Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
by Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide and fight the climate crisis.
Tag: Europe
Climate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers
Permafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to use
‘We can’t see a future’: group takes EU to court over climate change
Litigants from eight countries claim EU institutions are not protecting fundamental rights
Culture / Environment / Featured Stories / Food / Health / News
Let’s face it – too much of the food chain is broken
Contaminated food is the price we will increasingly pay as the farming industry chases profits
Europe poised for total ban on bee-harming pesticides
Exclusive: Draft regulations seen by the Guardian reveal the European commission wants to prohibit the insecticides that cause ‘acute risks to bees’
Victory for Austria’s Greens and the left is a sigh of relief for Europe
The leftist’s win was hailed as the ‘liberal pushback’ against Brexit and Trump, but 46% voted for the far-right Norbert Hofer
Climate change / Culture / Environment / News / Politics
Four of world’s biggest cities to ban diesel cars from their centres
Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City will ban the most polluting cars and vans by 2025 to tackle air pollution
Environment / News / Politics
Hungary’s green agenda moves in two directions
Hungary’s environmental agenda has taken one step forward and one step back. The government just announced plans to subsidise electric cars, but at the same …
Environment / News / Politics
How can we make Brexit work for the environment?
Leaving the EU puts about 70% of UK environmental safeguards at risk. But Brexit is not a mandate to make us the dirty man of Europe again – we have to make it work for the environment, from the grassroots up
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Brexit big blow to UK science, say top British scientists
Leave vote sparks concerns over losing £1bn a year in funding and closing doors on researchers from EU countries