Plastic utensils, straws, coffee stirrers and cotton swabs may soon be a lot harder to come by in Europe. The EU Commission is to present its plan to ban the single-use products in the fight against plastic waste.
Neonicotinoids, the world’s most widely used insecticides, will be banned for use in fields within six months.
The European Parliament backed a law urging member states to halve food waste by 2030, requiring them to report food waste levels yearly from 2020 and provide incentives for collecting and redistributing unsold food.
The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible.
The Irish Government has announced plans to spend €22 billion over the next four years to aid the country’s journey to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy.
As frigid air sweeps across Europe, the Arctic itself is seeing an unprecedented warm spell.
Study highlights urgent need to adapt urban areas to cope with floods, droughts and heatwaves.
New figures show Europe added record levels of wind power last year.
Austrian researches have started a three-week simulated mission to Mars in Oman's barren desert.
The EU wants to make all plastic packaging recyclable, reduce single-use plastic and restrict microplastics. The plan would "lay the foundations for a new plastic economy."
Researchers plotted temperature rises against the number of asylum applications and are predicting that as the southern hemisphere heats up the number of people migrating to the EU each year will triple.
The efficiency and design of our buildings is an even bigger public health issue than previously thought.
The first network, IONITY, will see 400 charging stations capable of 350kW charging deployed across Europe by 2020. The second one, E.ON, is planning on installing 10,000 "ultra fast" charge points across Europe.
WindEurope says 24.6% of Europe’s power met by sector on 28 October
The Italian Industry Minister announced that by 2025, the country seeks to phase out coal power plants.
