This is a city that imports garbage. Some comes from England, some from Ireland. Some is from neighboring Sweden. It even has designs on the American market.
“I’d like to take some from the United States,” said Pal Mikkelsen, in his office at a huge plant on the edge of town that turns garbage into heat and electricity. “Sea transport is cheap.”
Il consumo globale di metalli rischia di aumentare fino a nove volte nei prossimi anni, diventando insostenibile sia per l’ambiente, danneggiato dalle miniere, sia per le popolazioni coinvolte nell’estrazione, spesso non tutelate adeguatamente.
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Shale gas fracking companies should be made to offer incentives, such as cash payments or rebates on energy bills, to people living near their sites, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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L’Unione europea deve rafforzare i suoi interventi in materia di clima, rifiuti e sicurezza delle sostanze chimiche, per dare vita ad un ‘New Deal verde‘ da qui al 2020.
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The Hague — Today many are celebrating Earth Day by admiring the beauty of our planet and by calling attention to the environmental dangers it faces.
While the focus is on the planet, economists are warning that carbon emissions could cause grave damage to something else green and dear.
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