ABC reveals the positive results of its environmental initiatives and introduces awareness workshops within its malls 9/3/2016

ABC Lebanon announced the positive results of its photovoltaic power plant at ABC Achrafieh, and its waste management program implementation, succeeding in 2015 in generating 31% of the needed electricity at the mall, which is enough power supply for 300 homes. ...more

Frog with yellow eyebrows discovered in Colombia 9/3/2016

A new species of terrestrial frog with yellow eyebrows has been found in Colombia's East Andes, researchers announced. ...more

Warm weather speeds up peak bloom for Washington's cherry trees 9/3/2016

Washington's renowned cherry trees are expected to hit their peak bloom from March 18 to 23, earlier than first predicted due to unseasonably warm weather, the National Park Service said on Tuesday. ...more

Starving animals up for sale at Gaza zoo 8/3/2016

A Gaza zoo owner is putting the last of his starving animals up for sale. ...more

United States delivers first payment to global climate fund 8/3/2016

The United States has paid $500 million into the United Nations' Green Climate Fund, the first tranche of the $3 billion it pledged as part of the commitments it made in the December Paris Climate Agreement, the State Department confirmed Monday. ...more

Deluges increasing in world's wettest and driest regions: study 8/3/2016

Extreme downpours are increasingly hitting both the wettest and driest regions of the world and global warming will raise the risks of bigger cloudbursts for the rest of the century, a study showed on Monday. ...more

Thousands of dead fish wash up on the banks of India river 8/3/2016

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake on Monday in India's southern technology hub of Bangalore. ...more

Solar farms to create natural habitats for threatened British species 8/3/2016

Threatened wildlife including turtle doves and skylarks could benefit from a scheme which has been launched to create natural habitats at solar farm sites. ...more

Groundbreaking facility that produces food and biofuel opened in Abu Dhabi 7/3/2016

In a major innovative step towards food and energy security, the world’s first-ever facility to produce food and biofuel by irrigating dessert land with seawater has been built in Abu Dhabi. ...more

China's carbon emissions still increasing: China envoy 7/3/2016

China's carbon emissions did not peak in 2014 and are still increasing, China's senior climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday. ...more