USD 570 million recent loan to Ukraine from EBRD requires all investment to be carbon-free. Ukraine intends to build now wind and solar farms that are easier to defend from ongoing Russian missiles and drones.
TdF riders are receiving special attention after stages in this year’s heat. The treatment includes increased consumption of electrolytes, cold drinks as well as cold showers, according to Peacock.
This past Wednesday before the dangerous smoke from fossil-fuel caused wildfire conditions blew into the region, I dragged myself out of a writing assignment with road-bike for approximately 10 miles. The main purpose was for good health, fresh air as well as extending personal boundaries on this hot July morning. I powered down and off before 10 a.m. heat deadline.
Only 10 percent of plastics are currently being recycled in the US. The main reason is that too many plastics are problematic to recycle.
One solution called advanced recycling would increase significantly this number by using pyrolysis method that burns the plastics into a fuel to be used in further burning recycling plastics and save the additional use of fossil fuels for this process.
There could be 90 plants springing up in the US over the next few years. But a wiser policy would also include producing less plastic until more environmentally friendly replacements have come to light.
Conservation and reuse also have critical roles to play in a more dynamic and comprehensive policy to use less plastic per capita and hence less recycling.