As of today, July 1, the design of plastic bottles in Europe is changing due to new EU rules. The sale of plastic bottles with detachable caps is now banned. The rules requiring the new design were first announced by the EU in 2018. The ban was decided last year. Many companies in practice have already implemented…
Cloud-modifying techniques used to cool California's climate could eventually push heatwaves toward Europe, a new study cited by Euronews says. If global warming reaches 2C above pre-industrial levels by 2050, cloud change could significantly warm almost all of Europe except the Iberian…
The fast fashion industry is booming. Consumers are buying 60% more clothes and wearing them half as often, according to data cited by the United Nations Environment Programme. Estimates show that a truckload of abandoned textiles is landfilled or incinerated every second. The UN also highlights that the fashion industry produces between 2 to 8 percent of global…
Thousands of cases of high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia across Europe can be linked to tiny particles coming from planes. This is according to a new study commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E) and cited by Euronews. More than 10 percent of Europe's total population – 52 million people – live within a radius…
The European green oil industry is concerned about massive and potentially fraudulent imports of biofuels from Asia. This scam consists of importing so-called "used cooking oil biofuels", which are actually biofuels made from crude palm oil. This is what Avril CEO Jean-Philippe warns in his article published in Euractiv...
Pope Francis' intentions for renewable energy are more than serious. The pontiff has repeatedly said that he wants the Vatican to work with solar energy, reports Euronews. To achieve this goal, solar panels will be installed on Vatican property outside of Rome. The energy generated can provide all the energy needs of the church state. In an apostolic…
The European Commission is launching infringement cases against 21 EU member states for failing to adopt electricity market reforms agreed in 2019 that are needed to allow the grid to accept new renewables and electric devices , reports Euractiv. The EU's defining energy policy in 2010 was the Package…
In 2022, Rasmus Kofoed, head chef of the Copenhagen restaurant Geranium, fundamentally changes the menu, focusing on plant-based dishes. "We got a lot of angry emails from people saying they hoped we would go bankrupt and close," Kofoed recalled. In the same year, however, Geranium won the award for the best restaurant in the world. Ah...
"The green transition is impossible without nuclear energy". This was stated by the executive director of Kozloduy NPP, Valentin Nikolov, during the largest and most significant high-level meeting "Green Transition 4.0", at which ESGnews.bg is an exclusive media partner. "Nuclear energy almost did not exist because of the negative footprints it left in different parts of the world. At one point, however, with the search…
Carmakers, energy companies and environmental NGOs have issued an urgent warning against lifting the EU's de facto 2035 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. "The target for zero-emission cars by 2035 is the most direct industrial strategy for EVs in Europe, bringing vital investment for European companies," it said…
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