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Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime

Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime

5 May 2021

There have long been calls for international laws to make environmental destruction, or ecocide, a crime. Now that movement may have a chance, writes Graham Lawton
Driftwood

Driftwood could be recycled into cleaner electric car batteries

30 April 2021

Driftwood can be transformed into a material called "hard carbon" and used in sodium-ion batteries to power electric cars

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