Selon un article publié hier sur le site du Figaro : “L’achat d’équipements destinés à récupérer l’eau de pluie pour un usage domestique donne droit à un crédit d’impôt de 25% des dépenses investies.” “(…) Ainsi, une famille de quatre personnes qui consomme en moyenne 120 m3 peut économiser 70 m3 d’eau potable par an. […]
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As an astronomy enthusiast, I have a daily look since May at the APOD, the astronomy picture of the day from the NASA. On July 2nd, this page proposed a 30-second amazing and stunning video based on various photos of the Pelican Nebula, also referred to as IC 5070 by the specialists. If you are
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Another study on global warming was released recently. It concludes by saying that we got less than ten years to start decreasing the global greenhouse gases emissions. This one was done by NASA and the Earth Institute of the University of Columbia. According to the web page related to the article : “(…) research finds
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Comme je l’avais promis à certains de mes amis, voici le commentaire du livre qui selon moi doit être lu par toute personne qui s’intéresse au changement climatique et/ou à la future crise pétrolière. Cet ouvrage, intitulé “Le plein s’il vous plaît” fut écrit par Jean-Marc Jancovici et Alain Grandjean et fut publié en février
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Germany is willing to tackle the millions local buildings that are lacking insulation. This will lead to savings of nearly half of the energy consumed by this sector by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels). The goal of the Federal Government is to insulate every year five percent of total housings and buildings. This would concern
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The WWF, the renowned NGO, released an interesting paper on this meaning of providing drinkable in large quantities and according to them, it is not a perfect solution.
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According to the European Environment Agency, the European greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions globally decreased in 2005. Since 1990, the emissions decreased by 7.9 percent in the EU-27. This is indeed good news. However, in the EU-15 (the fifteen first countries to have join the European Union : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
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This question appeared lately in the US press notably in the New York Times. This happens as the local President is willing to stimulate economic growth. The current President of this large country, Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – also known in the media simply as Lula – is willing to build two dams
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I have been for now ten years in daily contact with computers. So when 40 companies of this industry plan to work on producing more efficient hardware, I have to mention the initiative.
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When the Chinese government has an idea, it goes forward fast and in a gigantic manner. So, in order to hold back the Gobi desert – a very important issue for cities like Beijing – the local government decided to plant million trees during the next 70 years. The Gobi Desert, extends itself from Southern
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