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Apr 12, 2022

Easier Ride for Fossils, But $9.1B in Climate Funding as Ottawa Releases 2030 Plan

The fossil and transportation sectors get a relatively free ride and electricity producers do the most to decarbonize in the much-anticipated 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan released yesterday by Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault. The 271-page plan, mandated under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, charts a path for Canada to reduce

Apr 8, 2022

The next phase of China’s water infrastructure: a national water grid

As China rolls out the blueprint of a national water grid, the authors examine the country’s changing water engineering thinking China’s mega water projects, such as the Three Gorges Dam and the South-to-North Water Diversion project (SNWD), are famous. There is a sense in some quarters that the country is shifting from an

Apr 7, 2022

Simple: How Finland decreased maternal mortality rates with a cardboard box

Finland has the world’s lowest mortality rate among babies and pregnant women. And all because of a cardboard box! The state gives expectant families a so-called “maternity box”. The starter package for new parents contains not only countless useful gifts for the newborn, such as unisex rompers, bedding or warm outdoor clothing, the

Apr 6, 2022

Colombian coal rides China’s economic rebound

China plans to peak its coal consumption by 2025 but, amid economic recovery, imports of the fuel from Colombia increased 150% last year. Can the new trade last? Back in late 2020, Colombia’s stated hope of saving its floundering coal industry by boosting exports to China seemed remote at best. Yet, in 2021

Apr 6, 2022

Cosa significa essere un mentore

L’obiettivo del mentor è quello di aiutare attraverso la sua esperienza e credibilità il mentee a sviluppare le sue abilità cercando di comprendere la sua “mappa del mondo”, la sua vera natura e i reali desideri, per rispondere alla domanda “chi voglio diventare?” come persona e come professionista e portare un mentee a

Apr 5, 2022

Whatever Happened to Biden’s Pandemic Testing Board?

by Bianca Fortis ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When President Joe Biden was campaigning for office, he said that to beat the coronavirus, the U.S. needed the testing equivalent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s War

Apr 5, 2022

Hydropower dams make a fish-friendly splash

Europe is awash in hydropower plants. There are over 21,000 of various sizes currently in operation, most of which are small plants generating less than 10MW, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) data from 2019. For some countries, like Italy, hydropower is the only renewable way to generate baseload power. But for fish

Apr 4, 2022

Windows Interview – Cristian Tava

Il mondo sostenibile inizia con le piccole realtà urbane, dai comuni ai bellissimi borghi d’Italia. In uno di essi, a Offagna in provincia di Ancona, nasce un progetto che vuole creare un modello adattabile a paesi, quartieri e città. Ospite di questo appuntamento con Bruno Carenini, nella sua rubrica Windows Interview, è Cristian