The Russian Department of Environmental Management and Ecology in July and August examined 58 petrol-filling stations (189 samples were taken) in Moscow and registered six cases of environmental violations. The total number of registered violations since January has reached 15 cases, Timur Chernyshev, the Department’s press-secretary, told The Moscow News. Continue reading Regulators Find New Gas Station Violations

Since Google.org launched the RechargeIT initiative in June as part of our efforts to stop global warming, a lot has happened in the world of plug-in vehicles. Automakers have made key announcements about future plans for plug-ins. Our grantee, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), along with Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released a comprehensive assessment that found that widespread use of plug-in hybrids could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The charge for electrified transportation is heating up, and we couldn’t be more excited. But consumers still can’t buy plug-in vehicles – and that’s a problem. It’s time for us to put some money where our mouth is and help accelerate mass commercialization of plug-in vehicles. Continue reading Drivers, start your batteries!

По оценке Госконтроля, отслеживание состояния окружающей среды должным образом не организовано, поскольку у общественности и принимающих решения лиц отсутствует достаточная информация на этот счет, кроме того, данные о состоянии окружающей среды рассредоточены по базам данных около 40 учреждений. Continue reading Госконтроль: доступность информации об окружающей среде недостаточна, а ее адекватность вызывает сомнения

China’s rising greenhouse gas output illustrates the need for greater global cooperation against climate change, U.S. President George W. Bush’s environmental adviser said Tuesday.

James Connaughton said China had responded positively to calls from the U.S. and others for a global agreement to limit greenhouse gases after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Continue reading U.S. environmental adviser says China emissions rise shows need for climate cooperation

The European-wide, open, two-stage pilot competition for future-oriented architectures of living focuses on social reality with its differentiated lifestyles. The submitted projects are supposed to inspire a new paradigm in an “extended living programme” through “scenarios of everyday life”. Continue reading Society and Ecology. Living Generations