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...
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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...
Vertical Future unveils new vertical farm in Deptford, London with 172% higher yield
UK-based controlled-environment-agriculture (CEA) solutions provider Vertical Future has unveiled its new approach to vertical farming,...
Iceland to cut greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030
Iceland aims to reduce the country's greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with levels in 1990, the government said on Thursday....
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a row
This year, Break Free From Plastic’s brand audit – “BRANDED Vol III: Demanding Corporate Accountability for Plastic Pollution” — an...
France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkiller
France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron...
Tesco removes 20m items of plastic from Christmas range
The UK’s largest supermarket said its own-label crackers were plastic-free for the first time – cutting more than 14m pieces from the...
Denmark agrees deal to have 775,000 electric cars by 2030, 30% of current cars on road
Denmark on Friday agreed on a deal with parliament to put at least 775,000 electric or hybrid cars on Danish roads by 2030 in its latest...
Huggies launches 100% 'natural fibre' biodegradable baby wipes
In October 2019, Huggies announced a commitment to eliminate plastics from its baby wipe range in the UK over the next five years,...
Aviva launches solar carport at Perth offices
Aviva, with support from the Scottish Government, has launched one of the UK’s largest combined solar carports and energy storage...
Billionaire UK investor aims to force hundreds of companies to act on climate
British billionaire Chris Hohn is aiming to force hundreds of U.S. and European companies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by...
Tesco to remove plastic trays in chicken range in 30% reduction of plastic packaging
Tesco is announcing that from next year it will stop using plastic trays to pack its fresh, whole chickens. The supermarket will start by...
First clear plastic bottles produced from recycled textile waste, a 42 million ton market
CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a company pioneering new enzymatic solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile...
Tesco to save 260 tonnes of plastic each year, with change to cheese packaging
The saving has been made by switching from the traditional square block shape to oblong packaging and also by removing the current...
UK gets £175 million more for cycling and walking as research shows 80% public support
Survey reveals 8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce road traffic and two-thirds support reallocating road space for active...
136 Million Trips Taken on Shared Bikes and Scooters Across the U.S. in 2019
What started in 2010 as a nascent concept, untested in North American cities, closed out the decade as a fast-growing and increasingly...
Renewables will account for almost 90% of the increase in total power capacity worldwide this year
Record levels of new renewable energy capacity are set to come on stream this year and next, while fossil fuel capacity will fall due to...
Wind-dominated Denmark to host northern Europe’s largest solar farm
Danish renewable energy developer European Energy has granted the green light to build northern Europe’s largest solar farm, a 300MW...
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