Tag: Environment

Sep 12

Commodities markets: food price rush

In 2012 the price of soy grew over 30%, and this summer wheat and corn hit respectively +30% and +38%. In the last six months of 2010 alone, more than 44 million people were driven into extreme poverty as a result of rising food prices. At the same time, banks and financial investors are making …

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Sep 11

Denmark, 100% RES by 2050

The most ambitious plan for the exploitation of renewables energy sources passed the vote of the Parliament of Denmark in March. It paves the road to total transition to renewables by 2050 and sets the goal of 35% of energy generation from RES by 2020. 50% of the final target energy supply will be generated …

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Sep 04

Arctic ice forecast models

Most computer models of climate change indicate the ice could disappear in summer in 30 to 40 years, said Lars-Otto Reiersen, head of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. “But there are models that indicate 2015 as an extreme,” he said to Reuters. Suggested by Petrolio.

Aug 23

Earth Overshoot Day

Yesterday,   August 23, was Earth Overshoot Day: in 8 Months, humanity exhausted earth’s budget for the year, Global Footprint Network calculated.

Aug 23

Taking conflict out of consumer gadget

Enough Project, a non-profit sponsored by Center for American Progress issued its 2012 report on Company rankings on conflict minerals, where the top companies engaged at eliminating conflict minerals from their supply chain are in evidence.

Aug 18

Italy’s world records -#2

Italy won the European record of illegal overbulding in 2012, with 161 hectares of land currently converted to new buildings every day (with average of 33 per day in the last 50 years; see other interesting data here). It is a devastating business and a source of major income for mafia. WWF Italia forecast a …

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Aug 06

Concern on “fracking” in Europe

Concern arises, as Halliburton, Chevron and Exxon declare they are starting the ‘fracking’ process in Europe, The Ecologist reported. Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in rock layers, as a result of the action of a pressurized fluid (Wikipedia) used to extract liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons. In the US, gas-extraction in the Marcellus Shale …

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