Old wine in new bottle

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Rotten eggs in our face

By depleting the soil's calcium stocks, acid rain is indirectly leading to defects in the eggs of a European bird

A people devoid of "genius and imagination"

The curiosity about exotic lands that gripped scholars in the 17th and 18th centuries resulted in the collation of a lot of information, much of …

‘Europe has double standards when it comes to the Roma’

For centuries, the Roma (colloquially known as ‘Gypsies’) have been discriminated against in Europe, to which they migrated to from …

Davos 2024: WEF report finds challenges in health and wellness; reversals in global health cooperation

Prior to 2020, most indicators of health cooperation grew slowly and steadily

Who to blame for July Europe floods? Human-induced climate change

Rainfall events in western Europe now 9 times more likely to happen

How a change in inhalers can cut CO2

EU Emissions Trading System does not hurt firms’ profitability, says OECD

In fact, firms subject to the ETS tended to perform better, it noted

North gets soft options on subsidy cuts

OIL REFINERIES

Facing bankruptcy

FRANCE

Coffin nail

The signs of increasing dissipating consumption

Sands of controversy

Africa had several tense moments before it could get the desertification convention through

Saudi Arabia wants higher prices for oil

Phasing out PVCs

Dry spell

Divided union

Fur fights

Patent laws challenged

Follow Up

Major shake up

Veterinary trouble

It can only get warmer

Scientists discover a greenhouse gas that is several times more dangerous than carbon dioxide

Great survivor

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