Author: Tuula Pohjola
Vattenfall teams up with Greencoat to deliver giant Scottish wind farm
Construction of a major new onshore wind farm capable of powering 170,000 homes is set to get underway as soon as Covid-19 lockdown restructions are…
Study: Empty commercial buildings wasting energy and money during Covid-19 lockdown
Empty and semi-empty offices, hotels, and shops are wasting huge amounts of energy during the coronavirus lockdown at a huge environmental and financial cost, according…
Global coronavirus cases pass three million as lockdowns begin to ease
Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as the United States neared 1 million cases, according to a Reuters tally. It comes as…
Wolf cubs on way as Belgium becomes ‘wolf crossroads of Europe’
Belgium is becoming “the wolf crossroads of Europe”, a conservation charity has said as it reported new sightings from France and Germany, while Flemish authorities…
New York cancels its Democratic presidential primary due to Covid-19
In an unprecedented move, New York has cancelled its Democratic presidential primary originally scheduled for June 23 amid the coronavirus epidemic. The Democratic members of…
No silver lining: Mexico City smog defies coronavirus lockdown
While city dwellers around the world take some consolation in improved air quality thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, festering garbage dumps, dirty diesel-fueled generators and…
Two-thirds of consumers support carbon footprints on product labelling
The 2020 YouGov survey, commissioned by the Carbon Trust, survey 10,000 consumers across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US….
How refugees are helping overwhelmed health systems’ COVID-19 response
With many European health services struggling to deal with an influx of COVID-19 patients, many refugees and migrants with experience in the sector, are being…
Väitös: Ravinnerikkaita kierrätyslannoitteita teollisuuden jätemateriaaleista ja sivutuotteista
Yhdistämällä teollisuuden jätemateriaalivirtoja ravinnepitoisten jätevesien kanssa voidaan muodostaa hyödyllinen uusiotuote, joka on myös ympäristökuormitukseltaan vähäinen. Oulun yliopistossa julkaistu tutkimus tuo uusia keinoja teollisuuden sivuvirtojen sekä…
Iceland ‘gaining control’ over Covid-19, PM tells FRANCE 24
Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir discussed the outbreak of Covid-19 in Iceland, which has around 1,800 cases of the disease and so far only 10…
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