PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – The Department of Tourism announced the addition of support for water efficiency measures in the hospitality Industry to the third window application period of the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP), which opens from 1 September to 30 November 2018. In partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and with the National […]
Sep 25 2018 | Posted in
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Almost all of Britain’s homes and businesses would be powered by wind, solar and nuclear power by 2030, under bold new green energy plans being outlined by Labour. Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, will declare on Tuesday that the party is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the middle of the […]
Eric Phelps steered a small, battery-powered pontoon boat over the tops of cornstalks and into the eastern North Carolina town of Wallace on Thursday afternoon. The smell of floodwater under a hot sun – a mix of oil, manure and mold – was overwhelming. Gliding across the surface, Phelps saw something even more unsettling: dead […]
To create awareness on safeguarding the environment from the harmful consequences of single-use plastic packaging, Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO organized a ‘Brand Audit’ on non-recyclable plastic sachets at Dhanmondi lake area and also to celebrate World Clean Up Day, 2018.
Inside the greenhouse, tiny leaves of wild rocket, iceberg lettuce and pak choi poke through the dirt, each as small as a fingernail. Planters hold calla lilies and dragonfruit, sea samphire and gerberas. Bright strawberries dot buttery green leaves. And there are row after row of vines, draped over wires, leaves as big as dinner […]
Most people are trying their best to recycle plastic – but the many different ways in which recycling is collected by different councils across the UK has left them confused. What can be recycled and what can't? We are putting more plastic in the recycling than ever before – but pictures of sea life tangled […]
Sep 24 2018 | Posted in
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রোহিঙ্গাদের চাপে কক্সবাজারের উখিয়া ও টেকনাফের পরিবেশ, বনভূমি ও জীববৈচিত্র্য হুমকির মুখে পড়েছে। রোহিঙ্গা বসতির কারণে গত এক বছরে প্রায় ৬ হাজার একর বন ধ্বংস হয়ে গেছে। টাকার অঙ্কে ক্ষতির পরিমাণ ৫৪৯ কোটি ৬০ লাখ। বন অধিদপ্তর বলছে, রোহিঙ্গাদের বিভিন্ন ধরনের ত্রাণ দেওয়া হলেও রান্নার জন্য জ্বালানির ব্যবস্থা করা হচ্ছে না। ফলে প্রতিদিন তারা বনের […]
Sep 24 2018 | Posted in
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When Florence slogged ashore in North Carolina last week, coastal wetlands offered one of the best lines of defense against the hurricane’s waves and surge. A new study predicts such wetlands will survive rising seas to buffer the world’s coastlines against future storms and provide their many other ecological and economic benefits, but only if […]
A randomized clinical trial showed that changes to living spaces, including fixing and repainting walls that were covered in lead paint, as well as installing water filters and dusting, significantly reduced the amount of lead found within the homes of pregnant women. However, the interventions did not significantly improve neurobehavioral outcomes in their children. “This […]
Sep 24 2018 | Posted in
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The 2018 wildfire season is shaping up to be California's most destructive and expensive on record, with $432m already spent on firefighting and containment. Cal Fire asked lawmakers for an additional $234m in early September – the earliest the agency has ever requested emergency funds – to prepare for the peak of the fire season, […]
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