Britain's first 'energy positive' house opens in Wales 16/7/2015

Britain’s first low cost ‘energy positive’ house, which can generate more electricity than its occupants will use, opens today despite George Osborne axing plans to make house builders meet tough low carbon housing targets from next year. ...more

Everyone needs to grab their plastic bottles and go straight to the nearest Spinneys supermarket 15/7/2015

At almost all of Spinneys branches in Lebanon, you will find a colorful ReVa reverse vending machine – an innovative recycling solution that gives you incentive to recycle. ...more

UN negotiations resume on financing framework to advance global development 15/7/2015

Negotiations on a comprehensive financing framework for sustainable development resumed yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where Member States have gathered for a United Nations conference aimed at securing the resources necessary for the well-being of all people and the health of the planet. ...more

3,800 critically endangered turtles found stacked in a shipping crate headed for China 15/7/2015

For much of the 20th century, the existence of the Philippine forest turtle was little more than a myth, fueled by a spare handful of specimens. ...more

Deaths from global disasters rising in 2015: insurer 15/7/2015

The death toll from natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms and heatwaves rose sharply worldwide in the first six months of 2015, the world's largest reinsurance company Munich Re said on Tuesday. ...more

Leonardo DiCaprio to donate £15m for environmental causes 15/7/2015

The actor Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $15m (£10m) in donations to a host of environmental causes. ...more

Ministry questions report on UAE pollution levels 14/7/2015

The Ministry of Environment and Water has questioned the World Bank’s data-gathering methods after it claimed the UAE had the worst air pollution in the world. ...more

UN conference opens with call for 'reboot' of development finance 14/7/2015

At a critical moment in what the United Nations has dubbed “a year for global action,” the Third International Conference on Financing for Development kicked off yesterday in the Ethiopian capital with calls to ensure the necessary resources to improve people's lives while protecting the planet. ...more

Treat climate change as seriously as national security: report 14/7/2015

Governments should treat climate change as seriously as threats to national security or public health, partly by focusing more on the worst scenarios of rising temperatures, an international report said on Monday. ...more

China says 75 percent of cities failed to meet air standards in June 14/7/2015

Nearly 75 percent of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in June, the environment ministry said on Monday, an improvement over the same month last year, as the country continues to wage "war on pollution." ...more