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Vietnam marine ecosystem is seriously degraded
Environment

Vietnam marine ecosystem is seriously degraded

According to the Vietnam General Department of Sea and Islands, most of the coastal ecosystems of our country are seriously degraded due to overexploitation and heavy th…

December 16, 2018
India: Severe storms, 8 deaths, 8000 evacuees
Environment

India: Severe storms, 8 deaths, 8000 evacuees

At least 8 people were killed and 8,000 evacuated by Typhoon Nilam - the storm caused strong flood and wind near Super Typhoon Sandy, swept across the southeastern coast…

December 16, 2018
6 best biofuel types
Environment

6 best biofuel types

Biofuels - formed from plant-animal-derived compounds - are hailed as a safe and clean energy source for future pollution reduction. But do they really bring full benefi…

December 16, 2018
Blocking oil spill disaster with magnets
Environment

Blocking oil spill disaster with magnets

Spill oil can cause terrible impacts on marine ecosystems. Therefore, the effort to minimize the damage in the oil spill incident is extremely important.

December 16, 2018
Pollution on the Timor Sea continues to expand
Environment

Pollution on the Timor Sea continues to expand

In the face of pollution in the Timor Sea continuing to expand, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, said the Australian government still maintained its co…

December 16, 2018
Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil
Environment

Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil

Hong Kong entrepreneurs and investors from the Netherlands and the Middle East are currently cooperating to build a plant that converts waste oils into biodiesel.

December 16, 2018
The first factory produced fuel from algae
Environment

The first factory produced fuel from algae

The SAT, the name of the Austrian company, will build a plant on a sugarcane plantation in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. This plantation is where ethanol is produce…

December 16, 2018
Aircraft use cooking oil to save money
Environment

Aircraft use cooking oil to save money

Before Air Canada's Airbus plane left Toronto in Canada to reach Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, on the afternoon of June 18, bio-fuel and jet fuel were poured into…

December 16, 2018
Zoning plan to protect the marine environment
Environment

Zoning plan to protect the marine environment

Officials and environmental experts assess that Vietnam's sea and islands are facing pollution from many sources, and want to have a sustainable exploitation plan.

December 16, 2018
Iran discovered a large reserve of natural gas
Environment

Iran discovered a large reserve of natural gas

Mehr official news agency of Iran on April 29 reported that the country has discovered a new natural gas field in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, with estimated…

December 16, 2018
Clean energy future for Cuba
Environment

Clean energy future for Cuba

Over the past decade, solar power has changed the lives of many Cuban mountain communities. Solar energy along with other renewable energy sources is being considered th…

December 16, 2018
Turn desert into a soil
Environment

Turn desert into a soil

Oil has turned Qatar into a rich country with the highest per capita income in the world, but it still cannot afford food self-sufficiency.

December 16, 2018