Environment

MEPs propose ways to boost plastics recycling

Incentives to collect marine litter at sea, new EU-wide standards and definitions for biodegradability and compostability, and a complete EU ban on oxo-degradable plastic by 2020 are among the proposals set out in the non-binding draft resolution,...

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Greenpeace: 11th hour for the climate, will leadership emerge at GCAS?

Hurricane Florence, reduced from a category 4 to category 2 storm, is forecast to strike the US east coast on Friday. Super Typhoon Mangkhut, one of the strongest storms of the year, is forecast to hit the north of the Philippines by the weekend...

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Weakened Florence Still Packs Deadly Punch

It has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, but forecasters say Hurricane Florence is still capable of delivering a lethal punch.

“This storm will bring destruction,” said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. “Catastrophic effects will be felt...

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Northern Marianas Residents Appeal Decision Allowing Relocation Of Marines

The Tinian Women Association, Guardians of Gani’, PåganWatch and the Center for Biological Diversity — represented by Earthjustice — will continue their fight against the U.S. Navy’s plans to stage massive live-fire war games on the islands of Tinian...

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