Environment

We have just had the greenest and most abundant year in history, and 2016 is set to set new records in the environmental and resource well-being of humanity. When was the last time you heard a statement like that? Amidst the avalanche of news about air and water pollution, temperature records, resource depletion, disasters, and calls to …

If you think that the days of total propaganda are over or that politics only changes history textbooks, you are very wrong. Today it is also imposed through natural sciences - the lesson "Air Pollution" in my daughter's textbook "Man and Nature" for 4th grade is a clear example. The definitions of ...

The Paris climate agreement is a fact. Now that the jubilant cheers over its signing have died down, it's time to take a sober look at what actually happened, who promised what, and what the consequences will be. Global industrial carbon dioxide emissions, from fossil fuel burning and cement production, are dominating …

In recent days, public discussions have taken place to adopt the new management plans for the Vitosha, Pirin and Rila parks. As expected, two camps have formed in the debates. The first – and larger – is of a wide spectrum of people (athletes, architects, mayors, economists, etc.) who want to replace the lift facilities …

Today, many species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. It is widely believed that the main causes of this ecological tragedy are agricultural activities, construction and industrial pollutants. The facts say otherwise – the extinction of biological species is a natural process, not a new, anthropogenic phenomenon. Fossils show, for example, that most creatures that lived …

Yesterday, a meeting and discussion on the topic "The Future of Vitosha" was held, organized by "Green Laws" and "For Nature to Remain in Bulgaria", at which mayoral candidates from several parties, including the "Greens", the Reformist Bloc, etc., as well as representatives of the lists for municipal councilors from the lists of the "Serdika" Coalition and ...

Eight years ago, Coca-Cola set a goal to return all of the water it uses in its products to nature by 2020. On August 24, 2015, the company announced that it had achieved its goal five years ahead of schedule. Unlike the environmental dramas we are bombarded with daily – resources are …

Recently, the media reported that "the cabinet is analyzing the possibility of introducing a system for buying back plastic bottles in Bulgaria." This is practically the same as with beer bottles - we pay about 0.20 leva more for each plastic bottle and get our money back, but only if we return it. It wouldn't be...

Economist from EKIP Daniel Vassilev took part in the roundtable held on Wednesday in the National Assembly, which mainly discussed the topic of ownership and development along the Black Sea coastline, the categorization of territories, as well as ownership of dunes and the powers of private individuals and companies owning properties on which ...

Against the backdrop of debates about environmental protection, based on economic logic, we will present our view on the most effective way to utilize and protect nature in Bulgaria. Economic Calculation and Efficiency As Ludwig von Mises pointed out in his article Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth back in 1920 …