The European Supergrid is a project still in the works and is designed to provide huge amounts of benefits to European countries but how about the rest of the world? Read on to find out. Defined as “a pan-European transmission network facilitating the integration of large-scale renewable energy and the [...]

On January 6th, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that crops attractive to honeybees (in particular the European Apis mellifera) cannot contain chemicals from the neonicotinoid family of pesticides. This conclusion was reached after an extensive EFSA study that officially linked these pesticides to the recent decline in honeybees [...]

Image by Noam, Jemima & Lila While society has made leaps and bounds in recent years when it comes to understanding and protecting the environment through home recycling and the production of low emission cars, we still have a way to go when it comes to travel. Just one long [...]

Ford has developed six generations of the Fiesta compact car since the vehicle’s introduction in 1976. The latest generation of the Ford Fiesta has proven very popular in Europe thanks to a more spacious interior and better fuel efficiency. Ford has announced the upcoming release of the Fiesta ECOnetic Van [...]

The eco up! coupe was presented last year by Volkswagen as a hybrid prototype capable of operating largely on compressed natural gas (CNG). This concept hit the Geneva Motor Show this spring with Volkswagen pushing the vehicle toward production. The automaker announced this week that the eco up! will be [...]

Despite strict regulations against air pollution, coal is making a huge comeback in Europe’s energy market. By the charts, coal production has increased by 6% in 2010 and 2011; gas production, by comparison, increased by only 3% and oil production increased by only 1.5%. With this increase in production and [...]

The European Parliament voted to strengthen the European Union’s current ban on shark finning— the practice of catching a shark, removing its fins and dumping the animal back into the sea.. The original EU regulation included a loophole which allowed fishermen with permits to remove shark fins on board. 566 members of [...]

The European Environment Agency’s most recent report, ‘Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012’, discloses that Europe has seen recording setting high temperatures over the past decade and higher than average temperatures have been seen across Europe. Some the changes observed include: higher precipitation in the northern regions and lower precipitation [...]

Ford has kept busy in recent months touting greener models like the C-MAX Hybrid and the Fusion Hybrid. The automaker has also catered to commercial clients interested in higher fuel efficiency without premium costs. This balance between green credentials and performance has been achieved with the Transit Custom ECOnetic, which [...]

Last month, we reported that Arctic sea ice had melted to record low levels. In August, the National Snow and Ice Data Center said that the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to 1.58 million square miles. That broke the old record of 4.17 million sq. kilometres set in 2007. [...]