The ozone hole is shrinking. The planet’s biggest wound is on the road to recovery
Gli ultimi dati relativi al buco dell’ozono indicano un netto miglioramento rispetto al 2000. Dipeso dalle decisioni ecologiste prese trent’anni fa.
Camilla Soldati
Digital Editor
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Glyphosate, the EU postpones again. No decision until the end of 2017
Senza una decisione da parte dei governi sul glifosato, la Commissione europea ha prolungato l’autorizzazione all’uso dell’erbicida per altri 18 mesi.
At least 66 million trees have died in California over the past 6 years
Siccità, incendi e parassiti stanno decimando le straordinarie foreste della Sierra Nevada ad un ritmo senza precedenti.
Sweden inaugurates the world’s first electric highway for trucks
Sweden inaugurated the first stretch of electric highway in the province of Gästrikland, more precisely between Kungsgården and Sandviken, on the 22nd of June. It’s a stretch of the E16 road, a highway that connects Sweden to Norway. It’s a 2-kilometre stretch where hybrid trucks will be powered by electricity, exactly like trams. A two-year
140-year-old Buenos Aires zoo is closing and moving animals to sanctuaries
Dopo oltre 140 anni di attività la struttura verrà convertita in un rifugio per gli animali in difficoltà mentre gli altri verranno trasferiti in riserve naturali.
Why investors should fear the rapid decline in bee populations
La moria delle api è anche un problema finanziario che potrebbe colpire a cascata i profitti di innumerevoli industrie e, quindi, i loro investitori.
Peru, yet another oil spill is putting the Amazon at risk
Oil spills in the Amazon are nothing new. Another pipeline has broken in the Loreto region of Peru, threatening local communities’ health and the environment.
Brexit: Britain votes to leave the European Union
Dopo 43 anni, la bandiera dell’Ue smetterà probabilmente di sventolare sul suolo del Regno Unito. Il “Brexit” dato vincente col 51,5% dei voti.
California will close its last nuclear plant to invest in renewables
La centrale nucleare di Diablo Canyon chiuderà nel giro di dieci anni. Decisione presa grazie alla crescita delle rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica.
Juma the jaguar, the Olympic mascot, has been shot dead
Juma couldn’t bear being kept in a cage and being subjected to humiliations and deprivation, but this led her to face death. Juma was a female jaguar (Panthera onca), America’s largest feline threatened with extinction mainly because of deforestation, poaching and human-wildlife conflicts. Why Juma was killed Juma was used – chained up – in