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EEG brings together tomorrow’s sustainability champions to discuss environment and sustainability

Over 500 students and teachers from across the UAE come together for an electrifying public speaking competition (Dubai): Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) held it’s biggest ever Annual Inter School Environmental Public Speaking Competition on April 25th – 26th at Gloria Hotel, Dubai. Over 500 participants, comprising of 77 teams, came together from various government and …

THE WESTIN SOHNA RESORT AND SPA GOES DARK TO SHINE THE LIGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE – HOTEL SUPPORTS WORLDWIDE EARTH HOUR MOVEMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

GURGAON, March, 2016 –The Westin Sohna Resort and Spa goes dark to shine the light on climate change with Earth Hour 2016.The hotel will join millions around the world in turning off lights for one hour on March 19 at 8:30 p.m. local time to illuminate a powerful message about environmental awareness and action. The …

WORLD’S LARGEST PORT OPERATORS JOIN FORCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

  ‘Go Green’ is the first ever joint environmental initiative between DP World, Hutchison Port Holdings Limited, APM Terminals, PSA International, Shanghai International Port Group and Port of Rotterdam Authority September 7, 2015:– Global marine terminal operators DP World, Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), APM Terminals, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) – …

Spending 8 hours in AC environment is disastrous for your health: Shuvendu Mazumdar, Product Head , SHARP – Plasmacluster Air Purifier Business in India

The homes/offices that we build now are mostly sealed and allow very little cross ventilation with less or no sunlight in Indoor space. The Air Conditioner has become a must for these spaces, which only cools the air thus recycling it and trapping all pollutants within the room. Static Electricity generated in AC rooms is …

RJ-Romain Jerome and Mistal support the Environment!

Manuel Emch, CEO of RJ watches, is proud to announce a new and highly valued partnership with Dharmesh Khimji, Managing Director, Mistal in support of the Environment Society of Oman. RJ-Romain Jerome will dedicate a part of the profits from its sales to the Environment Society of Oman (ESO) to ensure its future activities to …

Technology for people and the environment : ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions receives fertilizer plant contract from Belarus

Belarus-based Grodno Azot has placed an order with plant engineering specialists ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions for the planning and delivery of a nitric acid plant and a plant for the production of the liquid fertilizer urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) based on the Uhde process. The facilities will be integrated into the company’s existing chemical plant in …

SSAB is investing in the environment –switching to natural gas

It is now confirmed that SSAB in Borlänge is converting one of the reheating furnaces in the Rolling Mill to natural gas. SSAB’s environmental target of reducing nitrogen oxide emissions to 300 tonnes/year will thereby be achieved. In addition, emissions of carbon dioxide will be reduced to 40,000 tonnes/year and the current emissions of 400 …

Cars of the future: Steel car bodies will soon be 39% lighter, helping the environment : Alacero

Alacero – Santiago, Chile, June 11th, 2013. According to information issued by worldsteel –the global organization that represents the steel industry, being Alacero one of its members- recent studies reveal that steel auto bodies in the near future will be 39% lighter –as lightweight as today´s aluminum structures- while meeting all crash performance standards and comparable cost of …

Greenpeace activists evade security at nuclear Swedish power plants

Stockholm, October 10, 2012 – Exposing the vulnerability of Swedish nuclear power plants, at least seven Greenpeace activists stayed more than 24 hours undetected at two sites following a test of their security procedures. More than 70 Greenpeace activists entered the Ringhals and Forsmark nuclear power plants on Tuesday to hold peaceful stress test of …