Have there been any stories about environment in the news recently? If so, where? What happened?

Ostankino Tower in Moscow - is a television and radio broadcasting tower, with a height of 540 meters. Among high-rise buildings of the world, it ranks fourth after the skyscraper Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Guangzhou and TV towers in Toronto (Canada). Ostankino Tower in Moscow remains the highest in Europe and Asia.a decision was made on the construction of the TV tower to place it on the television antenna in 1957. For high-quality radio reception place it had to be at a height of not less than 380 meters. Nikitin was chief designer. TV Tower Project was invented them overnight. Inverted lily flower with petals and strong rod became a way conceived facilities. Stability of the TV tower is determined by the same principle as in the Roly-Poly. Chief architect - L. Batalov. Also in the construction participated architects DI Burdin, MA Shkud and LI Shchipakina. TV tower built from 1963 to 1967 years. November 5, 1967 began airing four television and three radio programs. Powerful transmitters ensure reception of programs at a distance of 120 km from the tower. And earned a new television center in the street Academician Korolev, 12. Then the tower was the tallest building in the world

1. we needed a boat to cross the river.
2. hurry up, or we will miss our train!
3. it takes more than one day to see all the sights of NY!
4. our tickets were quite cheap because we had booked them in advance.
5. we knew we had a long jouney ahead of us so we decided to set off early.
6. i was really surprised when Jack turned up at the station to meet us.
1. we arrived at the airport late because there was traffic jam on the motorway.
2. as soon as we got to the airport we went straight to the check-in desk to check in our bags.
3. the seats in the departure lounge weren't very comfortable.
4. when we got onto the plane i lifted my bag up into the overhead compartment.