Hawaii turns old city buses into shelters for homeless people
Nell’isola hawaiiana di Oahu gli autobus dismessi, ancora in buono stato, verranno convertiti in alloggi confortevoli per senzacasa.
California longs for an efficient solar cycle route
Bikes perfectly match with solar power. Thanks to SolaRoad, Holland paved the way to solar cycle route. SolaRoad generates solar power through solar panels replacing tarmac and is proving to be more efficient than expected. “We didn’t “expect a yield as high as this so quickly,” said Sten de Wit, SolaRoad spokesman. Opened few months ago, the solar cycle route
A fistful of dollars for a never-ending environmental disaster
After more than 5 years from the environmental disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, on 20 April 2010, Gulf of Mexico, the British Petroleum (BP) agreed to pay a penalty of 18.7 billion dollars in order to end once for all the legal action the United States and other federal states took after the worst
Forests and renewables, US and Brazil’s pledge against climate change
Brazil and the United States have reached an historic agreement to put climate change at the top of their governments’ agenda. The meeting between the US President Barack Obama and the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff resulted in the pledge to increase the renewable electricity production by 20% of the total requirements by 2030.
The United States says yes to same-sex marriage: the world celebrates equal rights
In the United States is no longer possible do adopt laws to ban same-sex marriage. This is what the American Supreme Court has ruled on Friday 26 June by 5 votes to 4. Before the ruling, 37 states, plus the District of Columbia, already adopted same-sex marriages, but now no state is allowed to not
James Murphy’s Subway Symphony
Every day, subway is used by billions of people. People have pretty controversial opinions on such mean of public transport. They are useful, but often they are also too alienating and during peak hours they can be a real mess. James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem stated his point of view about New York subway very clearly:
Expo 2015 welcomes Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut told some of his experiences during the period he spent in space with no gravity.
Let’s Move! Michelle Obama changes stereotypes on the American diet in Milan
La first lady americana Michelle Obama è stata scelta per guidare la delegazione degli Stati Uniti in visita all’esposizione universale il 17 e il 18 giugno. Ecco cosa ha fatto per arrivare a Milano.
Nebraska is the 19th US state to abolish the death penalty
Nebraska, American conservative state governed by Republicans, abolished the death penalty. The decision to retire executioners for good was made thanks to the vote of the Parliament that overrode a veto by Governor Pete Ricketts, who was in favour of capital executions. The veto has been overridden thanks to 30 votes out of
Damaged pipeline spills 400,000 litres of oil in California
On Tuesday, 19 May, a broken oil pipeline caused an oil spill of about 400,000 litres (105,000 gallons) in Santa Barbara, California. Officials already started removing the oil from rocks and sand, but the bad news is that 80,000 litres (21,000 gallons) are likely to have already reached the ocean. The leak has