BBC News informs that Greta Thunberg has rejected an environmental award and prize money. She said the offer was a \”great honor\” and thanked the Nordic Council explaining that \”the climate movement does not need any more awards\”. Greta Thunberg was this year\’s favorite to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but the award went to […]
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Nature.com informs that a group of children and young adults filed a lawsuit on 25 October alleging that the Canadian government has violated their constitutional rights by promoting and enabling fossil-fuel development in spite of acknowledged risks from global warming. Fifteen people aged between 10 and 19 filed the lawsuit in federal court, arguing that
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The official website of the Ministry of Environment of Armenia informs that a training workshop for organizations owning PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) on accounting, sampling and labeling of PCB-containing oils and equipment took place, under “Regional Demonstration Project for Coordinated Management of ODS and POPs Disposal in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia” jointly implemented by the
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“Pure Nature Corporation” CJSC is an eco-friendly engineering company which specializes in the production and sale of biological nanotechnologies. It’s a private company in Armenia which was first to use hydrogen controller which uses hydrogen generators to make a mixture in the car engines. It helps to largely reduce fuel consumption in cars saving 50-60%
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World Economic Forum informs about new biosolar leaves which might look like solar panels, but instead of generating electricity, these structures are teeming with microscopic plant life that can purify the surrounding air and produce nutritious ingredients for food. They can be installed on buildings or land. The panels use energy from sunlight, water and
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The American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment and Heinrich Boell Foundation Yerevan South Caucasus Yerevan Office announce a call for participation in Green Lab – 2019. The purpose of the lab is to create an interactive and interdisciplinary platform where constructive discussions will lead to the identification of ‘green’ topics of concern to young
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Los Angeles Times reports about ExxonMobil, an American oil and gas corporation, which was facing New York state accusations for misleading investors about climate change. A team of researchers released a report on outlining the company and the broader fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign of deception, and its success at confusing the American public. The
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EcoLur informs that on October 22 of this year, during “Summit for the Forests. Global Action and Armenia” RA Deputy Minister of Environment Vardan Melikyan mentioned that the 10-year National Forest Program of Armenia will start in January of 2020. The program will address all the issues that need to be solved to bring Armenia\’s
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World Economic Forum posted a video in Facebook which tells about a new trend in supermarkets in Finland. Every day supermarkets in Finland have a happy hour to cut food waste from 9 PM. Food products nearing the expiry date are sold for 60% less at S-market stores. Shoppers save money on perfectly good food
Infocom.am informs that with its first reading National Assembly adopted draft law on banning additional water intake over 170 Million Cubic meters. The author of the draft law is Varazdat Karapetyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment. Karapetyan highlighted that the lake cannot merely be considered as a
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