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Mayor Of Nice Vows To Ban Floating Hotels: Will He Be Able To Ban Cruises By The Summer?

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Mayor of Nice vows to ban ‘floating hotels’: Will he be able to ban cruises by the summer? Read more

Automated Cars, Low Emissions And Noise Pollution: Europes Driving Rules Are Changing In 2025

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Automated cars, low emissions and noise pollution: Europe’s driving rules are changing in 2025 Read more

French Sports Minister Takes Symbolic Dive Into River Seine In Paris

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Amelie Oudea Castera was hoping to show that the river is clean enough for swimming events to take place during the Pari... Read more

Which European Cities Are Trying To Cut Back The Number Of Cruise Ship Visits?

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Destinations struggling with overtourism are putting a stop to ships that bring toxic emissions and millions of passenge... Read more

Barcelona Increases Its Tourist Tax This Week: Where Else Will You Have To Pay To Enter In 2024?

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From the Algarve to Barcelona, fees are being introduced to try and combat overtourism. Read more

Barcelona Increases Its Tourist Tax This Week: Where Else Will You Have To Pay To Enter In 2024?

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From the Algarve to Barcelona, fees are being introduced to try and combat overtourism. Read more

Icon Of The Seas: Can The Worlds Biggest Cruise Ship Really Be Environmentally Friendly?

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Five times larger than the Titanic with room to spare, the Icon of the Seas can carry 7,600 passengers. Read more

Icon Of The Seas: Can The Worlds Biggest Cruise Ship Really Be Environmentally Friendly?

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Five times larger than the Titanic with room to spare, the Icon of the Seas can carry 7,600 passengers. Read more

A Mountain Of Rubbish: Japan Introduces Visitor Cap At Mount Fuji To Crack Down On Pollution

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Beginning this summer, visitors to Mount Fuji will have to pay to hike one of the routes up the iconic mountain. Read more

Tourist Taxes: All Of The Cities And Countries You Will Have To Pay To Enter In 2024

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From Venice to Bali, new fees are being chged to try and combat overtourism. Read more

Which European Cities Are Trying To Cut Back The Number Of Cruise Ship Visits?

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Destinations struggling with overtourism are putting a stop to ships that bring toxic emissions and millions of passenge... Read more

Cruise Passengers In Barcelona Will No Longer Be Able To Stop In The City Centre

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New rules will come into force this month, including cruise ship caps and dock closures. Read more

Greenpeace: Asset Managers Are 'ignoring' Climate Impact Of Bitcoin

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Greenpeace has called on the world’s biggest asset managers to tackle the impact their investments in bitcoin have o... Read more

'It Makes You Sad: Tourists And Fishermen Leave Vietnams Ha Long Bay Covered In Trash

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Ha Long Bay is one of Vietnam's most beautiful nature site. But the UNESCO world heritage site threatened by deluge of p... Read more

Cruise Ships: Erosion, Air Pollution And Overtourism Are Driving Cities Towards Bans

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European cities struggling with overtourism are reconsidering the future of these giant ships. Read more

Cork Teenagers Microplastics Project Wins $50,000 At Google Science Fair

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An Irish teenager has gained attention on the world stage by winning an international science competition for his proje... Read more

Unintended Consequences: Is Design The New Single-use Plastic?

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A number of powerful global forces have resulted in us living in an unprecedented era of unintended consequences. Consi... Read more

How Can Open Data Mapping Help Deal With The Global Litter Crisis?

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Cork-born entrepreneur Séan Lynch is passionate about citizen science, open data and tackling the unsightly and danger... Read more

Satellite Snaps Image Of Uninhabited Pacific Island Covered In Plastic

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We may have reached a turning point when it comes to the recycling of plastic waste, but there’s a sense that it will... Read more

Study Reveals Depressing Extent Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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First discovered in 1997 by yachtsman Charles Moore, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – as it has come to be known –... Read more