2019-4
Acid News
Record big wind turbines planned off UK coast
The largest-ever wind turbines will be used at the Dogger Bank offshore windfarm in the North Sea over the next few years ...
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Deforestation must decrease by 95 per cent in a 1.5 °C world
Measures within the land sector could contribute about 30 per cent, or 15 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) per year ...
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Amazon rainforest “close to irreversible tipping point”
The Amazon rainforest is dangerously close to an irreversible “tipping point” within two years according to a new report, the Guardian writes.
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Cutting air pollution will save lives
Europe’s air is slowly getting cleaner, but air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk and is still responsible for about 400,000 premature deaths every year.
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Ship scrubbers could render UK ports unusable
According to The Independent, the global shipping industry has spent more than USD 12bn on installing scrubbers on more than 3,700 ships worldwide ...
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Stop EU fossil tax subsidies to shipping
According to a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E), the EU gives more than EUR 24 billion per year in subsidies to the maritime sector ...
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Malaysia bans open-loop ship scrubbers
In a notice issued on 12 November to the shipping industry, Malaysia’s maritime department said ships are now prohibited from discharging wash water from open-loop scrubbers ...
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Big benefits of reducing ship speeds
The large positive effect that reduced speeds can have on ship GHG emissions is well known, but less attention has been given to other positive impacts on nature and human health.
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EU climate policies reviewed
EU reduces CO2 emissions by 2 per cent, risks failing to meet sustainable energy targets, and gives green light to new fossil gas projects.
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Germany starts up new 1.1 GW coal power station
Energy company Uniper has announced that its highly controversial Datteln 4 coal-powered plant will go online in January 2020, thus ignoring ...
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