Global conservation mission sets sail from UK in Darwin's wake 16/8/2023

Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin's voyage around the world, environmentalists plan to follow in his footsteps by undertaking a two-year journey across four continents to study endemic wildlife and boost conservation. ...more

ADNOC and Tabreed Advance the First Project in the Region to Harness Geothermal Energy 15/8/2023

ADNOC and the National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed), yesterday announced a breakthrough in the first project in the gulf region to harness geothermal energy following the conclusion of testing on two geothermal wells at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.  ...more

Indonesia to start random emission tests as poor air chokes Jakarta 15/8/2023

Indonesia's capital will force drivers to undergo emission tests and consider ordering half of its civil servants to work from home, officials said on Monday, amid deteriorating air quality that has made Jakarta one of the world's most polluted cities. ...more

UK homes install ‘record number’ of solar panels and heat pumps 15/8/2023

British households are making more green energy upgrades than ever before after installing a record number of solar panels and heat pumps in the first half of the year, according to the industry’s official standards body. ...more

Endangered glossy black cockatoo being lured to South Australian mainland with 20,000 trees 15/8/2023

Conservationists are planting trees to lure the endangered glossy black cockatoo back to the South Australian mainland, where it has been extinct for decades. ...more

Newly identified pack of endangered gray wolves roams California’s Sierra Nevada 15/8/2023

A newly identified pack of endangered gray wolves is roaming in California’s Sierra Nevada, at least 200 miles away from the nearest known pack, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday. ...more

UN completes removal of oil from decaying tanker off Yemen 14/8/2023

The United Nations said on Friday it had completed the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast, averting a potential environmental disaster. ...more

Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert 14/8/2023

The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture. ...more

Canadian wildfires could persist for rest of 'marathon' summer 14/8/2023

Record-setting wildfires in Canada could potentially continue burning at an abnormally high rate for several more weeks, though the spread of blazes is likely to start diminishing in September, according to federal projections released on Friday. ...more

US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs 14/8/2023

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced that projects in Texas and Louisiana to remove more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year will get over $1 billion in federal grants, a key step in scaling up direct air capture (DAC) technology. ...more