The city is spending millions to expand existing parks, and as many roofs and walls will be covered with greenery as possible. Twenty-two vacant lots will be turned into urban gardens. Paved squares will become parks that can suck up…
Winning the shiny prize for first place is Finland (pictured at the top) with a score of 90.68; the country earned impressive marks in the metrics of Health Impacts, Water and Sanitation, and Biodiversity and Habitat. Read more in treehugger…
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In 2007, Vancouver had annual emissions of 4.9 tons of CO2 equivalent per capita. By 2012, according to Vancouver’s city government, it had dropped to 4.4 tons per person. According to environmental advocates, the city has pursued three main agendas…
Dubai aims to cut energy consumption by 20 per cent by 2020, as it enforces an energy-efficient building project, a government executive said yesterday. Buildings use 70 per cent of the energy that we produce,” said Abdulla Mohammed Rafia,…
