Environment

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Rinnovabili • Transport emissions drop 5% in Europe, led by EVs
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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.

Rinnovabili • Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting than coal? A new study reveals surprising findings
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Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting…

Waste-to-energy plants in China may emit more CO2 than coal plants due…


Rinnovabili • microplastics in the oceans
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What does it take to reduce the levels of microplastics in the…

A study published in Environmental Research Letters estimates that even cutting 20% of the world’s plastic…

Rinnovabili • plastic pollution in the oceans
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There is an unprecedented amount of plastic pollution in the oceans

CleanHub’s study puts all the numbers of plastic pollution in the oceans on the streets, drawing…

Rinnovabili • CO2 concentration
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The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has never increased so much as…

Hawaii’s Maunakea Observatory reported record increases in January, February and March. March’s growth over the same…

Rinnovabili • CO2 removal
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CO2 removal technologies, we need to double capacity by 2050

A study published in Nature Climate Change calculates the CO2 sequestration capacity gap in the mid-century…

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Companies must have a plan against microplastics losses

According to a regulation approved yesterday by the EU Parliament, companies of all sizes will have…

Rinnovabili • Alaska drills
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Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop

The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…

Rinnovabili • pollution from microplastics
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So far we have not seen 98% of the pollution from microplastics

Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, employs a new sampling method that can also collect…

Rinnovabili • The plastic on the seabed
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The plastic on the seabed could be 100 times more than expected

Canadian and Australian researchers reveal that tons of plastic on the seabed could reach up to…

Rinnovabili • periurban forests
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Does planting trees save the Planet? Yes, if they are periurban forests

A global satellite analysis with a definition of 500 meters identifies areas within 10 km from…

Rinnovabili • pharmaceutical waste
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A plasma detector to identify pharmaceutical waste in water

Plasma resonance can identify pharmaceutical waste in drinking water and safely remove it

Rinnovabili • microplastic pollution
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A clear green light to cut 30% of microplastic pollution

The January environmental disaster in Galicia led to the adoption by a large majority of the…

Rinnovabili • EU car emissions
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EVs cut EU car emissions by 5% in 2022

The downward trend started in 2020, after 4 years of increases in average emissions, has been…