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Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts, batteries

Paris, Oct 19 (AFP/APP):From ageing electric batteries to old engines to rearview mirrors, the auto industry is revving up its recycling efforts as it faces pressure to reduce its colossal carbon footprint. The world’s automakers are investing in facilities to salvage old parts but the […]

Spanish trial opens into quake-linked offshore gas project

Madrid, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Two businessmen went on trial Monday over their involvement in a large offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern coast in 2013. Operations at the plant, a giant underwater storage facility in the Gulf of […]

Eco-changes Severely impacts on agricultural sector: Fakhar Imam

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP):Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam Sunday said the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector, including human life was a major challenge for Sustainable environmental development in the country. He said the sustainable environmental growth was […]

Volcanic ash halts flights on Spanish island

Madrid, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Planes were grounded on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, for the second straight day Sunday because of ash from a volcano that began erupting a month ago. Airlines scrapped all 38 flights scheduled for Sunday, most of them to and […]

Lord of the plants: death metal eco-baron rewilds Irish estate

Navan, Ireland, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Randal Plunkett, the 21st Baron of Dunsany, strides out of his Irish castle in a T-shirt bearing the name of death metal band “Cannibal Corpse” in bloody lettering. In the distance, a russet-coloured stag appears for a moment, before dissolving into […]

Awareness seminar on smog held in city

BAHAWALPUR, Oct 17 (APP):Under the auspices of Punjab Highway Department (Mobile Education Unit), a seminar was held here in the city to raise awareness about precautionary measures against fog and smog. According to a press release issued here, following the instructions received by the Government […]

Chile to ban most non-electric vehicles from 2035

SANTIAGO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua/APP) –:Chile will ban sales of most internal combustion vehicles in support of electric vehicles starting in 2035, the Chilean government announced Friday as part of its National Electromobility Strategy. All sales of light and medium vehicles, public transit and large machinery, […]

Australia’s biggest industry group urges gov’t to halve emissions by 2030

CANBERRA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua/APP) –:Australia’s biggest industry group has called for the country to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. Innes Willox, the chief executive of the Australian Industry (Ai) Group, wrote in a comment piece for Guardian Australia on Saturday said that the case […]

Prince William tells space tourists: fix Earth instead

London, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Britain’s Prince William has launched an attack on space tourism, urging more attention on problems closer to home ahead of the COP26 climate summit. The comments by Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson were airing in a BBC interview later Thursday, a day after […]

Putin says Russia aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060

Moscow, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia — one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas — is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060. “Russia in practice will strive for carbon neutrality of its economy,” he said at an energy […]

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