Europe’s green stories Europe is getting environmental friendly. There are stories to prove this statement. You can follow some of them here. The first episode is about green transportation from Poland, a taxi service that provides the highest levels of… Read More ›
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A world you like. With a climate you like. Introduction
I would like to welcome you to europas.eu’ new project A World You Like With A Climate You Like. When I created this web page over a year ago, I new that there are places, countries, families that care for… Read More ›
Carbon Capture and Storage Can Work—But Will it Ever Pay Off?
Do you remember our video series The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy made by folks in Longyearbyen, Svalbard? It looks like CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) is a good idea in terms of reduction of increasing amount of co2 in the… Read More ›
Sun energy + seawater = forest in Sahara
Does it sound funny, impossible, futuristic? It is real and it has a name: The Sahara Forest Project (SFP). The project is about using what we have enough of: desert, sunlight, seawater and CO2, to produce what the world needs… Read More ›
EU greenhouse gases in 2011: more countries on track to meet Kyoto targets, emissions fall 2.5 %
So we made it! Or did we? On October 24th European Environment Agency (EEA) in its article “EU greenhouse gases in 2011: more countries on track to meet Kyoto targets, emissions fall 2.5 %” write: “…emissions of greenhouse gases in… Read More ›
Making fuel from CO2 taken from the air?
Sounds strange? What a great discovery! What could be kinder to the planet we live in than making fuel from CO2 taken from the air? A small British company has produced “petrol from air” using a revolutionary technology that promises… Read More ›
Emission of co2 in New York City, visual data
In 2010 (the latest year for which we had data) New York City added 54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (equivalent) to the atmosphere, but that number means little to most people because few of us have a sense… Read More ›
How trees and technology could halve EU emissions from power stations by 2050
The EU could halve its emissions from its power plants by 2050 through the combined use of carbon capturing technologies and burning more biomass, a report has found. The study by the European Biofuels Technology Platform says that carbon negative power is… Read More ›
Remedy for global warming?
Dumping iron into the sea can bury carbon dioxide for centuries, potentially helping reduce the impact of climate change, according to a major new study. The work shows for the first time that much of the algae that blooms when… Read More ›
The Arctic Advanture of Dioxy
The show comes to an end. The presenter says goodbye, while a romantic song is starting on the stage. Whole series of The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy available. Go to categories on the sidebar, then click on The arctic adventure… Read More ›
The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy, episode 7
In this episode: what does the future hold for Dioxy and all of her friends? It’s important to emphasize that Carbon Capture and Storage is not the ultimate solution to the problem… Entire The arctic adventure of dioxy series available…. Read More ›
The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy, episode 6
In this episode you can see the scientists at work, during a day of field work and laboratory activities in the arctic. Entire The arctic adventure of dioxy series available. Check categories on the sidebar on this page. Click The… Read More ›
The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy, episode 5
In this episode: What does Carbon Capture and Storage means and what happens to CO2 after storing into the underground?
The Arctic Adventure of dioxy, episode 4
In this episode we go inside the core of the story: Dioxy is sleeping in her bed, in the underground metropolis inside the mine 7, and is transported from the depth of the mountain to the power plant. Here… Read More ›
The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy, episode 3
Here comes the third episode of The Arctic Adventure of Dioxy. You can discover the northernmost city of the world, Longyearbyen, on Svalbard Islands, the place where Dioxy’s story is set. In this wild and unspoilt the community survives… Read More ›