Environment Ministry in Saudi Arabia, together with water and agriculture 9/5/2016

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Saturday replaced his veteran oil minister and restructured some big ministries in a major reshuffle apparently intended to support a wide-ranging economic reform programme unveiled last week. ...more

Drought-hit Zimbabwe sells off wild animals 9/5/2016

Zimbabwe put its wild animals up for sale on Tuesday, saying it needed buyers to step in and save the beasts from a devastating drought. ...more

Europe's problem with diesel cars 9/5/2016

New UK government tests confirm that diesel cars produce a lot more air pollution in real-world driving when compared with the legal tests. Those sold since 2009 emitted six times more nitrogen oxides, on average. ...more

Australia quietly adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists 9/5/2016

Nearly 50 new species of flora and fauna have been added without fanfare to the federal government’s list of threatened species, including nine that are critically endangered. ...more

Five islands in Solomons submerged due to sea-level rise 9/5/2016

Aerial and Satellite images show rising sea levels have caused five islands in the Solomons in the South Pacific to completely disappear, the first scientific evidence that confirms the dramatic impact of climate change on low-lying islands. ...more

Human exodus expected as parts of Middle East and Africa heat up 6/5/2016

Based on a new study compiled by the Max Planck Institute, parts of the Middle East and North Africa could become uninhabitable by the middle of this century, if temperatures continue to rise, forcing one of the world's largest human migrations to take place. ...more

First US climate refugees get $48 million to move 6/5/2016

The residents of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, will soon become America's first climate refugees. ...more

Avoid plastic water bottles, campaign urges 5/5/2016

A new eco campaign launched on Tuesday dubbed ‘Drop it’ is urging consumers and businesses to drop plastic water bottles in favour of glass receptacles that can be refilled with in-house filtered tap water as a much safer alternative for the human body and the environment. ...more

Giant wildfire turns Canadian oil country into a post-apocalyptic nightmare 5/5/2016

A massive wildfire is destroying everything in its path in a remote town located in the region of Canada that holds the third-largest oil reserves in the world. ...more

U.S. proposes giving wind farms 30-year permits to kill eagles 5/5/2016

U.S. wildlife managers on Wednesday again proposed granting 30-year permits to wind farms that would forgive them for thousands of eagle deaths expected during that time frame from collisions of the birds with turbines, towers and electrical wires. ...more