China passes the US: the production of 500 car models stopped for environmental reasons
It seemed impossible until a few years ago, but now the situation of environmental standards for cars in the two countries has reversed. A car produced in the USA according to Trump’s environmental standards may not find an end market in China due to its poor environmental performance. And that China is not joking is […]
Norway is confirmed to be the first country in the electrification of its car fleet.
In 2017, for the first time, the new registrations of electric and hybrid cars have exceeded those with internal combustion engines. In 2016, the electric and hybrid cars registered during the year were 40% of the total, a percentage that rose to 52% last year. The strong Norwegian leadership in the sector at international level […]
2017 was the second hottest year ever recorded and the first without an El Niño
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Northern Alaska is warming so fast, it’s faking out computers
Northern Alaska is warming so fast, it’s faking out computers. The loss of near-shore sea ice near Utqiaġvik (Barrow) has been so abrupt, it’s transformed the local climate. Open water in the Arctic causes a compounding warming effect and rapidly elevates temperatures — water is darker than ice and absorbs heat quicker. The effect is […]
Still doubts on what causes climate change?
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USA increasingly isolated: signed the Canada-China bilateral agreement on climate
At the time of Obama, China found in the USA a privileged partner in North America on climate change and had no doubts with whom to sign their bilateral agreements. With the advent of Trump, the situation has changed and there seems to be an act of significant political isolation of the US by the […]
The solution is not just technological, but a combination with behaviors is necessary: the case of LEDs
To address climate change, we often tend to overestimate the fundamental role of technology. The reality is that technology puts in our hands increasingly powerful and refined tools, but their effectiveness always depends first of all on how we move our hands. The diffusion of LED lighting is a relevant example in this regard. The […]
Still few months to adapt to the new standard ISO 14001:2015
The IAF (International Accreditation Forum) has recently confirmed that from March 15th, 2018, certification bodies will have to carry out all the verification for the initial, surveillance or recertification audits of environmental management systems, in accordance with the new edition of ISO 14001:2015. The new standard was developed in accordance with the new HLS structure […]
The COP 23 of the words has ended. What are the facts of the planet?
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]The COP 23 in Bonn closed on Saturday morning at 7:00 A.M., presided over by the Fiji islands. Very interesting signals from the Bonn zone (area dedicated to conferences, exhibitions and exchanges of experiences), where the actions already implemented by the various […]
Kerakoll has achieved the EPD Process certification!
The verification and validation process by SGS ended successfully for the Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Process of Kerakoll’s products, with the support of Aequilibria. The “EPD® International” program allows, in fact, the possibility to develop and certify the EPD Process, in accordance with an articulated system of rules and binding and addressing documents, called EPD Process. […]