Belgium: Tax to discourage short flights
Belgium's new 'boarding tax' costs five times as much for a short-haul flight as for a longer one to encourage more use of trains
Belgium's new 'boarding tax' costs five times as much for a short-haul flight as for a longer one to encourage more use of trains
Brussels is just too loud, an environmental group says, and it's shortening life expectancy
France's ban on short-haul flights takes effect next month, but it's not as absolute as its proponents wish
Comprising 15 white-sand islands scattered across a vast expanse of clear-blue Pacific Ocean, the Cook Islands is located between New Zealand and Hawaii and until recently was largely unknown in much of the world.
Belgian bird-watchers are checking out the Brussels area to see what changes are happening in the avian world
University researchers are pushing a plan that would help lower city temperatures by painting roofs white to reflect heat away from buildings.
Two prominent politicians get caught in a buzz-saw of criticism over their flying habits.
The beauty of the small islands of the Maldives, ProfessorAbe reminds us, is threatened by erosion and rising sea levels.
New reports show that climate change is happening fastest in the Arctic.
Cigarette butt collection is being outsourced to a murder of crows in a Swedish experiment.
A gas fire that has burned for decades in Central Asia may be extinguished, officials say.
Airlines are asking the EU to let it cancel empty or near-empty flights that are flown only to keep their airport slots
The beach made famous by Hollywood's 'The Beach' has been closed since 2018 for eco-recovery. It's open again, but with serious restrictions.
A major engine manufacturer is working on a huge new engine, and a possible hybrid system for jetliners
Environmental issues may force a 20% reduction in flights into and out of one of Europe's biggest airports unless other measures cut noise and nitrogen pollution