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EU Agrees Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides
The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees. The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations on Friday, is expected to come into force by…
EPA Moves to Relax US Vehicle Emission Standards
Scott Pruitt, the head of the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA), has revealed plans to roll back emissions standards for vehicles in a move that could impact the country’s transport emissions for decades to come. In a statement released yesterday…
From a Family Manufacture to a Reputable European Company
For a quarter of a century, as long as this company exists, we have managed to do some incredible things. We turned a small family business that produces accessories made of metal to a big company with more than 120…
Northborough-Southborough Public Schools Investigate the Use of Solar Energy
Since July 2016, the Northborough-Southborough Public School system has been investigating the feasibility of solar energy within their district. “We have moved forward in a very collaborative way with our town,” shared Superintendent Christine Johnson. The towns and the three…
Voith Completes Upgrade at Scottish Hydro Plant
The Mucomir small hydropower plant in Scotland is now back on the grid, following the modernization of equipment at the plant, technology group Voith has announced. Operated by SSE, the upgraded project was commissioned back in the autumn and is…
Changes to National Monuments Could Benefit the Fossil Fuel Industry
On December 4, President Donald Trump announced plans to drastically reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah. “Some people think the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in…
Republican Tax Bill Presents Grave Threat to Alaska’s Tribal Groups
For tribal people in northern Alaska, a Republican tax overhaul that was hastily cobbled together in congressional backrooms 3,000 miles away has raised fears that their entire way of life could be erased from this frigid corner of the US.…