Large amount of potentially toxic e-waste sent from EU to Nigeria, UN report finds
May 29th, 2018
A quarter of over 60,000 tons of electronic waste shipped to Nigeria in 2015 and 2016 was non-functioning and potentially toxic illegal...
European Commission launches online tool to help cities become more sustainable
May 29th, 2018
EU Green week, Europe’s biggest environmental event, has resulted in the launch of new software to help cities become more sustainable.
The EU...
Commission proposes new strict EU-wide rules on single-use plastics
May 28th, 2018
The European Commission has today outlined new plans to cut down on single-use plastics and reduce marine plastic pollution.
The new EU-wide rules...
Netherlands climate lawsuit goes to court of appeals
Urgenda and 900 citizens successfully sued in 2015 for stronger Dutch climate ambition, but the government is challenging the court's right to rule on...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #21
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Climate change may lead to bigger atmospheric...
New research, May 14-20, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
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Mankind
Assessing the Impacts of Extreme Agricultural Droughts in China Under Climate and...
Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Sweden for first international conference
This week, Gothenburg in Sweden played host to the first international conference on “negative emissions”.
The three-day event brought together around 250 researchers at Chalmers...
Public Gets More Time to Comment on Pruitt’s ‘Secret Science’ Rule
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Families Take EU to Court Over Climate Change
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