Artificial trans fats will be off Canadian plates for good, as the final step to ban them in Canada is scheduled to take effect Monday. Researchers believe a ban could prevent up to 12,000 heart attacks in Canada over 20 years.
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Yet another destination for coal exports to dry up with Italy’s 2025 phase-out
Enlarge / GENOA, ITALY – MARCH 15: Coal piles sit in the storage yard at the Genoa port on March 15, 2016 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, Italy’s economic development minister said the country will commit to phasing out coal in its energy mix, ending all use […]
Swiss endorse gradual nuclear phase-out – preliminary referendum results
Most Swiss citizens have voted in favor of a new energy law that would envisage a ban on building new nuclear power plants, a gradual switch to renewable energy sources and reduced energy consumption, preliminary results show. The revision of the Swiss Energy Act was supported by more than 58 percent of the Swiss people […]
