Tag: emissions
Lego stops project to make blocks from recycled PET bottles: “Higher CO2 emissions” | Environment
Lego announced in 2021 that it would investigate whether PET bottles could be used for the production of the famous Lego blocks. Lego now tells the ‘Financial Times’ that PET…
The RACC reminds Albiol that European funds are at stake if it stops the low emissions zone
The decision of the mayor of Badalona, Xavier García Albiolnot to implement, for now, a low emissions zone (ZBE) in his municipality he has generated a barrage of reactions. In…
Research confirms dramatic consequences of emissions for polar bears: fewer cubs and lower chances of survival | EXPLAINED – Science
How much exactly are polar bears affected by the greenhouse gases we emit? According to some critical voices – such as the US government – there is no evidence of…
Many forest fires this year will lead to record emissions in the Northern Hemisphere
The total estimated carbon emissions from this year’s many forest fires have reached a new record in the Northern Hemisphere. The European Copernicus observation program announced this on Thursday. The…
Green transition in energy sector driving force behind continued decline in greenhouse gas emissions
Even now that energy prices have recovered, the decline in greenhouse gas emissions continues. In the second quarter of this year, emissions in the Netherlands were 5 percent lower than…
Shipowners promise a lot, but emissions are only growing
On the bow of the cruise ship in the port of Amsterdam is a hashtag: #savethesea. The elegant letters on the huge MSC Euribia are meters high. The cruise ship…
Allbird’s first shoe with zero CO2 emissions
Already announced in March by sustainability-focused footwear retailer Allbirds, it was live and in color at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen – ‘M0.0NSHOT’, the first shoe made without carbon…
Former Audi boss found guilty of emissions fraud in years of diesel scandal
A German court found former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler guilty on Tuesday of involvement in years of fraud involving “cheating software” in hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen cars — Audi…
How off-price business models can reduce CO2 emissions and textile waste
The fashion outlet platform Otrium, in cooperation with the carbon tracking software Vaayu, has published an analysis of the savings in CO2 emissions and textile waste through off-price business models.…
Are innovative technologies a good alternative to reduce nitrogen emissions?
‘Extremely good news,’ said Caroline van der Plas (BBB) when nitrogen minister Christianne van de Wal (VVD) responded positively to the question whether money from the nitrogen fund (24.3 billion…