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Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, CatapultThe CommonThe RumpusElectric LiteratureJMWWRiver TeethLiteral Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.

15 July 2022

How to provide clean water to billions of people by 2030

To meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation for all, the current rate of progress must quadruple. 1.6 billion could remain without […]
14 July 2022

MEPs ensure SAF is truly sustainable by banning the use of controversial biofuel feedstocks

Last week, the European Parliament (EP) voted on the ReFuel EU initiative within which it also clarified what constitutes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and from which […]
14 July 2022

Top 40 cities going green the fastest

Constant heat waves, fires and droughts all around the world. With climate change becoming ever more urgent, companies are trying to find ways to be sustainable […]
14 July 2022

Warnings triggered for summer travelers as heatwave sweeps across Europe

A new heat wave is sweeping across much of Europe as some models predict extreme values never before imagined for the coming days. Between Tuesday and […]
14 July 2022

Shell to build Europe’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands

Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments, subsidiaries of Shell plc, have agreed to build a renewable hydrogen plant in the Netherlands, Holland Hydrogen I, a facility […]
13 July 2022

Despite general aviation chaos, Brussels Airport records 168% traffic growth compared to 2021

Despite a general chaos in the aviation industry, several strikes and thousands of cancellations, more than 1.7 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in June, an […]
13 July 2022

Top 10 European countries by flight cancellations

The aviation industry has been going through a really tough time over the past few months. As the pandemic seems to approach an end and countries […]
13 July 2022

Greenwashing is not just misselling

There is increasing concern about the impact of greenwashing on public perception of the extent to which we are tackling climate change. As average temperatures rise […]
13 July 2022

China travel industry to create more than 30 million jobs over the next decade

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the Travel & Tourism sector in China is expected to create more than 30 million jobs over […]
13 July 2022

Tourism sector with solid positions on list of greatest French fortunes

The French magazine Challenges has recently published its ranking of the richest people in France. Business personalities in the tourism and hospitality sector have solid positions […]
12 July 2022

Germany passes law to increase wind energy capacity

The German Parliament adopted a new Onshore Wind Law which aims to expand onshore wind by a massive 10 GW a year from 2025. In line […]
12 July 2022

UN expects world population to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022

Yesterday, on World Population Day, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) released its latest World Population Prospects report, marking the next milestones […]
12 July 2022

Boeing chosen by Virgin Galactic to build aircrafts for space tourism

Virgin Galactic announced a deal with Boeing to build a new set of carrier planes for the aerospace and space travel company to launch tourists in […]
12 July 2022

IATA says flights will “without doubt” become more expensive

The aviation industry has been under a lot of pressure recently, culminating in a chaos that has taken over Europe. The recovery of air travel to […]
12 July 2022

Is it better to travel by train or airplane in Europe?

Is it better to travel by train or airplane in Europe? It’s common to hear comments like “the plane is faster” or “the train is more […]
12 July 2022

Finland’s new sand battery system could provide heating for a whole district

Finland has launched the world’s first batter made out of sand. It could help solve one of renewable energy’s biggest challenges, which is how to ensure […]
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