Environment

"Эксперты предупреждают, что до 90% бумажных чеков содержат вещества, вызывающие рак", - сообщает британское издание Daily Mail.

В борьбе против изменения климата ученые из Гарвардского и Йельского университетов представили решение, кажущееся странным: чтобы сдержать глобальное потепление, нужно просто-напросто немного затемнить солнце, передает Stern.

Pirmą kartą Lietuvoje atliktas bendrosios automobilio eksploatacijos kainos tyrimas parodė, kad praktiški lietuviai ne veltui renkasi suskystintas dujas. Dujinių automobilių eksploatacijos kaina šiuo metu yra žemiausia, jei suskaičiuojamos visos išlaidos, patiriamos vartotojo per 4 metų eksploatacij...

В Вильнюсе начинается строительство когенерационной электростанции стоимостью 350 млн. евро. Электростанция будет строиться на деньги Lietuvos energija и Евросоюза (ЕС).

ilniaus meras Remigijus Šimašius ketina tęsti beveik 90 mln. eurų vertės Nacionalinio stadiono koncesijos konkursą, net jame liktų vienas dalyvis - koncerno „Icor“ valdoma bendrovė „Axis Industries“.

Pirmą kartą Baltijos arteziniame baseine, tiriant giliai slūgsančių geologinių sluoksnių požeminio vandens amžių, Vilniaus universiteto ir užsienio mokslininkai atliko vandenyje ištirpusių retųjų dujų helio, neono, argono, kriptono ksenonoradioizotopinės sudėties tyrimus taikydami itin jautrią lazer...

After the Lithuanian environment minister initiated restructuring of state forests, analysts say the country's 42 state forest institutions should be restructured within the coming two years, as otherwise the reform may be left unimplemented.

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas proposes to establish a single enterprise to manage state forests.

The preliminary damage caused by the December sewage spill in central Vilnius stands at 450,000 euros, says Marius Svaikauskas, the head of the Vilnius Regional Environment Protection Department.

The damage caused to the River Neris by the leak of sewage system in Vilnius may total 300,000 euros, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry said on Thursday.

Prosecutors on Wednesday launched a pre-trial investigation into last week's sewer pipe accident in Vilnius, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius expects that the state of emergency that has been declared in the capital due to an environmental disaster will be lifted shortly.

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas on Tuesday described a recent major sewage spillage into the River Nėris in Vilnius as one of the largest environmental disasters of recent years, adding that the exact damage to the environment will assessed shortly.

Еврокомиссия выделит 150 млн. евро помощи новой Вильнюсской когенерационной электростанции (ВКЭС), которую строит энергохолдинг Lietuvos energija.

Lithuania has asked Belarus to suspend construction work of its nuclear power plant in Astravyets until stress tests and other studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can be performed. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian representatives who are holding meetings with Belarusian officials on Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant say they do not get answers to all the questions they have about safety at the facility. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuania has no information about a reported accident at the nitrogen plant in Grodno, a Belarusian city some 40 kilometres from the Lithuanian border, Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas said on Thursday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuania plans to publish an updated edition of the Red Book of extinct and endangered species, which may include fewer protected species than the current edition.