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Singapore to Bring in Carbon Tax from 2019
Singapore yesterday revealed plans to introduce a carbon tax that will see large emitters charged for the pollution they release into the atmosphere. The tax rate will start in 2019 at S$5 (US$3.79) a tonne, before then ramping up after…
Glastonbury Festival Set to Ban Plastic Bottles in 2019
Glastonbury festival is to implement a site-wide ban on plastic bottles when it returns in 2019. “It’s an enormous project; it’s taking a lot of time to tackle with all the different people we work with,” organiser Emily Eavis told…
Energy Taxes Too Low To Avoid Extreme Anthropogenic Climate Change, OECD Study Finds
The energy taxes that are currently in place in the world’s top economies aren’t extensive enough to aid in the mitigation of anthropogenic climate change to a large degree, according to a new study from the Organization for Economic Co-operation…
Germany Considers Free Public Transport to Fight Air Pollution
In car-obsessed Germany, the government is considering free public transportation in some of its most polluted cities to reduce road traffic and emissions from private vehicles. “We are considering public transport free of charge in order to reduce the number…
IKEA Urges Clean Energy Switch with Customer Tariff Offer
IKEA is urging customers to switch to clean energy by offering a 100 per cent renewables tariff deal it claims could potentially save households more than £300 a year on their electricity bills. The Swedish retail giant has teamed up…
Australia’s First Solar Farm Co-Located With Wind Formally Opened
Australia’s first large-scale solar farm co-located with a wind farm was formally opened this month, the first of more than a dozen projects likely to follow suit within the next few years. Wind and solar have been paired in various…
INTERVIEW: Filip Radovic and Verica Jovanovic
SEPA AND BATUT: Key Partners for Improving EcoHealth The concern about the state of the whole ecosystem, contained in the conceptual goals of EcoHealth, requires interaction between all expert services and institutions of the health system and environmental protection. In order…