U.S. commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030
The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it...
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Morrisons removes all plastic bags for life from UK stores
Supermarket retailer Morrisons is removing all plastic versions of its "bags for life" from stores nationwide, in favour of paper and...
Aldi launch trial of packaging-free products
Aldi has launched a trial selling its first packaging-free products to help customers shop more sustainably. The trial is available at...
France approves ban on short domestic flights
French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours,...
Colgate introduces manual toothbrush with a reusable handle and 80% less plastic
Over 495 million adult manual toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. in 2020 and will likely end up in landfill because they cannot be...
Smarties packaging in switch to recyclable paper, 250 million plastic packs now made from paper
Smarties packaging has changed from plastic to paper worldwide, according to the manufacturer Nestlé. This move means that 250 million...
General Motors sets goal of 100% electric by 2035
GM announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting...
Waitrose ranked first for efforts to reduce plastics in Greenpeace report as it confirms latest plan
Waitrose has ranked first in Greenpeace’s annual league table, for the second year in a row, which looks at how supermarkets are reducing...
The world’s biggest diesel engine factory switches to electric motors
From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach...
Heinz removes plastic from all multipack canned products with PEFC certified paperboard
Heinz continues to remove plastic from supermarket shelves with the launch of a convenient & skinny cardboard sleeves on all multipack...
Paris to turn Champs Élysées into 'extraordinary garden' after 2024 summer olympics
The Champs-Élysées, a 1.9km-long avenue in central Paris, will undergo a major €250m makeover following the 2024 Summer Olympics. The...
Norway becomes first country to sell more electric cars than petrol vehicles
Electric cars comprised 54% of all new vehicle sales in Norway for 2019. This makes Norway the first country to have sold more electric...
On Monday 44% of Germany's electricity came from wind power
data available at https://windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline vehicles by 2035
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government announced on the 25th, last week in a plan to...
Tesco confirms it removed 1 billion pieces of plastic in 2020
Tesco announces that it has removed one billion pieces of plastic from its UK business in just one year. In 2020, by working with its...
Dogger Bank Wind Farm to power 6 million UK homes
Dogger Bank Wind Farm and GE Renewable Energy have confirmed GE as preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C, announcing at the same...
Drip irrigation system developed to solve rice paddy problem
An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world...
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