Morocco bans plastic bags 5/7/2016

Morocco has banned the production and use of plastic bags, with many shops and street sellers across the country having reportedly stocked-up last week ahead of the legislation which came into force on July 1, reports Al Jazeera. ...more

Germany pledges support for developing countries at Petersberg climate meeting 5/7/2016

Germany's Environment and Development Ministries on Monday announced plans for an implementation partnership to help poorer countries transform their national climate action plans into concrete strategies. ...more

Vestas multi-rotor wind turbine delivers first power 5/7/2016

Wind energy giant Vestas has revealed its innovative multi-rotor turbine design has delivered power for the first time, fueling hopes the four rotor concept model could help to maximise wind farm output and curb clean energy costs. ...more

China passes law to 'regulate' wild animal products 5/7/2016

China has passed a new wild animal protection law banning the sale of food made from endangered species, but allowing other products derived from them, state media said, amid controversy over its wildlife policies. ...more

New tarantula named after Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez 5/7/2016

Scientists have discovered a new species of tarantula in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria mountain range in Colombia. ...more

Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima: Study 4/7/2016

Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids into the sea, a study showed Monday. ...more

Google snaps up 236MW of wind capacity to power EU data centres 4/7/2016

Google, the world's largest corporate buyer of clean energy, has struck a new deal to buy 236MW of new wind capacity to power its European data centres. ...more

Paris drives old cars off its streets 4/7/2016

Paris banned old, exhaust-belching cars from its streets on Friday in a war on air pollution that environmentalists hope will also drive dirty vehicles from the centers of other European cities. ...more

Orangutans rescued from Indonesian forest fires released back into wild 4/7/2016

Three orangutans rescued when forest fires destroyed their Indonesian rainforest habitats were returned to the wild on Borneo island last week. ...more

Venezuela's Maduro ends power rationing as drought eases 4/7/2016

Venezuela as of today will end an electricity rationing program launched in April in response to a severe drought that crimped the operations of the OPEC nation's hydroelectric generators, President Nicolas Maduro on Friday. ...more