Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe
Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend...
Category : Pollution
Olympic Games’ €1.4bn clean-up aims to get Parisians swimming in the Seine
Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water events Beside a sign...
UK a ‘tax haven’ for polluting SUVs, says green thinktank
First-year vehicle excise duty is a fraction of that in countries such as France and the Netherlands Low taxation on petrol SUVs in the UK...
UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant
Campaigners say Ineos project in Antwerp will turbocharge plastic production on a scale not seen before in Europe The UK government is providing a €700m...
Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections
Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe due to lack...
Why Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking note
For some farmers already struggling, paying for more of their pollution is a step too far. Germany is the latest country to see anger boil...
EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying
Exclusive: Nitrogen dioxide limits and approval tests practically unchanged from current rules under Euro 7 proposals The EU is poised to water down a landmark...
Macron launches ‘ecological plan’ to end France’s use of fossil fuels by 2030
The 50-point plan also aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and includes new projects for offshore wind farms Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a...
