Indonesia to extend ban on forest clearing: government official 1/4/2015

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests and a powerful palm oil industry, will extend a ban on forest clearing, a government official said on Wednesday. ...more

Beijing to limit motorists on heavily polluted days 1/4/2015

Beijing has introduced measures to limit the number of motorists on heavily polluted days, the latest move by authorities in the Chinese capital to battle the choking smog that has blanketed the city in recent years. ...more

Monsanto donates $4M to effort to save monarch butterflies 1/4/2015

Agribusiness Monsanto Co., whose popular weed killer Roundup has been partly blamed by critics for knocking out monarch butterflies' habitat, said Tuesday it is committing $4 million to efforts to stem the worrisome decline of the black-and-orange insects. ...more

Eco-friendly concrete now mandatory in Dubai 31/3/2015

Dubai has taken a giant step forward in greening up the city with its decision to move away from ordinary Portland cement (OPC) for all new buildings. ...more

China says 66 golf courses shut in renewed crackdown 31/3/2015

Chinese authorities have closed 66 golf courses in a renewed crackdown on courses built in contravention of rules designed to protect arable land and save water, China's top economic planning body said on Monday. ...more

Endangered clouded leopard kittens born in Miami zoo 31/3/2015

Two clouded leopard kittens were born this month at the Miami Zoo, a treat for the doting keepers and a victory in the fight to preserve a vulnerable species. ...more

Models in gas masks highlight Indonesian environmental devastation 31/3/2015

Wearing gas masks and designer dresses, models paraded down a catwalk against a backdrop of polluted, rubbish-strewn paddy fields in central Indonesia, a colorful condemnation of the fashion industry's role in causing environmental devastation. ...more

Colombia transforms old tires into green housing 31/3/2015

The highlands around the Colombian capital are scattered with small buildings that look like out-of-place igloos but are in fact innovative houses made from the tires that litter the country's roads. ...more

American University of Beirut and SUKLEEN launch new recycling initiative on campus 30/3/2015

Sukleen launched a free recycling program at American University of Beirut (AUB) at the end of last February in the hopes of achieving a greener campus by installing red and blue garbage cans. ...more

U.S. to submit plans to fight global warming; most others delay 30/3/2015

The United States will submit plans for slowing global warming to the United Nations early this week but most governments will miss an informal March 31 deadline, complicating work on a global climate deal due in December. ...more