Throughout its 2 decades of existence, New York’s 311 helpline has seen more than 500 million calls, through which help and information on non-emergency municipal services has been offered. Although strange or curious calls often make headlines, the true purpose of 311 is to address serious issues that affect the daily lives of New Yorkers, … Read more
Bregenz has introduced a speed limit of 30 km/h across the board Photo: APA/TOPIC IMAGE In Vorarlberg’s state capital Bregenz now has a speed limit of 30 km/h on all public roads in the city. Excluded from the regulation that has now come into force are state roads and meeting zones in which a maximum … Read more
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Before 2019, 500 million plastic straws were used in the US every day, according to National Geographic. Many states have since banned them, forcing eateries to offer paper straws to their customers. It is similar in many places in Europe and here in Latvia. In a new study published in the scientific journal “Food Additives … Read more
Frankfurt/Berlin (dpa) – The biodiversity in European rivers has recovered thanks to decisive measures in many places – but this upswing has long stagnated. The original richness in species is far from being reached again, reports scientists from Frankfurt and Berlin, among others, in the journal “Nature”. They followed the development using the example of … Read more
Because disposable vapes do not meet current battery standards, single-use e-cigarettes will be banned in Europe. Such a ban could take effect at the end of 2026. Also in Short foreign news: The state of New York is investigating a ban on tobacco products / WHO warns of interference by the tobacco industry / Americans … Read more
Thousands of diesel plaintiffs are demanding compensation from Mercedes. However, anyone who has financed their car through the Mercedes-Benz Bank could encounter a particular hurdle. Because there is a clause in the loan agreement that raises questions. Have buyers of a Mercedes diesel waived all claims for damages when they took out their car loan? … Read more
Fish wriggling on dry land. Where once there was water, there is now only mud: the barbarians have drained a lake – with devastating consequences. Unknown persons drained the water from a five-hectare bathing and fishing lake in Hohenlockstedt in the district of Steinburg. As a police spokeswoman told t-online Thursday, the perpetrators must have … Read more
To the visual and olfactory pollution on the coast and in the basins of Le Havre, is extra the vision of useless fish floating in the professional basin. This is even now a single of the repercussions of the microalgae that have appeared massively in the final two months. There are much more and more … Read more
Beeskow (dpa) – Two saxony yachting captains have been stranded on the Oder-Spree canal for virtually two weeks thanks to the environmental catastrophe in the Oder – now salvation is close to. They should in all probability be allowed to go on sailing this Friday, Peter Schneider told German information agency Niesky in the vicinity … Read more
