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The Obama administration will announce Thursday safety regulations for offshore oil and natural gas drilling to prevent the kind of explosion that happened six years ago on a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico, an official told Reuters. ...more |
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Greenland's massive ice sheet this week started melting freakishly early because of a weather system that brought unseasonably warm temperatures and rain, scientists say. ...more |
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A group representing Amazon indigenous people urged Brazil's National Development Bank on Wednesday to stop financing projects that cause environmental damage. ...more |
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The sun provided British homes and businesses with more power than coal-fired power stations for 24 hours last weekend. ...more |
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Artificial caves have been placed in the waters off Ajman as part of a project to provide fish with a safe place to breed. ...more |
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A new global pact to tackle climate change, agreed in Paris in December, could come into force two years earlier than the planned date of 2020, the U.N. climate chief has said. ...more |
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The process of removing salt water and particulate matter from ocean water to make it potable—desalination—can be tricky, time consuming, require a lot of fancy equipment, and use more energy than most water-deprived areas have to spare. ...more |
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PLP Architecture and Cambridge University have unveiled plans for London’s first timber skyscraper at the Barbican Estate. ...more |
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Solar power has the potential to generate about 40 per cent of America’s energy, yet the technology still has limitations. ...more |
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M. Ezzat Jallad & Fils announced that they have changed their power source to solar in order to become more eco-friendly and supporting renewable energy in Lebanon. ...more |
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