Full Coverage: Pollution
February 2007
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28.02.2007
Limbah plastik menimbulkan masalah bagi lingkungan karena sifat plastik yang tidak dapat diuraikan dalam tanah. Pada saat yang sama, bahan bakar dari fosil mulai menipis. Percayakah jika suatu saat nanti botol plastik bekas dapat digunakan sebagai bahan baku pembuatan minyak pelumas untuk kendaraan bermotor?
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26.02.2007
"Bene la domenica, ma ora è necessario pensare subito al lunedì". Cosi Legambiente ha commentato il blocco delle auto di ieri nella pianura padana. "Questo blocco ha ribadito l'esigenza di un intervento antismog che coinvolga non solo i sindaci e le Regioni, ma anche le istituzioni nazionali, il Governo. Per far si che questo stop al traffico deciso dalla Regioni settentrionali non diventi la solita, inutile giornata di chiacchiere e buone intenzioni bisogna lavorare da subito per realizzare quelle azioni capaci di abbattere non solo le polveri sottili e i connessi rischi sanitari, ma in grado anche di affrontare a fondo il problema della congestione delle aree urbane". Intanto Legambiente ha presentato la seconda edizione di "Comuni Rinnovabili 2007", una mappatura delle fonti energetiche pulite nel territorio italiano.
more...From: Legambiente Related topics/regions: [Renewable energy] [Activism] Image: Giornata senz'auto a Milano - da La Nuova Ecologia
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25.02.2007
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When companies sell the public carbon offsets, carbon savings expected to be made in the future are counted as savings made in the present. This is known as future value accounting and is the same technique used by Enron to inflate its profits with such disastrous consequences.
Image: Con trails from aircraft
Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
22.02.2007
Australia has announced plans to ban traditional light bulbs in a move Prime Minister John Howard called a practical step toward slowing climate change. Incandescent filament lightbulbs will be phased out by 2010 in favour of the more fuel-efficent compact fluorescent bulbs.
more...Related topics/regions: [Australia] [Climate change] Image: Your days are numbered, bulb © Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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22.02.2007
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Eurostar generates ten times less CO2 than flying the same routes. The authentic figures speak for themselves.
Image: Eurostar train
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When companies sell the public carbon offsets, carbon savings expected to be made in the future are counted as savings made in the present. This is known as future value accounting and is the same technique used by Enron to inflate its profits with such disastrous consequences.
Eurostar generates ten times less CO2 than flying the same routes. The authentic figures speak for themselves.