China wants ships to use faster Arctic route opened by global warming 21/4/2016

China will encourage ships flying its flag to take the Northwest Passage via the Arctic Ocean, a route opened up by global warming, to cut travel times between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a state-run newspaper said on Wednesday. ...more

Ministry opens environmental library for Year of Reading 20/4/2016

An environmental library has been opened as part of a nationwide project to create a culture of reading and encourage the public to learn more about science and the environment. ...more

Highlights of the climate pact to be signed in New York 20/4/2016

Leaders and envoys from more than 160 countries will sign on Friday the climate-change pact the world adopted in principle in Paris last December. ...more

Half Australia's Great Barrier Reef coral 'dead or dying': scientists 20/4/2016

Australian scientists said on Wednesday that just seven percent of the Great Barrier Reef, which attracts around A$5 billion ($3.90 billion) in tourism every year, has been untouched by mass bleaching that is likely to destroy half the coral. ...more

Air quality in eastern China improves but slips elsewhere: Greenpeace 20/4/2016

The air quality in eastern China continued to improve in the first quarter, but smog worsened in central and western regions, Greenpeace said in a report on Wednesday after analyzing government data for 362 cities. ...more

Activists lobby EU about logging in Poland's ancient forest 20/4/2016

Poland's plans to increase logging in the Bialowieza Forest could breach European Union law because it would destroy some of its natural habitats, campaigners lobbying the European Commission for action said on Tuesday. ...more

Global wind capacity to nearly double in next five years: GWEC 20/4/2016

Global wind energy capacity will nearly double in the next five years, largely led by further market growth in China, but also as a stronger industry emerges in the United States, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said on Tuesday. ...more

Economic losses from natural disasters counted 19/4/2016

Natural disasters around the globe have resulted in economic losses of roughly $7 trillion since 1900, according to a new calculation from scientists. ...more

Netherlands looking to shift to electric cars by 2025 19/4/2016

The Labour Party in Netherlands have proposed a motion in the lower house of the parliament which will ban the sales of diesel and petroleum cars in the country by 2025. ...more

Campaigners scale Nelson's Column, other London landmarks in clean-air protest 19/4/2016

British police arrested eight Greenpeace activists on Monday after they scaled some of the London's best-known landmarks including Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square as part of a protest over air quality in the capital. ...more