Mexico City lifts year's 4th smog alert after a day 16/5/2016

Mexico City authorities have lifted a smog alert one day after ozone levels rose above 150 percent of acceptable limits. ...more

South Korea says Nissan manipulated emissions, plans fine and recall 16/5/2016

South Korea said that Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) had manipulated emissions on a diesel sport utility vehicle and that it planned to fine the automaker as well as sue the head of its Korean operations. ...more

Omar Borman wins creative educational achievement award in Algeria: "This is an outcome of the environmental revolution launched by AFED" 13/5/2016

The province of Djelfa in Algeria presented its creative educational achievement award to Omar Borman, advisor of the green club at Bouhali Zian school in Fayd Al Butmah. ...more

Solar Impulse 2 lands in Oklahoma on record-breaking flight 13/5/2016

The Solar Impulse 2 plane touched down in Tulsa, in the south-central US state of Oklahoma, ending the latest stage of its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel. ...more

Shrinking Arctic bird suffers double hit from global warming: study 13/5/2016

Red knots, a type of bird that makes one of the longest annual migrations, are shrinking because climate change in their Arctic nesting grounds makes life harder during their winters in Africa, scientists say. ...more

Endangered Sumatran rhino gives birth in Indonesia 13/5/2016

A Sumatran rhinoceros has given birth at an Indonesian sanctuary in a success for efforts to save the critically endangered species. ...more

Dubai’s air quality on the radar 12/5/2016

While the quality of air you breathe outdoors is safe and well within the parameters of the World Health Organisation at 2.5 levels of particulate matter (pm), authorities aim to make it considerably cleaner from air pollutants. ...more

Iranian, Indian cities ranked worst for air pollution 12/5/2016

India is home to four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. ...more

Germany generated so much renewable energy last weekend electric prices went negative 12/5/2016

For any critics who say a country can’t receive 100 percent of their energy from renewable sources, Germany offers a rebuttal. ...more

Sierra Leone solar push aims to bring electricity to all by 2025 12/5/2016

Sierra Leone aims to provide electricity to all of its 6 million citizens by 2025 in a push to boost the economy, expand crucial services such as healthcare, and reduce dependency on aid, officials said on Wednesday. ...more