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- Electric cars win? Britain to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040.Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.
- A fresh idea to improve food access.Fresh Truck’s mobile market in Boston fills prescriptions for fresh foods.
- Cambodian school made of rubbish.The amount of trash dumped by residents of Phnom Penh troubled one man so much that he decided to put it to good use, and turn it into a school.
- Programs filling growing number of jobs created by stormwater rules.Good career opportunity, plus a chance to do good, attracts trainees.
- An African architect’s profound message about climate change, built under a tree in London.For the first time, an African architect has designed London’s prestigious Serpentine Pavilion.
- Hazardous material from 1960s finally getting cleaned up near Sylvia Grinnell park in Iqaluit.The rusted-out fuel drums, car frames and old appliances that litter the tundra on the edge of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park in Iqaluit will soon be cleaned up.
- L.I. Sound funding restored after Trump cut.Although Long Island Sound’s cleanup was cut from President Trump’s 2018 budget, Congress has restored $8 million aimed at keeping Connecticut’s water gem pollution free — or as close to it as possible.
- Shedd unveils 1,600-pound seahorse sculpture made from ocean garbage.The newest creature at Shedd Aquarium is a piece of garbage – a lot of garbage.
- Paris plunge: Daily queues after city opens cleaned-up canal to swimmers.Free swimming at La Villette is first step in Paris’s efforts to reopen some of its murky waterways to casual bathers, and the Seine could be next.
- The coal disillusion in Asia.India, adding 8.8GW in new solar capacity this year, will overtake Japan as the third largest solar market worldwide after China and the US.
- South Miami just made a huge rooftop solar decision.South Miami this week became the first city outside of California to require all new homes to install solar panels on their roofs.
- Let's all swim in the once-filthy canals of Paris.Unlike many cities, the French capital has made good on its promise to re-open urban waterways to bathers. How did they do it?
- New 'magnet' pulls pesky nonstick pollutants from drinking water.It targets toxic chemicals, which can themselves stick around in the environment — potentially forever.
- Turning baker’s yeast into a disease sensor.With a few tweaks, the fungus behind bread and beer could become a simple, low-cost cholera detector.
- Sustainable British cod on the menu after stocks recover.A recovery from near total collapse has led North Sea cod stocks to be labelled as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council for the first time in 20 years.
- Great Lakes gets some great news.Reclaiming the Great Lakes has been embraced as a priority for too long by too many — and with too many successes — to be abandoned now. Congress can make sure that doesn't happen.
- VIDEO: Is there a good side to palm oil?Palm oil is often synonymous with deforestation, pollution and bad agricultural practices. But an example from Sierra Leone shows that it doesn't have to be.
- The inventor of Roomba has a new robot that sucks up invasive fish.The Guardian robot collects lionfish so we can eat them—before they destroy ecosystems by chowing down on all the local fish.
- Atlanta’s BeltLine is a model for the future of urban green space.The multi-use trail system is driving economic, environmental and cultural renewal — while saving the city millions of dollars.
- Eco-friendly plastics made using lemon extracts, CO2.Scientists have developed eco- friendly plastics using lemon extracts and carbon dioxide that may replace potentially cancer-causing materials widely used in everyday items like phone cases, baby bottles and DVDs.
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