Top news: Spanish nuclear power plant heats up river; Candidates for Head of Government of Buenos Aires commit to comply with Zero-Waste Law; Germany fights toxic sex toys.
#nuclear A Greenpeace study has found that the water of the Ebro river, next to the Spain’s Garoña nuclear power plant is heating to temperatures above 19 degrees Celsius, with impacts to local wildlife and vegetation. Greenpeace is urging the Spanish Ministry of Environment to stop the nuclear plant’s from dumping cooling water into the Ebro.
#waste On Wednesday, candidates for Head of Government of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri (PRO), Daniel Filmus (FPV) and Fernando "Pino" Solanas (South Project) flew over the landfills in the Coordination Ecological Society of the State Metropolitan Area (CEAMSE), where the waste generated in the city is buried. The politicians signed a commitment to Act 1854, the so-called the Law of Zero Waste.
#toxics German Greens are the latest group to fight against the presence of toxic chemicals in the sex toys. According to Volker Beck, one of the leading members of the Green Party, “the false modesty or the so-called taboos must not hinder consumer information and controls ". The presence of phthalates in PVC sex toys was denounced by Greenpeace Netherlands in a report released in 2006.
#Softnews An emperor penguin, whose natural habit is Antarctica, has made a rare appearance on a beach in the New Zealand. It is believed that the penguin swam about 6,000 kilometers from Antarctica to New Zealand. It is the first emperor penguin to turn up in New Zealand in 44 years. Reuters.
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