In addition, more businesses can benefit from the scheme as the eligibility criteria has been changed to include small businesses with 50 or less employees.more
Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish climate activist, reminded the economic and political elite gathered in Davos today that "practically nothing was done for the climate", even after many months of mobilizing young people around the world.more
The Malaysian Minister of the Environment has announced that the country has sent 150 containers of illegally imported plastic waste to their countries of origin. The minister said Malaysia would not be a "world dump".more
In Rome, Sunday was declared ecological, i.e. without a car. The ban on passenger cars will apply after four days of restrictions on the use of vehicles with diesel engines. Smog levels remain high throughout the week.more
Durable material that does not contain a gram of plastic because it is produced by microorganisms, invented Róża Janusz, a graduate of the Poznań School of Form. She called it SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast).more
This time Burger King has announced they are introducing a plant-based Rebel Whopper, but although it doesn't contain any animal products, it's not actually classed as vegan or even vegetarian because of the way it is cooked.more
"Climate" was chosen by the Word of the Year 2019 by the jury of linguists in the Word of Time competition, organized by the University of Warsaw. "LGBT" and "feminatyw" came next. Whereas in the plebiscite of Internet users the word of the year 2019 was the abbreviation "LGBT".more
Everyone, regardless of political views, breathe the same air and we should care that it is clean - noted Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka in an interview for the portal wPolityce.pl. He indicated that about 45 thousand prematurely die every year due to polluted air in Poland. Poles.more
A poll published yesterday by"Bild" shows that health is the most important issue for the Germans. Family and children came second. Climate protection is far behind.more
More has to be done about the number of plastic "bags for life" distributed by retailers, according to a Welsh Government report. It said the 5p levy had reduced the sale of single-use carrier bags since it was introduced in 2011.more
The ending year in Italy was the fourth hottest in more than two hundred years - said the national association of farmers in the analysis of expert data from the Scientific Research Committee. Attention was drawn to the increasingly visible disruption of the rhythm of the seasons.more
Swedish social services received reports from people concerned about the possibility of 16-year-old Greta suffering from Asperger's syndrome being used by her celebrity parents. Details of the proceedings remain confidential.more
Every tenth cod and every twentieth herring living in the Baltic Sea has tiny pieces of plastic in the digestive tract; scientists are afraid that plastic chemicals get into fish meat eaten by people - the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports.more
Under-fire Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday (Dec 23) rejected calls for "reckless" and "job-destroying" cuts to the country's vast coal industry in the face of a deadly climate-fuelled bushfire crisis.more