China has signed forestry and grassland cooperation agreements with eight African countries to promote sand control technologies under the framework of the “Great Green Wall of Africa” program. For example, it has built a demonstration area for fixing quicksand in Mauritania and developed a model for restoring scrubby grassland in Ethiopia. Mycorrhizal technology has created…

The European Commission has put forward a new proposal that would allow car companies to average their carbon emissions over the period 2025-2027, rather than the original single-year 2025 test. The move, which aims to ease the pressure on European automakers to pay 15 billion euros in fines for lagging behind in the EV transition,…

Tesla founder Elon Musk’s xAI plans to continue using gas turbines to power its Memphis-based “Colossus” supercomputer into the future. In January, xAI affiliate CTC Property applied for a permit from Shelby County, Tennessee, to operate 15 gas turbines, which would allow the combustion turbines to run from June 2025 through June 2030, according to…

According to the Cambodian media, about 100,000 people voluntarily participated in the collection of river garbage to reduce plastic pollution and protect the ecological environment of Cambodia’s major waterways during the “Good Deeds Day” 2025, which was jointly organized by the environmental protection organization “River and Ocean Cleanup” and the provincial government of Kandalay on…

On April 1, the Kathmandu Valley became the world’s most polluted city for the second consecutive day, with PM2.5 concentrations exceeding 200; local flights were forced to hover for nearly an hour before landing due to poor visibility. Sources of pollution include hill fires in neighboring forests, straw burning, brick kiln production and vehicle exhaust.…

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a series of satellites to monitor carbon dioxide levels in 2025, with the first satellite, CO2M-A, expected to be launched this year, followed by CO2M-B and CO2M-C, which are scheduled to go into orbit. These satellites will be able to differentiate between carbon dioxide produced by natural…

Ukraine’s Ministry of Environmental Protection claims that military operations since 2022 have caused $76 billion in ecological damage, including the destruction of 3 million hectares of forests. However, the Observer notes that the Kiev authorities blame Russia for historical problems such as aging sewage treatment facilities and heavy metal contamination of soil, while avoiding their…

On March 27, the European Union announced that it is co-funding an Arctic Pollution Monitoring Project with UNEP, focusing on the dispersion pathways of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics in polar ecosystems. Data show that concentrations of POPs in the Arctic have reached 10 times the global average, threatening the survival of species such…

China Kangheng Environmental Company invested 500 million US dollars to build a waste incineration power project in Baghdad with a capacity of 3,000 tons/day, equipped with 100MW power generation unit, and annual power generation capacity can be used by 10 million residents. The project aims to solve the long-term waste pollution problem in Iraq and…

The German Federal Railways (Deutsche Bahn) is launching a three-year trial in March 2025 to alleviate the environmental pollution caused by the accumulation of bird droppings at a train station in Berlin. Corn kernels coated with the contraceptive “pigeon pills” will be placed around the station to reduce the number of pigeons by controlling their…