UNDP: Green mobility stimulates sustainable development of small towns in Belarus
MINSK, 14 May (BelTA) - Green mobility makes small towns more comfortable and greener, expands opportunities for new digital technologies, and stimulates new partnerships and interregional interaction, BelTA learned the UNDP office in Belarus as it summed up the results of the Green Cities project.
Aleksandr Goroshko, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus and National Coordinator of the Green Cities project, also highlighted a special demand in small towns for comfortable and safe streets. Implementing a parking policy, the organization of pedestrian streets and zones, slowing down the speed of traffic are the most effective measures to reduce traffic load in small towns, to lower harmful emissions, including CO2, he said.
Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
An oil tanker docked at the Europe Asia Pipeline Company s port, close to the coral reef nature reserve of Eilat in southern Israel. (Society for the Protection of Nature)
A secretive deal with environmental, health, economic and social implications for Israel, signed by a state company to channel Gulf oil through the country on its way to European markets, should be declared invalid because it was neither discussed nor approved by the government, nor was it opened for consultation with experts and the public, a High Court petition submitted Tuesday charged.
21.04.2021
MINSK, 21 April (BelTA) – A well-developed system for monitoring radiation levels successfully operates in Belarus. Mikhail Kovalenko, Head of the Radiation Monitoring Service of the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet) of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, made the statement during a meeting of the Expert Community project held in BelTA s press center to discuss the social and economic development of the territories affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe.
According to Mikhail Kovalenko, radiation monitoring has been in place in Belarus since 1963. Further enhancement of the system was prompted by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the need to start monitoring such potentially hazardous installations as nuclear power plants in neighboring countries. The network for monitoring radiation levels in atmospheric air was greatly expanded and t
A Night of Lag B’Omer Bonfires Equals a Year of Pollution from 70,000 Cars Daniel Sonnenfeld
The financial damage caused to Israel’s economy is estimated at $12.3 million
As Thursday evening descends on Israel, young and old alike will light bonfires throughout the country in commemoration of Lag b’Omer, a Jewish day of celebration dating back centuries. But, after the flames rise and people gather to sing, dance or barbecue by the fire, smoke follows. The night of celebration, commemorated on a national level, creates huge amounts of smoke. The morning after, Jerusalem, for example, is smothered by a gray blanket of haze.