On 22 July 2011, the right-wing extremist Anders Breivik killed 69 young people in the island of Utøya, Norway. People sympathizing with the Labour Party who gathered for the youth section’s annual meeting. Their only fault was being part of Norway’s liberal, progressive new generation. They were both physical and intellectual enemies to be eliminated,
Bosch and TomTom believe that the maps incorporated in cars GPS systems must have a margin of error of a decimetre, in order to make self-driving possible in the near future. By the end of 2015, the two companies will completely computerise all Germany highways. To turn self-driving car to reality (and this will be painful for
The two volunteers of the environmental association have been arrested for having tried to obstruct the traditional pilot whale hunting.
A French court cancelled the authorisation given to a multinational company for the building of a holiday village in the heart of a forest.
There are 2 historic laws protecting 20% of the European territory. And now they risk being changed to reduce red tape.
Il progetto è partito tre anni fa e prevede di riqualificare 111 mila abitazioni, trasformandole in case ad “energia zero”. I Paesi Bassi fanno scuola.
2020, the year of the EU climate and energy package is round the corner. The climate package aims to reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 20%, improve energy efficiency by 20% and raise energy consumption from renewable sources to 20%. The average level of CO2 emissions of a new car must be limited to 95 grams and drivers
The number of times Norway’s policemen fired their guns in 2014 is surprising compared to the growing violence in many countries of the western part of the world. Only two bullets have been fired, and no one has been killed or injured. And what is more, Norwegian officials drew their weapons only 42 times, the lowest
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) will be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December in Paris. It will represent an important opportunity for international debate, aiming to establish agreements between countries to limit and reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and fight climate change (for further information read: What is COP21 and why it is
Denmark has produced so much electricity from renewable sources to be able to sell it to neighbouring countries, helping the entire European continent in the objective of reducing, to zero, CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. The extraordinary fact took place in the – unusually windy – day of Thursday 9 July, when Denmark succeeded in
