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Two countries in Europe are powered by 100% renewable energy as wind capacity soars

Last year was the best year on record for new wind energy installation. The world installed 116 gigawatts of new…

Cockroach infestations are up by a third in Spain: Is climate change to blame?

Climate change could be causing a concerning uptick in the number of cockroach infestations in Spain – as well as…

Experts say cloud seeding isn’t to blame for Dubai’s record rainfall: What caused the floods?

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood – at least nothing like what drenched…

War on rats: Could birth control be the antidote to New York’s rodent problem?

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and…

Climate change forces world’s coral reefs to undergo fourth global mass bleaching event

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared on Monday, a…

Greece to become ‘first in Europe’ to ban bottom trawling in all marine protected areas

Greece will ban bottom trawling in all of its marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2030, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…

Climate change should be a compulsory subject in all Scottish schools, people’s panel says

Climate change should be a compulsory school subject in Scotland, according to a new report on how the government can…

Privatisation, extreme weather and politics: How Britain’s waterways became an ‘open sewer’

Anger is rising over the dumping of untreated sewage into the UK’s rivers and seas. The situation attracted international attention…

‘We were hopeful’: Climate activists reflect on EU climate action amid a green backlash

“The elections are coming” an activist cheerily reminds an older woman passing by as she hands her a leaflet. It’s…

No bathtubs or ice buckets as hotels seek to save water in French eastern Pyrenees

Tourism operators have signed a charter containing around 30 measures aimed at reducing water usage, including a ban on ice…

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