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14 lectures will be available through Zoom. Written By: News staff | × ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Senior College of West Central Minnesota announced its 2021 spring class schedule. College-level scholars from across the state will provide lecture on a broad range of topics. Classes are offered via Zoom beginning Tuesday, March 16 and concluding Thursday, April. 29. Lectures are held live from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Admission for the lectures is by season membership only. The $99 registration fee covers all 14 lectures. The following lectures are being offered this spring: ...

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. (Courthouse News photo/Molly Quell) LUXEMBOURG (CN) — In two separate cases, the European Union’s top court found Thursday that the bloc has been too lax in allowing the commercial use of dangerous chemicals.  In one case, the European Court of Justice ruled in favor of Sweden, which had been fighting against allowing lead in outdoor paint. In the other, a magistrate found that the court should overturn a ruling upholding a decision to allow the use of a plastic softener linked to infertility.  Both cases involve a 2006 law called Registrati...

Dove’s Sleek New Refillable Deodorant Pack The global health and beauty brand launches new deodorant packaging that is circular by design, with a reusable stainless-steel case that can be refilled with deodorant sticks. Jan 28th, 2021 Reusable packaging has come a long way—in strategy, sophistication, and sustainability. Launched in January by Unilever, the new Dove refillable deodorant system exemplifies this new approach, comprising a sleek, stainless-steel outer case guaranteed to last a lifetime, paired with refills in recycled-content, recyclable packaging. The innovation is ju...

Plastic equivalent to the weight of almost 90 Eiffel Towers is being sold by British supermarkets. This represents a plastic footprint which has grown significantly since 2017, according to a new report by two environmental charities. In its third annual Checking Out On Plastics report, Greenpeace UK and the Environmental Investigation Agency found that the 10 leading supermarkets collectively put almost 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging through the tills in 2019. It also found that 2.5 billion plastic water bottles were sold or given away. While 2019 saw a dip of 1.6 per cent in plastic w...

TV presenter says government is reneging on Brexit green pledges by breaking with EU ban