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Microwaves in Britain generate as much carbon dioxide as more than one million cars, scientists have concluded as they call on people to use the ovens more efficiently.more

Three-fifths of new cars must be electric by 2030 to meet legal targets to cut greenhouse gases, ministers have been warned. New homes should also be built to more energy-efficient standards, the Committee on Climate Change said.more

The supermarket has developed paper and pulp alternatives for 1,000 of its lines and plans to remove plastic from its own brands.more

You don't need to use an alarm clock on Miners' Day in the Polish city of Katowice - the 21-piece colliery band does the job on its early-morning march around the town. It is a frigid, finger-numbing tradition and they have been doing it this way for decades.more

The number of air quality monitoring stations around Ireland is to double this year, according to Environment Minister Denis Naughten. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) manages air quality monitoring stations around the country, which assess the air quality in each county.more

Theresa May will today pledge to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK within 25 years. The Prime Minister will set a deadline of 2042 when she unveils the Government's long-term plan to improve the natural environment.more

The 5p charge on plastic carrier bags is set to be extended to all shops. The levy, which has been incredibly successful in decreasing the use of carrier bags, is just one part of the government's plans to tackle the 'throwaway culture'.more

Air quality alerts of the type used in London by Sadiq Khan are "inadequate" in protecting public health, researchers said today. They said tackling filthy air was best addressed by enforceable laws on cleaner fuel and emissions and by targeting polluting industries rather than leaving people to protect themselves.more

Trillions of microbeads found in face wash products and shower gels end up in the ocean and can be ingested by marine life.more

Plans to plant 50 million trees to create a Northern Forest have been boosted by a £5.7 million government grant.more

MPs have proposed charging consumers an additional 25p for disposable coffee cups, with the revenue paying for improved recycling facilities. The "latte levy" would be part of push to ensure all disposable coffee cups are recycled by 2023, the Environmental Audit Committee said.more

More than eight million children live in areas of the UK with illegal levels of air pollution, according to an analysis by the Labour Party. Some 8.3 million under-18s live in local authority areas where levels of harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide exceeded legal limits in 2015, according to the Party, which made its estimate using figures from the House of Commons Library.more

Authorities in Ireland have given President Donald Trump permission to build a seawall at his golf course on the west coast of the country.more

England's only resident population of bottlenose dolphins has been discovered by researchers. Experts analysed thousands of sightings and photographs from the South-west of England between 2007 and 2016.more

The highest concentrations of harmful PM10 and PM2.5 dust on the night from Sunday to Monday and yesterday morning were recorded in Katowice, Krakow, Gliwice, Kielce, Rzeszow, Lublin and Warsaw.more

Part of the monster "fatberg" discovered in sewers beneath London is to go on display in a museum. A section of the 130-tonne congealed mass of fat, oil, wet-wipes and other sanitary products, which was lodged in a sewer four metres underground, will make a "fascinating and disgusting" exhibit at the Museum of London, in early 2018.more

The Gilwell Oak, which sits in the heart of Gilwell Park in Epping, Essex, beat off competition from across the country to win the coveted Woodland Trust prize. more

London's first electric-powered black cabs hit the streets today, the British capital's iconic taxis getting a facelift for the modern age that should help cut pollution in the city. more

Caffeine addicts and pizza lovers have fallen foul of new national standards which ban used coffee cups and dirty pizza boxes from green bins. And even the napkins you might use to clean your face afterwards are now banned too because more often than not they are already made from recycled materials that can't be used again.more

As much as 94 percent of Poles noticed the problem of smog in Poland, but differently respond to it. Every fifth of the respondents follows smog alerts and changes their behavior if the level of smog is high. more

Animal rights laws in the Netherlands have been expanded. In that country, a ban on fur production has been imposed, which is due to take effect from 2024. more

Living in the fallout zone from a nuclear disaster would be no worse for our health than living in London, a shocking study from British safety researchers has found.more

Waste coffee grounds will be used to help power some of London's buses from Monday, it has been revealed.more

Apart from the exceptional situation and absolutely necessary for public safety, Poland must immediately stop the cuts in the Puszcza Bialowieska - the EU Court of Justice ruled. more

Single use plastics such as water bottles and takeaway cartons could be hit with an extra tax in an effort to cut waste and protect the environment.more