Portugal: Pact for dealing with plastic waste achieves first year goals
Lusa - Portugal - 04/02/2021
Biden introduces environment team to tackle 'existential threat'
AFP - USA - 20/12/2020
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced key members of his environmental team and said his administration would make the fight against global warming a pillar of his drive to rebuild the pandemic-hit US economy.
Biden said these nominees will “lead my…
IEA: Renewable energies can be the major source of electricity in 2025
Plataforma - Macau - 10/11/2020
Although demand for electricity has declined considerably, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the growth of renewable energies in the electricity sector continues at a record pace, according to a report by the International Energy Agency.
According to the IEA, natural gas and…
Ways to help the Environment while in the kitchen
Delas - Portugal - 21/10/2020
The concern about the Environment and to reduce our ecological footprint is something that has been gaining importance in our lives. You can also do it in the kitchen
From our beauty routine, including the way we relate it to fashion, there are a thousand and one ways to…
'Like the speed of the wind': Kenya's lakes rise to destructive highs
AFP - International - 20/10/2020
Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay the farm he lived in his entire life until the water rose like never before and swallowed everything.
A clump of sodden straw marked the spot: the tip of his…
Apple's rare earth recycling steps up environmental response
AFP - USA - 14/10/2020
Apple said Tuesday its newest iPhones would be produced using recycled rare earth materials, as part of a stepped up environmental initiative which also has geopolitical implications.
Announced as part of a series of sustainability actions, Apple said the move builds on…
IEA: Virus crisis an opportunity to reshape climate reponse
AFP - International - 13/10/2020
Only massive investment in clean energy can help overcome the economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic while setting the world on a path to meeting its objectives to slow climate change, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
In its annual report…
Airbus thinks goose tip could trim fuel consumption
AFP - France - 10/09/2020
If planes flew in formation like wild geese they might use five to 10 percent less fuel, European aircraft maker Airbus said Wednesday as it signed up to test the idea
Executive vice president Jean-Brice Dorman told an online civil aviation conference that wild geese…
Central Bank launches environmental sustainability agenda
Agência Brazil - 09/09/2020
The Central Bank (BC) launched on Tuesday (8) a set of social and environmental responsibility actions. Actions include internal campaigns and creation of a credit line.
The sustainability dimension was inserted in the BC # institutional agenda and includes everything…
From Shanghai to Stuttgart without a carbon footprint
Shanghai Daily - China - 07/09/2020
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go” — TS Elliot.
German mechanical engineer Joerg Gebers is no poet, but he is prepared to go to great lengths to travel from Shanghai back to his home in Stuttgart without leaving a carbon…
