Solar PV Recycling could exceed $15 billion by 2050 21/6/2016

The global solar photovoltaic (PV) boom currently underway will represent a significant untapped business opportunity as decommissioned solar panels enter the waste stream in the years ahead, according to a report released yesterday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS). ...more

China prosecutors win landmark lawsuit against environmental department 21/6/2016

Chinese prosecutors have successfully sued a county environmental agency for inadequately punishing a sewage firm that produced dye without appropriate safeguards, the first-such public interest case against a government department. ...more

Mass elephant relocation could save populations in parts of Africa 21/6/2016

Wildlife experts in Malawi will next month start moving up to 500 elephants to a sanctuary that they hope could eventually serve as a reservoir to restore some elephant populations in other parts of Africa where the threatened species has been heavily poached. ...more

Chicken litter to power up Ballymena biogas plant 21/6/2016

A new biogas plant in Northern Ireland is set to produce energy from large volumes of chicken litter. ...more

U.S. contest challenges video-game makers to battle climate change 21/6/2016

Video-game developers are competing this week in a contest that will reward games that combat neither mortal enemies nor monsters but climate change. ...more

Solar Impulse to start transatlantic flight on Monday 20/6/2016

The team behind Solar Impulse 2 is expected to start a historic transatlantic flight on Monday. ...more

Brazil fines Samarco 142 million reais for damages to protected areas 20/6/2016

Brazil's Environment Ministry fined mining company Samarco 142 million reais ($41.6 million) for damages to three protected areas resulting from a tailings dam burst in November, the ministry said on Friday. ...more

Most of beached whales free themselves in Indonesia 20/6/2016

Most of the 29 whales trapped in an Indonesian mangrove swamp last Thursday managed to free themselves or were gently helped out to sea as the tide rose, fisheries officials said. ...more

China orders 255 Shanghai industrial facilities to shut for G20 20/6/2016

China ordered at least 255 Shanghai-based industrial facilities, including part of a major oil refinery operated by Sinopec Corp, to shut for 14 days to reduce pollution ahead of the G20 summit, according to an official document reviewed by Reuters. ...more

Obama might create the world’s largest marine reserve in Hawaii 20/6/2016

Ten years ago, the newly-designated Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was the biggest marine reserve in the world. ...more