Australia unveils new emissions reduction target ahead of Paris talks 11/8/2015

Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday announced cuts to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions that were immediately criticized by environmental groups and opposition politicians for lagging far behind other advanced economies. ...more

Environmentalists urge Canada not to approve oil spill solvent 11/8/2015

Environmentalists are urging Canada's Conservative government not to loosen rules involving a substance used for treating oil spills in water, citing research questioning its ecological impact. ...more

Zimbabwe lifts hunting ban imposed after killing of Cecil the lion: U.S. report 11/8/2015

Zimbabwe has lifted a ban on big game hunting outside a national park 10 days after imposing the moratorium following the illegal killing of the country's most prized lion, NBC News in the United States reported on Monday. ...more

Millions of gallons of waste turn Colorado river yellow 11/8/2015

A toxic leak of wastewater that has turned a Colorado river mustard yellow is three times larger than US officials had originally estimated. ...more

Egypt heatwave 'kills 21' 10/8/2015

Twenty-one people have died and 66 others were hospitalized with exhaustion as soaring temperatures and high humidity hit Cairo and other parts of Egypt, the health ministry said Monday. ...more

Scotland to ban growing of genetically modified crops 10/8/2015

Scotland's devolved government said on Sunday it intended to ban the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops on its territory to protect its "clean and green brand" and because there was little evidence that Scottish consumers wanted GM products. ...more

Japan to restart reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy 10/8/2015

Japan is due to switch on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. ...more

Lamp runs for 8 hours on one glass of water and some salt 10/8/2015

Lighting is something that we take for granted in the developed world, but there are still many areas around the globe where people lack reliable access to light at night. ...more

Caribbean-bound tourists cancel holidays due to foul-smelling seaweed 10/8/2015

Authorities across the Caribbean are releasing emergency funding to clean up piles of decaying seaweed so huge and pungent that tourists have cancelled summer beach holidays and lawmakers on Tobago have deemed it a “natural disaster”. ...more

Sisi opens New Suez Canal: Gift to the world 7/8/2015

Egypt received a show of international support on Thursday as it inaugurated a major extension of the Suez Canal which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hopes will power an economic turnaround in the Arab world's most populous country. ...more