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Why the airlines are rushing to alternative fuels

Paul Heymont ·
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage.   You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from...
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Denmark: Catch a trout, save the environment

Paul Heymont ·
Denmark's dealing with a unique problem: too many rainbow trout. 80,000 of them escaped from a fish farm and are threatening local fish life.
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Copenhagen plans to 'green' its investment funds

Paul Heymont ·
Copenhagen, which is working on a goal of being CO2-neutral by 2025, has decided to remove its municipal funds from fossil-fuel industries.
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Copenhagen latest to try a car-free day

Paul Heymont ·
Copenhagen joins other European cities in experimenting with car-free days and other strategies to lower pollution and change city life.
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Why is Recycling Important? How Will it Benefit the Environment?

Vikas Bhatnagar ·
Image by Pexels You may have heard the term recycling. It is a process that makes a product reusable and reduces waste. Most importantly, recycling seems a better option to tackle single-use plastic items. This way, you can reproduce something useful. Take note that the items we no longer use or discard such as glass containers or plastic utensils and bag go to landfills. This place is designated to store trash. Although it seems wise to keep the trash in one place, it contributes to damage...
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Monteverde, Costa Rica

Barry Barford ·
On a clear day in Monteverde, you can see over the surrounding forests to the Arenal Volcano in one direction and the Gulf of Nicoya in the other.
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World's best tourism site? EU Tourism Council says it's Ethiopia

Paul Heymont ·
Volcanic eruption in Ethiopia's Danakil Depression, 2014       Photo: Iany 1958 / Wikimedia   The European Council on Tourism and Trade, an association of Europe's official tourism organizations, has picked Ethiopia as this year's...
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International incident: France attacks Italy's Nutella!

Paul Heymont ·
While most observers of international relations have been focused on the issue of Greece, and whether it will remain in the Eurozone, a war of words has broken out between France and Italy over a favorite chocolate-hazelnut spread.
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