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Ecology
EU Commission ‘Limiting Focus’ of Chemicals and Waste Roadmap
The European Commission’s roadmap on chemicals, products and waste legislation should concentrate on resolving policy conflicts, says the European Engineering Industries Association, Orgalime. There is a “limiting” of focus to how to reduce the presence, and improve the tracking, of…
High Risk That Temperatures Could Exceed Thermal Survival Limits for Many Fish Species by 2070, Study Finds
Anthropogenic climate warming could lead to water temperatures in some parts of the world exceeding the thermal survival limits of the fish species living there now, according to new research from the University of Washington. As it stands, according to…
China Halting Major Project Development In Areas Of High Pollution
As part of its bid to reduce dangerously high air pollution levels, authorities in China will be instituting a halt to “major project” development in areas of high pollution, the country’s official news service Xinhua has reported. Accompanying this will…
New Study: Global Warming Limit Can Still Be Achieved
Scientists in the UK have good news for the 195 nations that pledged to limit global warming to well below 2°C: it can be done. The ideal limit of no more than 1.5°C above the average temperatures for most of…
EU Citizens Increasingly Concerned About Climate Change
European citizens are becoming increasingly concerned with climate change, and further believe that taking action to tackle climate change would be good for jobs and the economy, according to a new survey. The latest Eurobarometer survey conducted by the European…
Nicaragua To Sign Paris Agreement Leaving United States Alone With Syria
Reports coming out of Central American country Nicaragua say that the country’s President Daniel Ortega has confirmed his country will finally sign the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries in the world…
France Planning New Ways To Get Old, Heavily Polluting Cars Off The Road
The government of France is reportedly now planning a series of tax and incentive implementations meant to get some of the oldest and/or most heavily polluting cars off the country’s roads. In addition, the country’s government is planning to incentivize…