Diesel car ban approved in Germany

Diesel car ban approved in Germany

Ciara McCormick | Reporter German cities will be allowed to ban older diesel vehicles from some areas following last week’s court case. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig said the cities of Stuttgart and Duesseldorf could legally ban more higher polluting cars.

Micro Mania

Micro Mania

Sian Maher As of last month, the UK Government announced their plans to ban the use of microbeads within cosmetics by 2017 as they have been found to have a detrimental effect upon the marine food chain. Microbeads are tiny particles of plastic which are used in a high number of cosmetic products such as toothpastes and exfoliates. They are rinsed straight from our bathroom drains

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Arctic Oil: Who owns it, and who cares?

Arctic Oil: Who owns it, and who cares?

Erin Mooney | Despite a Global oil glut and the apparent worthlessness of oil in Scottish Waters, international Oil Companies are steaming in to the Arctic to retrieve the huge oil and gas reserves believed to lie there.