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UK Parliament sends 30,000 invitations for citizens’ assembly on climate change
From Wednesday 6 November, 30,000 invitation letters will be landing on doormats across the UK – including Scotland, Wales and Northern...
UK bans fracking with immediate effect
The government has launched a temporary ban on fracking amid fears over earthquakes. Energy secretary Andrea Leadsom said the government...
US wind energy capacity is now more than 100 gigawatts - power for 32 million homes + 500 factories
The U.S. is now home to more than 100 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity, a new report from the American Wind Energy Association...
Kenya: President Kenyatta promises plastic ban by 2020
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to implement a single-use plastic ban across the country by 2020. The president’s announcement...
Tel Aviv Schools Ban Single Use Plastic for Meals
The Tel Aviv municipality announced on Monday that it will remove all disposable plates, cups and eating utensils from the city’s...
Albuquerque plastic bag ban will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020
In a 3-to-1 vote, Bernalillo County commissioners on Tuesday approved a ban on single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam containers in the...
Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags takes effect in Providence, RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — Providence's single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect on Tuesday. Starting then, stores will be forced to offer...
2020 ban on plastic straws, cotton buds + stirrers set to come into force in England on 6 April 2020
UK and EU prepare for single use plastic bans Single use plastic products are no longer just being discouraged – both the UK and the...
Plastic bags are now banned in Victoria - $50k fines + 96% of Victorians support the ban
The Victorian Government has implemented a statewide ban on lightweight plastic shopping bags at almost all retailers across Victoria...
London theatre the Royal Court to ban visitors from bringing single-use plastic bottles
Audience members at the Royal Court theatre will be banned from taking in single-use plastic bottles as part of a mission to become a...
Baltimore Moving Forward on Plastic Bag Ban
This week, a committee of Baltimore’s City Council voted to send a bill placing prohibitions on plastic bags to the full council for...
John Lewis bans 5p plastic carrier bags and swaps out bubble wrap for eco-friendly packaging
John Lewis is banning 5p plastic carrier bags and scrapping its bubble wrap for eco-friendly packaging. The chain is trying out a ban at...
The 2% growth in India’s CO2 emissions expected in 2019 is lower than the annual increase since 2001
In the first eight months of 2019, growth in India’s CO2 emissions slowed down sharply, putting the country on track to its lowest annual...
Largest U.S. Private Coal Company - Murray Energy files for bankruptcy
Murray Energy is the eighth coal company in a year to file for bankruptcy, the latest sign that the cost-fired power is losing its...
Tesco to remove one billion pieces of plastic from products by the end of 2020
Tesco has today announced it will remove one billion pieces of plastic from products for sale in UK stores by the end of 2020 as a part...
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