Truck trapped under ice in Canada
This unusual story, where a truck ended up partially trapped under the ice, occurred near the town of Deline, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. On the 2nd of March, the Government of the Northwest Territories increased the load limit on the road to Great Bear Ice Road, from 10 metric tons to 40 metric tons. However, a few days later, disaster struck on the 5th of March, when a truck broke the surface of the ice, with its two...
China to close over a thousand coal mines
The National Energy Administration of China has revealed in a press release that it intends to close over a thousand coal mines this year. The mines currently produce a combined total of 60 million tons of coal but are now set to be closed to meet the Chinese authorities’ stated aim of getting rid of nearly 500 million tons of coal in the next three to five years. China regularly experiences major pollution peaks which are extremely...
Crowley Carbon unveil Cool Planet Experience
The Irish company Crowley Carbon have announced that they will shortly be launching their Cool Planet Experience, an interactive exhibition on climate change, which aims to raise public awareness about the environmental impact of life in the twenty-first century. The Powerscourt Centre in County Wicklow is set to host the first building dedicated to climate change in Ireland as early as summer 2016. It is a joint venture between...
Change in greenhouse gas emission regulations
The decree n° 2015-1738 of the 24th of December 2015, concerning the levels of greenhouse gas emissions, has brought changes to the Environmental Code in order to adapt to the changing periodicity of establishing greenhouse gas emission assessments that companies more than 500 employees (250 in the case of overseas) are required to carry out. This periodicity was extended from three to four years by the order of 24 December 2015...
France passes F-Gas II law
The French decree implementing the F-Gas II law (EC regulation 517-2014) was finally approved at the end of last year. The Decree No. 2015-1790 dated the 28th of December 2015 was published in the Official Journal on the 30th of December, and entered into force the following day. The decree applies European Regulation No 517/2014, which was adopted in 2014 and entered into force on the 1st of January 2015. The purpose of the...
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