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Rinnovabili • To reduce plastic pollution, we need to produce less and tax packaging
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To reduce plastic pollution, we need to produce less and tax packaging

The OECD publishes a report proposing to reduce plastic pollution by 96% by 2040 with draconian measures

Rinnovabili • Microplastics in corals could explain the
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Microplastics in corals could explain the…

Discovered by an international team, microplastics in corals remain trapped for a…

Rinnovabili • Low-carbon hydrogen: how to assess emission savings?
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Low-carbon hydrogen: how to assess emission…

The European Commission has launched a new public consultation on the draft…


Rinnovabili • Greenhouse gas emissions
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Greenhouse gas emissions “pollute the marine environment”: Itlos ruling

The advisory opinion of the independent UN body does not legally oblige states to reduce their…

Rinnovabili • microplastics in the oceans
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What does it take to reduce the levels of microplastics in the…

A study published in Environmental Research Letters estimates that even cutting 20% of the world’s plastic…

Rinnovabili • plastic pollution in the oceans
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There is an unprecedented amount of plastic pollution in the oceans

CleanHub’s study puts all the numbers of plastic pollution in the oceans on the streets, drawing…

Rinnovabili • CO2 concentration
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The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has never increased so much as…

Hawaii’s Maunakea Observatory reported record increases in January, February and March. March’s growth over the same…

Rinnovabili • CO2 removal
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CO2 removal technologies, we need to double capacity by 2050

A study published in Nature Climate Change calculates the CO2 sequestration capacity gap in the mid-century…

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Companies must have a plan against microplastics losses

According to a regulation approved yesterday by the EU Parliament, companies of all sizes will have…

Rinnovabili • Alaska drills
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Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop

The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…

Rinnovabili • pollution from microplastics
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So far we have not seen 98% of the pollution from microplastics

Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, employs a new sampling method that can also collect…

Rinnovabili • The plastic on the seabed
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The plastic on the seabed could be 100 times more than expected

Canadian and Australian researchers reveal that tons of plastic on the seabed could reach up to…

Rinnovabili • periurban forests
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Does planting trees save the Planet? Yes, if they are periurban forests

A global satellite analysis with a definition of 500 meters identifies areas within 10 km from…

Rinnovabili • pharmaceutical waste
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A plasma detector to identify pharmaceutical waste in water

Plasma resonance can identify pharmaceutical waste in drinking water and safely remove it

Rinnovabili • microplastic pollution
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A clear green light to cut 30% of microplastic pollution

The January environmental disaster in Galicia led to the adoption by a large majority of the…