Deforestation: proposed EU import ban may fail to protect tropical rainforests and farmers – here's how it should work
The EU have introduced a new regulation on the import of products linked to deforestation – but will this reduce deforestation globally?
Jan. 6, 2023 • ~9 min
The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study finds
Mobile apps are sometimes ‘regionalized’ to better serve the needs of users, functioning differently in, for example, China than in Canada. But some of those differences pose security and privacy risks.
Sept. 27, 2022 • ~8 min
What if carbon border taxes applied to all carbon – fossil fuels, too?
A new study shows what it would mean for Europe and China, and why the US might not be too excited about the idea.
Sept. 21, 2022 • ~6 min
It's getting harder for scientists to collaborate across borders – that's bad when the world faces global problems like pandemics and climate change
Scientific research done through international collaboration has boomed in the past 30 years. But recently, powerful countries are using science as a tool of politics, threatening that work.
July 13, 2022 • ~10 min
EU law would require Big Tech to do more to combat child sexual abuse, but a key question remains: How?
The EU’s proposed regulations don’t align with existing technology. They’re likely to fail – or to break the internet as we know it.
June 14, 2022 • ~8 min
The 'carbon footprint' was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here's how it can serve us again
The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.
May 27, 2022 • ~7 min
Plastic pollution: European farmland could be largest global reservoir of microplastics
Up to 42,000 tonnes a year of microplastics are removed from sewage, spread on fields as fertiliser and eventually wash back into watercourses.
May 23, 2022 • ~6 min
Europe is determined to cut fossil fuel ties with Russia, even though getting Hungary on board won't be easy
Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the true costs of their longstanding energy dependence on Russia.
May 20, 2022 • ~8 min
Fracking review suggests UK has softened precautionary principle since leaving EU – here's why it matters
Despite banning fracking in 2019, the UK government recently decided to review its safety.
May 5, 2022 • ~7 min
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