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Rinnovabili • Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of the world’s farmland
Pollution
Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of the world’s farmland

Nearly 1.4 billion people live on land contaminated by toxic metals. According to a new study, 17% of the world’s agricultural land may be polluted. For the…

Rinnovabili • Transport emissions drop 5% in Europe, led by EVs
Pollution
Europe’s Transport Emissions Finally See a…

Between 2019 and 2024, greenhouse gases from cars, trucks, ships, and planes…

Rinnovabili • Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting than coal? A new study reveals surprising findings
Pollution
Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting…

Waste-to-energy plants in China may emit more CO2 than coal plants due…


Rinnovabili • EU car emissions
Pollution
EVs cut EU car emissions by 5% in 2022

The downward trend started in 2020, after 4 years of increases in average emissions, has been…

Rinnovabili • Methane emissions
Pollution
Methane emissions: the US pollutes three times as much as they claim

The EPA estimates that about 1% of the volume of gas extracted in the USA is…

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Pollution
Micro and nanoplastics could increase the risk of metastases

High absorption and high retention in tissues and cells make micro- and nanoplastics no longer a…

Rinnovabili • Fossil companies
Pollution
Fossil companies reward those who go against their strategic goals

The analysis of the parameters by which the 25 largest fossil majors calculate the remuneration of…

Rinnovabili • wooden satellite
Tech innovations and Startups
Japan to launch 1 wooden satellite in the world

The prototype assembled by the University of Kyoto and Sumitomo Forestry reported almost no damage after…

Rinnovabili • methane leak
Pollution
The invisible methane leak in Kazakhstan from 127 thousand tons

The satellite data collected by Kyarros, a French company specializing in methane leak monitoring, has been…

Rinnovabili • Dieselgate
Pollution
Dieselgate’s Long Tail: Car Emissions Data Cheat by 80% Today

The values of car emissions approved with the new WLTP procedure decreased by 7.3% between 2018…

Rinnovabili • coal-fired power plants
Pollution
India turbocharged coal-fire power plants

Last May, India suggested blocking coal, finalizing only the power plants already in pipeline, in all…

Rinnovabili • fossil industry
Pollution
The fossil industry has known about global warming at least since 1954

Found unpublished documents proving that the American fossil industry was aware of the impact on the…

Rinnovabili • Global oil demand
Pollution
Global oil demand: Saudi Arabia cuts expansion plans

Riad has decided to cancel the plan to increase the production capacity of Saudi Aramco, which…

Rinnovabili • remove micro-pollutants from water
Water Management
Zwitterion hydrogels to remove micro-pollutants from water

They work better than activated carbon and recycle endlessly. MIT tested the technology to remove micro-pollutants…

Rinnovabili • PFAS contamination
Pollution
PFAS contamination strikes us even before we are born

For the first time, a study monitors the metabolism of foetuses and the accumulation of PFAS…