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Rinnovabili • Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of the world’s farmland
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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
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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
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Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting…

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


Rinnovabili • coal records in 2023
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All coal records in 2023: the bittersweet year of the most polluting…

China continues to build new power plants: 70% of the world’s pipeline depends on Beijing. The…

Rinnovabili • direct capture of CO2
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A startup in Turin will construct a 1 certain Italian plant for…

CarpeCarbon has been awarded a loan of more than 1.7 million euros from Tech4Planet, 360 Capital…

Rinnovabili • dye-containing wastewater
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In the world, we have a problem of pollution by dye-containing wastewater

Every year 70 billion wastewater generated by the textile sector alone causes worrying dye-containing wastewater pollution

Rinnovabili • Deep sea mining
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Deep sea mining, 100 NGOs call for a global moratorium on submarine…

The next week the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the agency UN that regulates the aspects legacies…

Rinnovabili • Microplastics
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Microplastics in clouds affect climate change

They facilitate the rapid formation of clouds and degrade more quickly due to increased exposure to…

Rinnovabili • microplastics in the heart
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Found microplastics in the heart of patients after surgery

Following surgery, microplastics may remain in the heart of patients and surrounding tissues

Rinnovabili • plastiglomerate
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Blocks of plastiglomerate threaten the tropical coast

In Indonesia plastic waste is burned directly on the beach, creating artificial rocks - plastiglomerate -…

Rinnovabili • PFAS contaminated water
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PFAS contaminated water: 45% of taps in the USA

New USGS study on PFAS contaminated water - From almost half (45%) of American taps comes…

Rinnovabili • Fukushima contaminated water
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The IAEA ensures that the release of Fukushima contaminated water into the…

The final report of the two-year monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency promotes Japan across…

Rinnovabili • ships emissions
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Halving ships emissions 7 years is possible and convenient

A study of CE Delft published today calculates that reductions of 28-47% of the emissions of…

Rinnovabili • Wildfire in Canada
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Wildfire in Canada: record emissions in less than 6 months

From January to June the emissions of fires in Canada reached 160 MtCO2eq. In a year,…

Rinnovabili • greenhouse gas emissions
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Renewable boom does not reduce global greenhouse gas emissions

The photo of the Energy Institute on global energy consumption 2022 shows how the significant increase…