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Denmark's biggest food waste initiative grows to 800 strong - The Post - 1 views

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Since the REFOOD initiative launched a year ago in a bid to offer a platform for companies and organisations in the food and service sector to help reduce food waste, things have really taken off. The initiative now counts 800 Danish restaurants, cafes, food producers and institutions that are taking an active role in bringing down food waste on a daily basis while increasing recycling.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Since the REFOOD initiative launched a year ago in a bid to offer a platform for companies and organisations in the food and service sector to help reduce food waste, things have really taken off. The initiative now counts 800 Danish restaurants, cafes, food producers and institutions that are taking an active role in bringing down food waste on a daily basis while increasing recycling. </div>

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Rapid greening of Antarctic Peninsula driven by climate change - Science News - ABC News - 1 views

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The Antarctic Peninsula is not only getting warmer, it's getting dramatically greener with a sharp increase in plant growth over the last 50 years. Key points Antarctica Key pointsThe Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly warming places on EarthUK scientists studied moss cores from sites along the Antarctic PeninsulaThey found a sharp increase in plant growth and microbial activity since the 1950sFindings indicate major changes in the biology and landscape will occur with future warming A study of moss cores sampled from along the eastern side of the peninsula has provided a unique record of how temperature increases over the last 150 years have affected plant growth.
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The Antarctic Peninsula is not only getting warmer, it's getting dramatically greener with a sharp increase in plant growth over the last 50 years. Key points A study of moss cores sampled from along the eastern side of the peninsula has provided a unique record of how temperature increases over the last 150 years have affected plant growth.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Antarctic Peninsula is not only getting warmer, it's getting dramatically greener with a sharp increase in plant growth over the last 50 years. Key points A study of moss cores sampled from along the eastern side of the peninsula has provided a unique record of how temperature increases over the last 150 years have affected plant growth.</div>

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The end of coal: EU energy companies pledge no new plants from 2020 | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views

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A coalition of European energy companies from 26 European Union member nations have jointly pledged to phase out investments in new coal power plants after 2020. Poland and Greece are the only EU nations absent from the pledge.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A coalition of European energy companies from 26 European Union member nations have jointly pledged to phase out investments in new coal power plants after 2020. Poland and Greece are the only EU nations absent from the pledge. </div>

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European Parliament Votes to Phase Out Palm Oil-Based Biofuels by 2020 | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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To counter the impact of unsustainable palm oil production, such as deforestation and habitat degradation, the European Parliament has approved a resolution to develop a single certification scheme for palm oil entering the EU market and phase out the use of vegetable oils that drive deforestation by 2020. It is Parliament's first resolution on the issue, but it is now up to the European Commission to act upon it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">To counter the impact of unsustainable palm oil production, such as deforestation and habitat degradation, the European Parliament has approved a resolution to develop a single certification scheme for palm oil entering the EU market and phase out the use of vegetable oils that drive deforestation by 2020. It is Parliament's first resolution on the issue, but it is now up to the European Commission to act upon it. </div>

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France to ban oil, gas output on home soil in symbolic step - ABC News - 0 views

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France's government has unveiled a law to ban all production and exploration of oil and natural gas by 2040 on the country's mainland and overseas territories. The move is largely symbolic, however, as France's oil and gas production represents just 1 percent of national consumption - the rest is imported. The ban, which the government claims is a world first, is part of a larger plan to wean the country's economy from fossil fuels, encourage clean energy and fulfill France's commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement to curb global warming.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">France's government has unveiled a law to ban all production and exploration of oil and natural gas by 2040 on the country's mainland and overseas territories. The move is largely symbolic, however, as France's oil and gas production represents just 1 percent of national consumption - the rest is imported. The ban, which the government claims is a world first, is part of a larger plan to wean the country's economy from fossil fuels, encourage clean energy and fulfill France's commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement to curb global warming.</div>

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EU Seeks to Cut Cars' Carbon Dioxide Emissions 30 Percent By 2030 - 0 views

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BMW Group, Daimler, and other carmakers in the European Union would be required to improve the fuel economy of their vehicles or increase the proportion of electric cars they produce to meet 2030 carbon dioxide reduction targets proposed by the European Commission Nov. 8.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">BMW Group, Daimler, and other carmakers in the European Union would be required to improve the fuel economy of their vehicles or increase the proportion of electric cars they produce to meet 2030 carbon dioxide reduction targets proposed by the European Commission Nov. 8. </div>

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Cape Verde plans to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025 - Quartz - 1 views

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The African archipelago nation of Cape Verde is powered by gas generators, but it has adopted a plan to run entirely on renewables by 2025. Cape Verde has a variety of options to make the move not only viable but affordable, including northeasterly trade winds that make the archipelago an excellent candidate for wind farming.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The African archipelago nation of Cape Verde is powered by gas generators, but it has adopted a plan to run entirely on renewables by 2025. Cape Verde has a variety of options to make the move not only viable but affordable, including northeasterly trade winds that make the archipelago an excellent candidate for wind farming. </div>

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Saudi Arabia Plans Region's Largest Farm Waste Processing Plant (Corrected) - 1 views

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A plant that will transform 500,000 tons of date palm and agricultural waste into 300,000 tons of organically-based petrochemical products like biofuels annually is part of Saudi Arabia's plan to diversify its economy and modernize its farms.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A plant that will transform 500,000 tons of date palm and agricultural waste into 300,000 tons of organically-based petrochemical products like biofuels annually is part of Saudi Arabia's plan to diversify its economy and modernize its farms.</div>

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Amazon deforestation linked to McDonald's and British retail giants - 1 views

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British fast food restaurants and grocery chains, including Tesco, Morrisons and McDonald's, buy their chicken from Cargill, which feeds its poultry with imported soy, much of it apparently coming from the Bolivian Amazon and Brazilian Cerrado - areas rapidly being deforested for new soy plantations.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">British fast food restaurants and grocery chains, including Tesco, Morrisons and McDonald's, buy their chicken from Cargill, which feeds its poultry with imported soy, much of it apparently coming from the Bolivian Amazon and Brazilian Cerrado - areas rapidly being deforested for new soy plantations.</div>

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European Commission implements new food waste policy | 2019-05-07 | World Grain - 0 views

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UN: Plastic waste pact approved with US among few holdouts - 1 views

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Plastic straws, stirrers and q-tips to be banned in England starting April 2020 | TheHill - 1 views

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Business leaders urge EU heads of state to signal new economic direction towards net zero by 2050 - The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group - 1 views

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Britain passes one week without coal power for first time since 1882 | Business | The Guardian - 1 views

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Britain has gone a week without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since Queen Victoria was on the throne, in a landmark moment in the transition away from the heavily polluting fuel.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Britain has gone a week without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since Queen Victoria was on the throne, in a landmark moment in the transition away from the heavily polluting fuel.</div>

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