Indonesia calls EU palm oil fuel ban ‘discrimatory’, ‘protectionist’

An EU parliament resolution calling for a ban on the use of palm oil in biofuels is a “discrimative act” motivated by EU farming interests,...

Warming limit of 1.5C would ‘save’ huge expanses of permafrost, study says

The cost of allowing global temperature to rise to 2C, rather than capping warming at 1.5C, is an area of permafrost the size of...

Dutch coal plant lost €800m in value last year

Two Dutch coal plants have taken a hit to their book value for the second time in two years, in a warning sign for would-be...

Gallery: It Takes a Village – Cloughjordan & Feeding Ourselves Festival in Pictures. #People4Soil

April 10th 2017 Ireland’s ecovillage capital and rural utopia, Cloughjordan, played host to Cultivate’s Feeding Ourselves festival over the weekend. The focus of the event...

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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs." Link to full source: Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs

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