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7 Green Technologies of the Future
A dramatic shift in the EU's approach to energy consumption and generation has led to a more aggressive policy agreement in Europe. By 2020, the EU hopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% while increasing the reliance on renewable energy sources by 20%. The policy also states that energy efficiency must be improved by 20%, also by 2020.
Continue reading...City Council Spends $120,000 to Move Four Newts
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Local government officials in Britain recently spent £60,000($120,000) to move four newts from a building site on a school’s grounds. Image by Christian Fischer Four Great Crested Newts, an endangered species, were found on the grounds of Fallibroome High School in the city of Macclesfield. Under EU and [...]
Continue reading...EU Takes Malta to Court Over Yearly Bird Massacre
Friday, February 1, 2008
The European Union is taking Malta to court for failing to stop the islands’ annual massacre of migrating birds, many of them rare or endangered species. 100 of these protected honey buzzards were killed last year during Malta’s spring hunt. Photo by Robert Dietrich. You may recall an article [...]
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Friday, February 6, 2009
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