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Tadweer Group to develop plastic bottles return programme in Abu Dhabi 26/4/2024
Tadweer Group to develop plastic bottles return programme in Abu Dhabi Tadweer Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TOMRA, a leading innovator of reverse vending machines for Clean Loop Recycling, providing tech-led solutions that enable the circular economy. ...more
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution 26/4/2024
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution Fewer than 60 multinationals are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution, with six responsible for a quarter of that, based on the findings of a piece of research published on Wednesday. ...more
Nature loss could slow UK growth 12% by the 2030s, report says 26/4/2024
Nature loss could slow UK growth 12% by the 2030s, report says Nature loss could pose a greater risk to Britain's economy than the COVID-19 pandemic and wipe 300 billion pounds ($373.83 billion) off UK economic growth if measures are not taken to slow it, the first such study shows. ...more
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture 26/4/2024
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture On a recent Saturday, some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, wading in the shallows to plant strands of light-green eelgrass on the seabed. ...more
Emperor penguins suffered mass breeding failures in 2023 amid record low sea ice 26/4/2024
Emperor penguins suffered mass breeding failures in 2023 amid record low sea ice Record low sea ice in late 2023 led to breeding failures in one-fifth of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies, scientists with the British Antarctic Survey said on Thursday. ...more
Beiruts air pollution crisis: Diesel generators linked to doubling cancer risk, study shows 25/4/2024
Beiruts air pollution crisis: Diesel generators linked to doubling cancer risk, study shows The British daily newspaper, The Guardian, published recently a report focusing on the generators' impact on air quality, affecting the health of Beirut's residents. ...more
South Korean court hears children's climate change case against government 25/4/2024
South Korean court hears children's climate change case against government South Korea's Constitutional Court began hearing on Tuesday a case that accuses the government of having failed to protect 200 people, including dozens of young environmental activists and children, by not tackling climate change. ...more
California, 21 other states back EPA vehicle emissions rules 25/4/2024
California, 21 other states back EPA vehicle emissions rules A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful. ...more
Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops 25/4/2024
Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops The plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the region’s 60 million olive trees – which once produced almost half of Italy’s olive oil – many of which were centuries old. Farms stopped producing, olive mills went bankrupt and tourists avoided the area. With no known cure, the bacterium has already caused damage costing about €1bn. ...more
NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change 25/4/2024
NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change NASA is hoping that nations will work together more closely in the future on topics such as climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, the space agency's head, Bill Nelson, said on Tuesday. ...more
 
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