funding for international fossil fuel deals fell by up to 78% last year across a coalition of 35 countries, though members of the group, including Germany and the United States, approved new projects, research by a group of NGOs showed on Tuesday. ...more
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s 1/10/2025
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say. ...more
 
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