Environment
World’s biggest plastic polluter, Coca-Cola, forced to remove greenwashing packaging claims by EU
Coca-Cola is set to revise its packaging and labelling practices across the European Union after facing a greenwashing complaint filed with the European Commission. The Commission confirmed today that the beverage giant will amend or withdraw certain recycling-related claims that were deemed misleading. This comes after a formal complaint was lodged in 2023 by consumer group BEUC and its network, with backing from other organisations. Notably, Coca-Cola will no longer use blanket statements like “I am a bottle made from...
Badenoch and Farage among speakers at ‘Glastonbury for climate deniers’
Former Australian PM Tony Abbott will also speak at the event after devastating rainfall hit communities in the north of the country.
Norway is on the cusp of phasing out fossil fuel cars
Last year, in some months sales of fully electric cars were as high as 98 per cent, as new petrol or diesel car purchases almost fizzled out.
‘Megaberg’ twice the size of London as broken free into the ocean
Experts are expecting the iceberg to drift into the Atlantic Ocean.
Only seven countries in the world breathe safe air
Three European countries are among them.
How Much Money Can You Save with Solar Panels?
The rising cost of electricity has many UK homeowners considering solar panels as a way to reduce energy bills while embracing a more sustainable lifestyle. But how much money can you actually save with solar panels? The answer depends on a variety of factors, from the size of your system to your location and energy consumption. Let’s break it down and explore why solar panels are a smart investment for your wallet—and the planet. Factors That Affect Solar Savings 1....
Companies investing $1 billion in the US will receive ‘expedited environmental approvals’
His administration is expected to support a "all-of-the-above energy policy" that will support oil and natural gas production.
Trees absorbed almost no CO2 last year and scientists are struggling to explain why
“Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end."
Europe’s plastics recycling in alarming decline as the world produces more virgin plastic
Recession hits the EU’s plastics recycling industry As the world produces increasing amounts of plastic and plastic waste, the downward trend in the European plastics recycling market is alarming. The increasing lack of demand for recyclates produced in Europe, the reduced investments in domestic recycling, and the increase in imports of recyclates from outside the EU have been suffocating the European plastics recycling industry in the last few years. These issues are feeding the existing recession on the market - driving...