Volkswagen has cheated us all: the environmental damage the fraud has caused
11 million Volkswagen-Audi rigged cars worldwide to cheat emissions tests. A gigantic environmental damage, calculated by the British newspaper The Guardian.
Threats are never isolated. Peabody Energy exploited Ebola to boost coal sales
One of America’s coal giants cited the Ebola crisis in a marketing campaign that sought to promote the use of coal as an energy source for solving humanitarian crises.
Volkswagen cheated on US emission rules with 482,000 diesel cars
Volkswagen has admitted it falsified emissions results to cheat EPA tests in the United States. VW shares dropped and the company could face huge fines.
Coal’s inexorable decline: a mine worth millions is sold for a dollar
Coal prices are plummeting and cases of extractive companies filing for bankruptcy are on the rise. The case of an Australian mine.
Ozone layer, a shield against UV rays
Ozone is a protective shield from UV rays. Damaging it means damaging the environment and our health.
How do CFCs destroy the ozone layer?
Here’s the explanation of how natural gases and chemical substances, including nitrogen and chlorine, cause the depletion of the ozone layer.
M-KOPA: the affordable kit bringing (clean) energy to Africa’s poorest areas
Since 2012, M-KOPA provides a kit made of a solar panel, LED lights, and charging USB. Everything at the cost of a telephone subscription.
India saves energy investing in LEDs
20 million traditional light bulbs will make way for LEDs. India promises energy saving and efficiency in the streets of its cities.
The Dutch railway will be 100% powered by wind energy
By 2018, the Dutch railway system will entirely run on the energy produced by wind turbines. Thousands of Megawatts and renewable energy.
Flamanville reactor set to be ready by 2018. But it will cost three times the initial budget
The French company EDF announced that the costs of the new EPR reactor will reach 10.5 billion euros.