U.N. Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:05:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 E-Waste Could Triple by 2017, Says U.N. Study https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-waste-triple-2017-study-20131217/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-waste-triple-2017-study-20131217/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:05:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44511 Electronic waste, or E-waste, is receiving a lot more attention than ever before. Although this does not mean that the problem did not exist in the past, it might well be an indication that the great advances in technological developments and consequently our urge to have the latest super cool gadgets, result in the generation […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-waste-triple-2017-study-20131217/feed/ 0 44511 European Nations Look to Extend Carbon Trading Scheme to Foreign Airline Carriers https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-nations-look-extend-carbon-trading-scheme-foreign-airline-carriers-20131003/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-nations-look-extend-carbon-trading-scheme-foreign-airline-carriers-20131003/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:13:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42151 Many European nations have expressed the desire to curb airline emissions, but are coming under pressure due to the desire for foreign air carriers to have a carbon trading scheme. Delegates to the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are meeting in Montreal to come to an agreement in order to limit carbon emissions in […]

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