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World News | Company's Carbon Credits Raise Questions About Unproven Ocean Technology to Fight Global Warming
Washington, Jul 3 (AP) The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed...

An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts
The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed three years ago by a...
Ljubljana, Maribor fare poorly in long-term air pollution exposure
Copenhagen, 6 July - The European Environment Agency (EEA) has launched the European city air quality viewer, showing a long-term exposure divide across the continent. The two Slovenian cities included in the tool, Ljubljana and Maribor, are on...

Caribbean Cooperatives: A proven path to sustainable development
The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores, global economic shocks are testing our resilience, and social inequalities continue to leave too many behind. Amid these challenges, a powerful and time-tested...

21st.BIO launches precision fermentation program for bovine alpha-lactalbumin
COPENHAGEN, Denmark and DAVIS, Calif., July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 21st.BIO, a leading technology partner in precision fermentation, today announced the launch of a new development program for bovine alpha-lactalbumin (α-lac) after exclusively...

Whirlpool posts 2024 report on Fort Smith pollution monitoring
The 2024 annual report from the engineering firm hired by Whirlpool to monitor cancer-causing pollution at the former Whirlpool site in Fort Smith indicates the presence of harmful chemicals remain, but there is “no unacceptable risk to human...

Climate Science Digest: July 4, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 4, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. A Journal of Environmental Sciences study investigates trees best suited for cities...
Slovenia joins EU initiative to bolster trade with Ukraine by offering export guarantees
Slovenia becomes one of ten EU countries participating in European push to support trade with Ukraine. Slovenian export credit agency SID Banka joins the InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility. It is projected to benefit more than 550...

Denmark takes lead in EU, urges unity on Ukraine, trade
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. AARHUS, Denmark -- Denmark launched its presidency of the European Union on Thursday with a call for Europe to unite to take on war in Ukraine and chaos caused by...

Denmark’s EU Presidency: A Stress Test for Europe in an Era of Disruption
Many are calling 2025 Denmark’s “super year” — a rare convergence where a small nation finds itself holding two of the most consequential leadership roles in international diplomacy. Since January, Denmark has served as a non-permanent member of...

Joni Musabayana | Cooperatives in the Caribbean: A proven path to decent work and sustainable development
The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores, global economic shocks are testing our resilience, and social inequalities continue to leave too many behind. Amid these challenges, a powerful and time-tested...

Science The Conversation New clues from 2 million-year-old tooth enamel tell us more about an ancient relative of humans
For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built for heavy chewing with relatively massive jaws, and huge...

Euro 2025: Sweden beats Denmark yet again this year
Geneva, July 6: Sweden swept past Denmark yet again on Friday, winning 1-0 at the Women’s European Championship for a third victory this year over its near neighbor. One month after a 6-1 rout in Stockholm, Filippa Angeldahl’s smart finish of a...

15 tonnes of waste making waves in marine pollution fight
A pioneering recycling scheme in Wales targeting end-of-life fishing gear has been recycled since 2023, diverting nets, ropes, and buoys from landfill and helping to protect coastal environments. The End of Life (EoL) Fishing Gear Scheme, a...

Denmark boss Andree Jeglertz to take charge at Man City after Euro 2025
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Flavour, ethics and affordability – the factors shaping Gen Z consumption in Indonesia
Food companies doing business in Indonesia are intensifying efforts to attract Gen Z consumers, who are demanding products that not only taste good but align with their identity, health goals and social values. What Gen Z wants matters: the cohort...

Opec+ and oil executives deliver optimism from Vienna
The Opec International Seminar, held biennially, has brought together oil ministers and industry heavyweights from Saudi Aramco and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation to the chief executives of Shell, British Petroleum (BP) and TotalEnergies. This...

More towns are getting these new bins - so people can leave (or take) plastic bottles and cans
THE OPERATOR OF the Deposit Return Scheme is rolling out a bin programme to towns across the country. Following a pilot in Dublin city centre, Re-turn is expanding its ‘bin surrounds’ programme, allowing people to leave their containers for others...

Elfly signs US$50 million deal with VET Airways
Elfly Group, the Norwegian developer of the all-electric NOEMI (No Emissions Electric Seaplane), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cambodia's VET Airways for the sale of five aircraft, valued at US$50 million. The agreement...

Peab’s subsidiary secures $120.7m framework contract for E.ON’s Swedish grid upgrade
ATS Kraftservice, a subsidiary of Peab, has been awarded a five-year framework contract valued at Skr1.15bn ($120.7m) for an energy grid project in Sweden. E.ON Energidistribution, a European energy company, has embarked on a substantial...