The world produces nearly 2 billion tires a year, while old ones pile up. Used tires can act as a breeding ground for malaria and cause fires. Freee Recycle therefore aims to recycle every single one of the discarded tires in Nigeria, one of the most populous countries in Africa. Established in 2018, Freee Recycle Limited is…
In November 2022, the European Union (EU) adopted a Directive to improve the gender balance among directors of public companies. The directive aims to achieve a gender balance among directors of companies listed on the stock exchange. By June 2026, every listed company in the European Union must have at least 40% female non-executive directors or…
Pavel Yanchev is an architect and urban planner who deals with urban planning and design, as well as with urban studies. He works in an architectural office in Brussels, and he devotes his free time to causes for the improvement of the urban environment in Sofia, being part of the collectives of "Sofia Team" and "Gradoscope". We talked with him...
Up to a third of Africa's great apes are at risk from a boom in mineral extraction projects needed for the transition to renewable energy, new research shows. An estimated 180 gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees are at risk due to increasing demand for critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt, a study has found, cited by…
Covering areas with 'cooling' paint could help cities reduce temperatures by up to 1,5C, new research has found, cited by Euronews. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) painted the roofs, walls and road surfaces of an industrial estate in Singapore with a "cooling" paint containing additives that reflect the sun's heat. The first study of its kind to be published…
Advocates of organic farming have long described it as kinder to people and the earth. But a new study in California found a surprising effect: organic farms turn out to be a "pest magnet," which in turn causes nearby conventional farms to use more pesticides. Ashley Larsen, lead author of the Science…
For the first time, the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy's KSTAR fusion reactor has reached temperatures seven times higher than those of the Sun's core. The result was achieved during testing between December 2023 and February 2024. The resulting temperature is a new record for the fusion reactor project. Scientists in the project were able to maintain temperatures…
Botswana has threatened to send thousands of elephants to Europe for the second time this year, Euronews reports. In March, the African nation warned it would fill one of London's parks with the large animals. Now President Mokgweitsi Masisi has threatened that his country will send 20 elephants to Germany. The warnings were prompted by a diplomatic row that arose after…
An alliance of 14 pro-nuclear EU member states said the bloc needs an extra 50 GW of nuclear power by 2050 to meet energy transition targets, which would require building more than 30 new reactors. The additional 50 GW of nuclear capacity is estimated to cost between €5 and €11 billion per GW, a range,…
The loss of tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia slowed dramatically last year, but fires and increased logging elsewhere have seriously counteracted this progress, euronews.com writes. In 2023, the tropics lost 3,7 million hectares of primary forest – an area slightly smaller than Bhutan, or the equivalent of losing 10 football pitches to…
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