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Canada's policy against climate change through the eyes of environmental scientists
More than 60 Canadian scientists from the Sustainable Canada Dialogues (SCD) project, led by James Byrne, a climatologist and professor at the University of Lethbridge, have published a note analyzing Canada's current policy on climate change. …
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Why is Russia in no hurry to ratify the Paris climate agreement?
Last week, the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP22) took place in Marrakesh (Morocco), where Alexander Bedritsky, Special Representative of the President of Russia for Climate Issues, spoke. He told everyone present about the position of the country ...
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Scientists from Oxford and Washington calculated the necessary taxes on meat and milk
Another study, calculating the extent of harm from animal products, was presented by scientists from the UK and the USA. This time they predicted a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions due to the introduction of a tax on different types of food: meat, dairy products, eggs, oils, cereals, ...
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Garbage in Russia: Share with Us project before FIFA-2018 and the Week Without Garbage campaign
Yesterday, the TASS news agency presented a project on separate waste collection “Separate with us!”, which will be implemented in six cities of Russia hosting the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, i. in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny ...
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental film "Save the Planet" ("Before the Flood") has been released for free
Last Sunday, the official debut of a new documentary on environmental issues and climate change, starring Leonardo DiCaprio - Before the Flood (literally - "Before the Flood", but in the Russian version is known as "Save planet"). …
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WWF: By 2020, two-thirds of the animals that lived on Earth in 1970 will die out
According to the latest Living Planet Report 2016 published by WWF (World Wildlife Fund), our planet lost 58 percent of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles between 1970 and 2012. If the current trends continue, this number will increase to 67% (two…
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Head of UNEP: “First development, and then ecology is a deep delusion”
In October, representatives of the Indian publication HuffPost India met with the Norwegian Erik Solheim, who heads the UN Environment Program (UNEP, United Nations Environment Program). In the discussion of India's environmental problems, more global topics were also touched upon. …
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Ukraine adopted European standards for assessing the impact of enterprises on the environment
On October 4, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law No. 2009a-d “On Environmental Impact Assessment”. This means that the country sets European standards for assessing the impact of industrial facilities on the environment. Now a unified (publicly accessible) register will appear in Ukraine…
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Minister of Ecology of the Russian Federation: “We are developing a waste recycling system and reducing the number of landfills”
The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy, in his recent interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, spoke about the current status of the changes expected in the field of waste management in Russia. Today, the fee for garbage collection in Russia is set by management companies, ...
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Washing synthetic clothes litters the seas with small plastic fibers
Scientists from the University of Plymouth (Plymouth University, UK) published in the scientific journal "Marine Pollution Bulletin" the results of their study on the dangers of plastic microfibers contained in synthetic clothing. The researchers washed various synthetic fabrics…