China has blocked the construction of more than 100 coal-fired power plants
The Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) has blocked the construction of more than 100 coal-fired power plants, with a cumulated power capacity of more than 100 GW, to reduce the national consumption of coal. Some of these plants were under construction and have been frozen, others have been slowed down to make them not working […]
2016: another record year of temperatures
There are cases in which words are superfluous in commenting what is described in the pictures. Here those from Goddard Institute for Scientific Studies of NASA
The “directive board” of ISO environmental standards in Italy
The coordinators of the various areas of environmental regulation, that have already developed in the past the ISO 14001 on Environmental Management Systems, the ISO 14044 on Life Cycle Assessment and ISO/TS 14067 on Carbon Footprint of product, are meeting for the first time in Italy, at the Kerakoll GreenLab in Sassuolo (Modena) from today […]
Italy in the steering committee of ISO/TC 207
Daniele Pernigotti was nominated rotating member of CAG (Chair Advisory Group) of ISO/TC 207, the ISO technical committee dedicated to environmental management standard. CAG is composed of the Chair of ISO/TC 207 and the coordinators of the various sub-committees, as well as 4 members from developed countries and 4 from developing ones and represents the steering […]
Photovoltaic energy beats fossil fuels
An urban legend tells of photovoltaic panels requiring a lot more energy for being produced than the amount they are able to generate during their lifespan. Clear representation of an energy-counterintuitive. The reality is quite different and a recent study, published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, shows that already today it is more energetically […]
The overtaking of bicycle
A news coming from Copenhagen is maybe destined to be relegated in the “Strange but true” section of a crossword journal, even though it should deserve a prominent place in the national newspapers. For the first time, the number of bicycles on the city streets has exceeded that of passenger car. No wonder that this […]
Published the Survey of Certifications of ISO management system standards worldwide
The ISO Survey of Certifications is an annual survey of the number of valid certificates to ISO management system standards worldwide. This results in the most comprehensive overview of certifications to these standards currently available. A total of 1,519,952 certificates were issued worldwide in 2015, compared to 1,476,504 the previous year, an increase of 3%. […]
An impressive new animation from NASA on the state of Arctic ice
NASA has accustomed us to fantastic animations able to make us understand the state of the planet’s climate in its various forms. It is known, for example, the annual minimum extension of the ice at the end of the Arctic summer. In this new animation of the Arctic, the continuous variation of extension is displayed, […]
Chinese and Korean eyes focused on European EU ETS
Some steps forward by civil aviation and the international maritime industry. The many unknowns about US climate policy, as a result of the US presidential election, are carrying the EU at the center of the international fight against climate change. The EU ETS Compliance Conference, held on the 8th and 9th November in Brussels, was […]
Christiana Figueres in tears: “We have only 5 years to stop climate threat”
Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of UNFCCC and the engine of the recent Paris Agreement, ends in tears an interview in the episode of “El Cazador de Cerebros”, regarding a new energy model. “If we won’t be able to have a radical change in the next 5 years, an unacceptable level of human suffering will happen, caused by […]