Environment

Efficient use of energy is the goal of reducing the amount of energy required to use a certain appliance or product and has become quite the buzzword as of lately. There are a wide variety of hybrid appliances, variations...

The Netherlands is one of the countries leading the way in the battle to put an end to gas powered cars. It's been praised for having some of the lowest CO2 emissions in all of Europe, but politicians from...

Costa Rica ranked third in polls that rated each country in North and South America on their production of energy using geothermal techniques. This was revealed in a study by The International Geothermal Institution (The IGA in Spanish) which...

On a particularly stormy day, where wind speed measured up to 115 mph, blowing across most of the land, Scotland's wind turbines generated more energy than what was used by the country on that same day. This is the...

Due to the avocado's growing popularity in The United States and around the world as a healthy superfood, Mexican farmers have found that it's a much more profitable industry to get into. The high demand for avocados has led...

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced the results of a survey that revealed there are over 40,000 electric car charging stations, surpassing the 34,000 gas stations by a large number.  Although the number does include private home charging stations, public...

Costa Rica and Panama recorded the most urban growth, product modernization, and productive transformation of their economy in the Central American region.More than 70% of all Costa Rican citizens live in urban cities, according to the latest State of...

Family agriculture generate most of the food in the region, especially food that is intended for domestic markets, but poverty affects almost half of all rural inhabitants of Latin America and the Caribbean, says the FAO.According to estimates made...

Technology, intelligent buildings, energy-saving systems - these are some ideas that come to mind when we hear the term "sustainable city." However, this concept covers far beyond the construction sector.A sustainable city does not only have the proper infrastructure, but also...

Since 2015, the weather phenomenon El Nino has caused floods and droughts around the world. It ended in May of this year, but La Nina, the reverse phenomenon, could manifest itself again in the third quarter of 2016, according...