The Social Democratic leader clearly opposed a no-fly zone or the sending of a NATO peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. But the break is not the adventure. Because if Germany is ready to change course, it also knows how far it does not want to go. This was explained by Olaf Scholz on Wednesday March 23…
In Cambodia, a new generation of environmental defenders is mobilizing
Despite the intimidation of which the activists are victims, the vocations of environmentalists flourish in this country nibbled away by deforestation and the concreting of the land. It was a 30-hectare lake, which the waters of the TonlĂ© Sap gorged in the rainy season. It is now a construction site that stretches as far as…
Inflation, debt, shortages… The war in Ukraine increases the vulnerability of emerging economies
Barely out of the recession linked to Covid-19, these countries are facing the consequences of the Russian invasion. For some, the risk of financial crisis is real. Emerging countries are misnamed. Fresh out of the Covid-19 pandemic, which plunged them into a historic recession, they now see their recovery compromised by the war in Ukraine….
AGA Parts Co. offers reliable spare parts for heavy machinery produced by 90 international manufacturers
AGA Parts (Brooklyn, NY) supplies genuine and aftermarket spare parts for special-purpose machinery produced by leading manufacturers: Caterpillar, Cummins, Komatsu, Hitachi, CNH, Atlas Copco, John Deere, Volvo, Sandvik, and JCB. AGA Parts offers an online catalog featuring extensive part number lists. Its auto-search system based on part numbers enables instant search of specific parts for…
Scotland has developed an app to combat obesity in horses
The University of Glasgow, Scotland, has developed a free app to monitor the weight and overall health of horses called Equi-BCS. The current version is based on the results of a survey conducted among 100 people associated with horse breeding. The app’s developer is equine nutritionist Katie Williams, and she surveyed horse owners, veterinary professionals…
COP26: abandoning the internal combustion engine and a new draft climate agreement
Electric cars, buses and trucks, marine vessels that use only clean fuels, and planes that fly on clean hydrogen may all seem like scenes from a science fiction movie, but at COP26 in Glasgow, many governments and companies said they had begun working to make it a reality. At the UN conference in Glasgow, this…
Labour shortages in Scotland have led to food being thrown away
In Scotland, a shortage of truck drivers and farm workers has forced a huge crop of cabbage to be left in the fields. The farmers’ co-operative East of Scotland Growers (ESG) estimates that they have thrown away 3.5 million broccoli florets and 1.9 million cauliflower florets since the UK left the European Union. In August,…
Scotland wants to produce whisky with wind
The owners of Bruichladdich, a Scottish distillery on the Isle of Islay that produces single malt whisky and dry gin, are thinking about the harm to the environment. In the next four years, they plan to make the distillation process a zero-emission operation using alternative energy sources. A total of nine distilleries are located on…
Rare 15-metre whale spotted off the coast of Scotland
They are very rarely seen by humans and are an endangered species. In early June, tourists on the Scottish island of Lewes from Tiumpan Head Lighthouse spotted the rare seiwhale, also known as the willow whale, swimming nearby in the ocean. These animals were a prime target for whalers until the 1970s and so became…
Organize your farming operations online. John Deere combine harvesters are our pride
The pandemic has made its adjustments in the work of all spheres of life, including the agricultural sector. Deputy General Director Mukhtar Nurzhigitov and Chief Agronomist of the Holding Alexander Grinets told about how one of the large agricultural farms “Olja Agro” works. “For two years we have been implementing digital systems in our work,…