EU vows to slash red tape but stick to climate goals
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Wednesday proposed paring back its environmental rules to give businesses breathing room faced ...
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EU seeks to balance business needs, climate goals
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Wednesday unveiled a push to "simplify" its environmental rules to give businesses breathing ...
Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation
Sydney (AFP) - Pacific microstate Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat from rising seas, President David Adeang told ...
Australia seeks to turn failing steel plant into ‘green’ hub
Sydney (AFP) - A failing Australian metals plant will be transformed into a hub for making "green iron and steel", ...
Tunisian startup takes on e-waste challenge
Tunis (AFP) - Engineer turned social entrepreneur Sabri Cheriha hunches over a washing machine at a small depot in a ...
World and tech leaders grapple with AI challenges at Paris summit
Paris (AFP) - Political and tech industry leaders descended on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping ...
Scottish whisky makers fear return of Trump tariffs
Drimnin (United Kingdom) (AFP) - At the end of a wild peninsula battered by winds in west Scotland is a ...
Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars
Oslo (AFP) - Almost 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, an unparalled number in ...
France asks EU to delay rights, environment business rules
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - France on Friday asked the European Union to suspend "indefinitely" landmark new rules on environmental and ...
Lesotho’s king pitches green energy to Davos elites
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Lesotho's King Letsie III has embarked on an ambitious mission in snowy Davos, where global powerbrokers ...
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