A Scottish distillery launched a climate-friendly gin made from peas, after five years of research found that it removes more carbon dioxide from the environment than it creates.more
Sister of climate activist Greta Thunberg, 14-year-old Beata Ernman, admitted that she had mental problems that started when her parents' attention was focused on her sister - Greta. Music helps teenagers fight depression.more
Compared to last year, when 250,000 took part in the Veganuary initiative. volunteers, this year nearly 400,000 people signed up for the campaign takers. The data show that from year to year the number of followers of the vegetarian diet increases. However, the question arises, does one meatless month change something?more
The newspaper "Le Figaro" presents an analysis of a very fashionable concept, according to which mass planting of trees will save the globe from global warming. Specialists, however, show some skepticism about these hopes.more
Antarctica has recorded another temperature record in recent days: 20.75 degrees Celsius. The measurement was recorded on the island of Seymour, located east of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at the Argentine research station Marambio.more
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,announced that Lewisham has been awarded the title of London Borough of Culture for 2021 with Croydon winning the accolade for 2023.more
BBC Studios has announced a documentary series about the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. The new show will follow Thunberg's "international crusade" against the climate emergency, focusing on her campaign work as well as her "journey into adulthood". more
Town halls will need to roll out food waste collections to millions more homes in England under Government plans to stop leftovers going to landfill, figures show.more
Air pollution seems to be associated with an increased risk of depression, and also affects the tendency to take one's life, according to researchers in the Environmental Health Perspectives.more
A new record set so soon after the previous record of 17.5C in March 2015 is a sign warming in Antarctica is happening much faster than global average.more
British police arrested nine people after climate change protesters temporarily shut down BP headquarters in London on Chief Executive Bernard Looney's first day in office.more
The Polish police today announced an investigation into 220 tonnes of waste from Great Britain that went to Poland illegally under the guise of recycling it. According to investigators, they will be sent back at the expense of the British side.more
Boris Johnson has promised "urgent action" on the climate crisis, taking personal leadership of this year's UN climate talks after a blistering attack by the sacked former minister who was to lead them.more
EasyJet, which operates more than 30 routes out of Liverpool, has been working with US-based Wright Electric on an all-electric aircraft which it aims to have in service by 2030. more
Two Swedish MPs have nominated Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, and the Fridays For Future protest movement she began, for 2020's Nobel Peace Prize. more
The climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she has applied to register her name and that of the Fridays For Future movement she founded in 2018, which has gone global and catapulted her to international fame.more
The German cabinet on Wednesday backed plans to exit coal as an energy source by 2038 as part of efforts by Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition to protect the climate and restore its green credentials.more
Passenger road transport emits pollution, the cost of which in Europe is as much as EUR 39.23 billion, rail - EUR 0.55 billion - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more
Supermarket giant Tesco has pledged to scrap shrink-wrapped multipacks across all its own-brand and branded tinned food in a move that will remove 350 million tonnes of plastic a year.more
Every minute, 30,000 plastic bottles go to the Mediterranean - alerts the EU organization ARLEM in a report presented yesterday in Barcelona. He warns that the Mediterranean region is warming by 20% faster than the rest of the world, which can lead to massive migrations.more