The Labour Party, the biggest one in the parliament of Norway, recently withdrew its support for the explorative drilling for oil off the Lofoten islands in the Arctic that are considered a natural wonder. This move created a majority against oil drilling in this sensitive offshore area and illustrates the […]
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New Zealand Government Plans on Planting a Billion Trees to Fight Off Climate Change
New Zealand is close to completing their billion tree initiative and the government has allocated additional $240 million for the project with a total budget of $485 million over the following three years. If it’s approved, the program will be central to the efforts of the country to reduce the […]
Costa Rica Aims To Become Carbon And Plastic-Free Country By 2021
There have been a lot of articles in the last months featuring titles that were claiming that Costa Rica will become carbon-free and plastic-free country. According to these articles, Costa Rica was set to remove single-use plastic by the year of 2021 and thus, the first country to be dedicated […]
Disney Goes Green: Half A Million Solar Panels To Power Their Theme Parks
Did you know that Walt Disney Company is powering the whole complex of four parks in central Florida using solar energy as a renewable source? The 270-acre solar farm is online and producing power, according to a company statement issued on February 20th. This new solar farm joined the Mickey-shaped […]