France to Ban Deep-Sea Mining: What It Implies, and Why It’s Important
After banning domestic short-haul flights and plastic packaging in the last two months, France continues to pioneer large-scale legislative changes...
Self-Driving Cars Could Pose Huge Environmental Burden
The study from MIT, published in IEEE Micro’s January journal, places autonomous vehicles (AV’s) under serious scrutiny. A fleet of...
Could Sweden’s Discovery of Rare Earth Minerals Solve Europe’s Supply Problems?
Last Thursday, Swedish mining company LKAB announced it had discovered Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earth minerals. The deposit...
Poland Takes Steps To Unlock EU Billions: Too Little?
In late 2015, the right-wing populist party, Law and Justice (in Polish Prawo i Sprawiedliwość PiS), came to power in...
EU Voices Outrage Over Iran’s Executions
Political unrest in Iran has not ceased since the police-custody death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old lawyer who was arrested...
Half of World’s Glaciers Set to Disappear by 2100 – and That’s Probably the Best Case Scenario
A new study, published in January 2023, has established that the rate of glacial loss is far greater than expected....
Extra-terrestrial Minerals Found in Africa
The iron-based meteorite - said to be 4.5 billion years old - was found near the Somalian town of El...
