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Dutch group threatens take Shell to court5 Apr 18 - Campaigners are threatening to take Royal Dutch Shell to court in the Netherlands unless it takes major climate action. |
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Europe's electric cars herald march of the gigafactories4 Apr 18 - Across Europe a wave of gigafactories are coming online, ready to meet the battery demands of a continent-wide switch to electric cars. |
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Europe's carbon market finally doing its job28 Mar 18 - Europe’s $38 billion a year carbon market is finally starting to work the way it was intended, reining in pollution with a minimum of squealing from industry. |
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Macron pushes for EU minimum carbon price26 Mar 18 - Europe must set a minimum price for carbon, says French President Emmanuel Macron, something that would require a new tax on imports from non-EU countries that are not doing enough to tackle climate change. |
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BIRDS EMBATTLED; Europe faces biodiversity oblivion23 Mar 18 - Intensive farming and pesticides could turn Europe’s farmland into a desert that ultimately imperils all humans, say the authors of report on the decline of bird numbers. |
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Europe goes for two-speed approach to sustainable finance19 Mar 18 - Europe is quickly adopting an imbalanced, two-speed approach to sustainable finance, in which the “green” is moving much faster than the “social”. |
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Nervous about nukes? Don't worry, just swallow this pill16 Mar 18 - Belgian pharmacies will provide radiation-busting iodine tablets free of charge to anyone as part of the country’s new nuclear strategy, |
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Germany’s new government deal fails Paris test14 Mar 18 - With the coalition agreement for a new German government under Angela Merkel, a major opportunity to realign German climate policy to the challenges of the Paris climate change agreement has passed. |
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Europe, too, likes the look of circular economy13 Mar 18 - As the EU doubles down on its waste management efforts and sets its sights on tackling plastic waste, the idea of a circular economy and internal market for recycling is gathering momentum. |
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EC unveils new action plan on sustainable finance13 Mar 18 - The European Commission has produced its strategy to make sustainability a key component of the financial sector within Europe for years to come. |
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Luxembourg home to half world’s green bonds9 Mar 18 - Luxembourg and its very international stock exchange are well positioned to become the standard bearer that leads the green and sustainable finance industry of the future. |
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Spanish bank announces €100 billion climate plan8 Mar 18 - The second-largest bank in Spain has launched a 100 billion euros initiative to support sustainable development and combat climate change. |
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Ban on bee-killer pesticide likely after new study6 Mar 18 - A new study from the EU has found that the widespread use of a controversial pesticide on crops is harmful to the bee population. |
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Brussels eyes free transport on bad air days1 Mar 18 - Brussels has moved to make the city’s public transport and bike share system free on the smoggiest days in a bid to drive down pollution levels. |
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German court rules cities can ban vehicles to tackle pollution28 Feb 18 - Germany’s highest administrative court has ruled that diesel and other vehicles can be banned from some city streets as part of efforts to improve air quality, |
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China must sign up to climate rules, says EU28 Feb 18 - EU foreign ministers have set a collision course with China in a statement calling for the same rules to bind all countries under the Paris climate deal. |
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German carmakers nervous on eve of court's diesel ban ruling21 Feb 18 - A court will decide tomorrow whether German cities can ban heavily polluting cars, potentially wiping hundreds of millions of euros off the value of diesel cars on the country’s roads. |
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New apartment block will look like a forest20 Feb 18 - Apartments to be built in the Dutch city of Eindhoven will be a 75m high skyscraper, which will include space for 125 trees, and 5200 plants. |
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