Сейчас, когда все уже смирились с необычно ранним приходом весны, возникает вопрос: не вернется ли в столицу зима, и если да, то насколько жестокой будет вендетта? Наш (more…)
Biodiversity is much in the news this week as the Encylopedia of Life launches on the web [ark] and Norway’s “Doomsday Vault” [ark] opens its global seed bank [search]. Biodiversity databases [search] are fine, we must know species to understand and save them; as are efforts to conserve crop seeds [ (more…)
British Columbia, Canada has implemented North America’s first consumer-based carbon tax [ark | more\ark]. Fossil fuels are to be taxed to raise US$1.75 billion over three years. The initial tax rate is $10 per ton of carbon emissions, rising to $30 by 2012, an extra U.S. nine cents per U.S. gallon (more…)
British Columbia, Canada has implemented North America’s first consumer-based carbon tax [ark | more\ark]. Fossil fuels are to be taxed to raise US$1.75 billion over three years. The initial tax rate is $10 per ton of carbon emissions, rising to $30 by 2012, an extra U.S. nine cents per U.S. gallon (more…)
British Columbia, Canada has implemented North America’s first consumer-based carbon tax [ark | more\ark]. All fossil fuels are to be taxed in order to raise US$1.75 billion over the next three years. The initial tax rate is $10 per ton of carbon emissions, rising to $30 by 2012, an extra U.S. nine (more…)
Вполне соответствующей межсезонью нестабильной погодой с резкими скачками давления, сменой направления ветра и колебаниями температуры от слабых… (more…)