• Single use of plastic bags in England fell by 85% after the introduction of the tax

    In October last year, England introduced a tax on plastic bags to improve the environmental situation. Six months later, the statistics lived up to expectations: one-time consumption of bags in the country decreased by more than 85 percent. The introduction of the tax in England was an expected development - others…

  • A “hot line” for monitoring environmental problems has appeared in Russia - #ecologyinmycity

    Last week, the commission of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (PC RF) on ecology and environmental protection announced the emergence of a special hotline "Ecomonitoring". The project is designed to help residents of cities and villages promptly report environmental violations, such as burning…

  • On July 9-10, Moscow will host the vegan festival MosVegFest

    This coming weekend, July 9 and 10, 2016, the Russian capital will host a major event for vegans and vegetarians - MosVegFest - organized by Organic 365. Last summer, the authors of this event already held a festival in Moscow called "Go Vegan!". With a goal…

  • France bans single-use plastic bags in stores

    Today, July 1, a ban on the provision of single-use bags in shops (supermarkets), pharmacies, bakeries, gas stations and markets (open and covered) comes into force in France. Now only plastic bags with a thickness of more than 50 microns will be available to customers, intended ...

  • BP: Growth in carbon emissions continues to decline

    According to BP, the world's second largest oil and gas company, last year's statistics on global energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions were quite positive. The 65th edition of a set of statistics from BP records the growth of world energy consumption in 2015 by only 1 percent, which…

  • Germany to introduce legal definition of vegan products

    Apparently, Germany will be the first country in the world to include a definition of vegan products in its legal framework. This move is aimed at settling the food market, where the term "vegan" has become fashionable and therefore used by various manufacturers in marketing…

  • UN proposes to improve the environment by introducing a tax on meat production

    The growing global consumption of meat is a huge problem for the environment. The UN proposes to solve it economically: by imposing a tax on the production of meat products. This week, an international group of scientific experts on natural resources IRP (International Resource Panel), working in…

  • Portugal conducted an experiment: only renewable energy for 4 days

    Portugal conducted an experiment in which the country used only renewable energy for 107 hours: from Saturday morning (May 7) to Wednesday evening (May 11). The experiment was carried out by two associations dedicated to sustainable land management (Associação Sistema Terrestre…

  • April 2016 became the seventh month in a row with a temperature record

    The temperature readings of the past month have led researchers to disappointing conclusions about global warming. April 2016 not only became the seventh month in a row with an increase in the temperature record, but also "beat" the previous April figure by the largest margin in history ...

  • Russians take into account the naturalness of products, but are not ready to pay extra for reducing environmental damage

    According to recent research conducted in Russia by the domestic organization NAFI (National Financial Research Agency) and the international analytical company Nielsen, citizens pay attention to the naturalness of food and prefer local producers, but not…