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Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 7 Percent Since 2014
MIT’s total campus emissions have dropped by 7 percent since 2014, according to MIT’s second annual greenhouse gas inventory. The inventory, whose results were released by the MIT Office of Sustainability in collaboration with the Department of Facilities and the…
EIB Group Increases Support to Czech Republic by One Third to EUR 619 Million in 2016
The European Investment Bank Group provided EUR 619 million in new loans, guarantees equity in the Czech Republic in 2016, of which EUR 526 million from the EIB and EUR 93 million from its subsidiary the European Investment Fund (EIF). The…
First Agreements Signed for Uranium Mining Legacy Fund
The EBRD’s latest nuclear safety fund is making progress. Framework agreements have been signed with the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan which will provide the legal basis for implementation of projects in these countries. The purpose of the “Environmental Remediation Account…
Connecting People to Nature – in the City and on the Land, from the Poles to the Equator
For this year’s World Environment Day, millions of people around the globe will answer the call to ‘connect with nature,’ celebrating the day by going to a park or heading to the beach and taking forward the call to protect…
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to Scrub Climate Pages from EPA Website
The Trump administration on Wednesday backed away from plans to take down some climate-change information from the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, which employees said had been planned for this week. But political appointees are exerting more oversight over the agency’s…
Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Gets Green Light
New York State made clean energy history today when the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) approved a contract for the nation’s largest offshore wind project, which will be located in the waters off Eastern Long Island. The approval is the…
Melbourne Trams to Be Solar-Powered under Andrews Government Proposal
Building large-scale solar farms in northern Victoria part of plan to reduce state’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Melbourne’s tram network will become entirely solar-powered under a proposal by the Andrews government to build large-scale solar farms in…