Environment
Pollution
Pollution
Europe’s Transport Emissions Finally See a “Structural” Decline
Between 2019 and 2024, greenhouse gases from cars, trucks, ships, and planes dropped by 5%, largely thanks to electric vehicles. The analysis by Transport & Environment.
Editorial Team•21 March 2025
Pollution
Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting…
Waste-to-energy plants in China may emit more CO2 than coal plants due…
Editorial Team•7 March 2025
Pollution
Olympics Milan Cortina 2026: The Environmental Impact Remains Unclear
Most infrastructure projects have bypassed environmental assessments through extraordinary commissioning, raising concerns among transparency advocates
Editorial Team•20 February 2025
Pollution
Peak in sight for car and truck emissions: 2025 marks a turning…
Road transport emissions globally are expected to reach their peak by 2025, even under conservative policy…
Editorial Team•20 January 2025
Pollution
Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution: The Meeting is Set for 2025
In Busan, South Korea, the latest round of negotiations decided to go into "extra time." The…
Editorial Team•3 December 2024
Pollution
The “Plastic COP” is about to fail: the global plastic treaty is…
On Sunday, December 1st, the INC-5, the 5th and final round of negotiations that began in…
Editorial Team•29 November 2024
Pollution
Here is the biodegradable supramolecular plastic that dissolves in the sea in…
Japanese researchers have developed a new durable plastic that will not pollute our oceans. The new…
Editorial Team•28 November 2024
Pollution
7 Days in Korea: The Global Plastic Treaty in the Final Stretch
In Ottawa last April, the negotiations failed to narrow the disagreements between the parties. To still…
Editorial Team•25 November 2024
Pollution
An unprecedented decrease: in 2023, Europe reduced emissions by 8.3%
Last year, greenhouse gas emissions in the EU dropped almost as much as during the pandemic,…
Editorial Team•5 November 2024
Pollution
Whales mistake plastic waste for squid and unintentionally poison themselves
Hunting using acoustic signals to navigate in the deep sea, cetaceans mistake plastic waste for their…
Editorial Team•22 October 2024
Pollution
To reduce plastic pollution, we need to produce less and tax packaging
The OECD publishes a report proposing to reduce plastic pollution by 96% by 2040 with draconian…
Editorial Team•11 October 2024
Scientific Reports
Microplastics in corals could explain the “missing plastic problem”
Discovered by an international team, microplastics in corals remain trapped for a long time, disappearing from…
Editorial Team•2 October 2024
Pollution
Low-carbon hydrogen: how to assess emission savings?
The European Commission has launched a new public consultation on the draft delegated act that clarifies…
Editorial Team•1 October 2024
Scientific Reports
Air Conditioning: More Emissions, More Inequality
A CMCC study maps the growing inequalities driven by the increased use of air conditioning due…
Editorial Team•18 September 2024
Climate Change
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