Chicago will pay cab companies to go green
The city of Chicago is trying to have a greener taxi flee, and started a program on which cab companies will get an incentive to use hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles.
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Archive for the ‘Environmental’ Category
Three million trees planted in Macedonia
Few weeks ago, thousands of Macedonians took the day off to plant 3 million trees in order to revive the nation’s forests after fires ravaged an estimated 35,000 hectares of greenery.
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Russia to stop polar bear hunting
Last year, A Russian-U.S. commission agreed to restrict polar bear hunting to 29 bears every year for each of the countries. But Russia’s polar bear program decidednot to allow polar bear hunting in Russia.
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Italy to ban plastic bags
Italy has become the first EU country to ban shops from giving plastic bags to their costumers, this ban is estimated to save 180,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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Breakthrough in Cheap Solar Panels Efficiency
Konarka company has spend years developing an organic solar technology for low-powered flexible and cheap solar chargers. The company achieved a new efficiency record of 8.3 percent which will allow numerous large scale applications.
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New sphinx-lined road discovered in Egypt
Egypt archaeologists discover 12 new sphinxes in the sphinx road between the vast Karnak temple in ancient Thebes to the Luxor Temple.
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GE Embrace 25,000 Electric Cars
General Electric will convert half of its corporate fleet to electric vehicles by 2015. The company will buy 12,000 GM vehicles from next year beginning with Chevy Volt. GE is hoping that its planned purchase will help reducing the costs of electric cars by increasing production volumes.
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Huge Wind Farm Project in S.Korea
South Korea will build 8.2 billion dollars offshore wind farm project by 2019. The project includes 500 turbines in the west coast that will generate about 2,500 megawatts of electricity.
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Argentina Preserves the Glaciers
A new law is raised in Argentina to protect the country’s glaciers, in a global context from different polluting activities. The law, enacted on September 30, aims to preserve the glaciers as strategic reserves of water for human consumption, agriculture and for the protection of biodiversity.
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Solar panels to White House
US President Barack Obama will install by spring solar panels on the roof of the white house. These solar panels will heat the water used inside the house and will supply some electric power.
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