The Philadelphia Eagles football team has been working since 2003 to ensure that the use of electricity at its Lincoln Financial Field is environmentally friendly. Today, 100% of the electricity consumed at the stadium comes from renewable sources. Everything is recycled here - ...
Modern people are accustomed to using air conditioners during hot summer weather, but this may change in the coming years. In the summer of 2016, a group of scientists and politicians from 200 countries of the world signed an agreement to start work aimed at limiting the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which ...
New Yorkers eat about half a million oysters weekly at local restaurants. But most of them do not even realize that empty shells will be sent to help the city, writes Observer. Oysters act as natural water filters, providing habitat for other marine species and ...
The quality and taste of New York City tap water has once again been recognized at the regional level - tap water supplied to the apartments of residents of the largest American metropolis won first place in the Regional Metro Tap Water Taste Test. Visitors to the American Museum of Natural History, ...
Fraud with indicators of emissions of harmful gases from Volkswagen cars with diesel engines will cost the company $ 14,7 billion. Each owner of a car hit by this scandal will receive from $ 5 to $ 10, writes the LA Times. In particular, the concern will spend about $ 10 billion ...
After seven years of discussions, US President Barack Obama on Friday, October 6, rejected the idea of building the Keystone pipeline, which would connect oil fields in Canada with the central US region. According to the president, the 1900-kilometer pipeline "does not meet the national interests of the United States." Keystone ...
Cheap oil, international sanctions, Crimea, military campaigns in Donbass and Syria - this is not a complete list of reasons for the crisis in the Russian economy. Bankers and oil workers line up at the state feeding trough, but even there, only the "fat" accumulated over the past years is saving. Even…
An oil spill occurred near Nefteyugansk due to an accident at the Rosneft oil pipeline. The consequences of the accident are eliminated on the second day. An employee of UTair - Helicopter Services posted several aerial photographs of the oil spill. The photos were taken on June 26, which means the oil spill occurred at least three days ago. RN-Yuganskneftegaz stated that ...
In an interview with the Financial Times, Gates said that he intends to make these investments over the next five years and hopes to contribute to the fight against climate change. Gates noted that he has already invested $ 1 billion in dozens of companies in the early stages of implementation. Among them were companies developing ...
Two environmentalists chained themselves to the anchor chain of the Arctic Challenger in the port of Billingham, Washington state, to protest Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill new wells. On Friday night, May 22, student Chiara Rose chained ...