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‘Major Hurdle’ Cleared As Youth Activists Advance Historic Climate Case

DeSmogBlog

The European Court of Human Rights said the case, which accuses 33 European nations of violating the applicants’ right to life by disregarding the climate emergency, would be granted priority status due to the “importance and urgency of the issues raised”.

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How the Rise of Populism is Fuelling Climate Science Denial Across Europe

DeSmogBlog

In December 2015, European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker stood at a podium to hail the world’s first comprehensive agreement to take action on climate change, and told the world, “the Paris Agreement now reflects our ambition worldwide.” While the European Union’s leaders stand by that sentiment, a lot has changed since then.

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REDEEMing pumping stations for eels

Envirotec Magazine

The European eel (anguilla anguilla) is critically endangered and the European Union has a regulation to assist its recovery (The EC Eel Regulation (1100/2007)). Of the acoustic tagged eels, 80.8% These are known to occur at night during the new and dark moon phases. of these passing during night sluicing.

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Sensing evolution

Envirotec Magazine

With its sub-$500 price tag, Alphasense’s OPC-N3 and OPC-R2 devices qualified to participate in their own right. It has so far measured the performance of over 170 sensors which, to qualify, must meet the criteria of measuring certain pollutants in real- or near-real-time, while costing less than $2,000.

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Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Rule the $700 Billion Hydrogen Market from a Marine Perspective

Mr. Sustainability

But while Neom’s $500 billion price tag prompts questions about whether it will go ahead exactly as planned, the hydrogen effort doesn’t depend on the megacity’s overall success. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision. There’s nothing I’ve ever seen or heard of this dimension or challenge,” Terium said.

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How Europe could become a major hub for textile recycling

Business Green

Here's the base-case scenario: 50 per cent of post-consumer household textile waste in the 27 European Union countries and Switzerland is collected, up from today's 30-35 per cent. The report points to recent European policy initiatives that urge the fashion industry to move toward enhanced waste collection and more circular models.

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Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Rule the $700 Billion Hydrogen Market from a Marine Perspective

Mr. Sustainability

But while Neom’s $500 billion price tag prompts questions about whether it will go ahead exactly as planned, the hydrogen effort doesn’t depend on the megacity’s overall success. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision. There’s nothing I’ve ever seen or heard of this dimension or challenge,” Terium said.