Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain wins ‘Best Sustainable Hotel in Arabia’ award 2/2/2015

As its environmental footprint gets ever lighter, Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain pulled its weight instead at The International Hotel Awards 2014, where it has won the five-star award as ‘Best Sustainable Hotel’ in two categories – for both Bahrain and the Arabia region. ...more

Rocket blasts off with NASA satellite to track climate change 2/2/2015

An unmanned Delta 2 rocket lifted off from California on Saturday carrying a NASA satellite to measure how much water is in Earth’s soil, information that will help weather forecasting and tracking of global climate change. ...more

China says 90 percent of cities failed to meet air standards in 2014 2/2/2015

Nearly 90 percent of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country's "war on pollution" began to take effect, the environment ministry said on Monday. ...more

Drought-hit Pakistan turns to solar water treatment 2/2/2015

Worsening drought has led to over 80 percent of water resources in Pakistan’s southern Tharparker district becoming unfit for people to drink, a new study says. ...more

Love you, tree: Melbourne climate change plan sparks arbor ardor 2/2/2015

Trees in the Australian city of Melbourne are replying to emails from the public as authorities seek to highlight the impact of climate change in a country where rising temperatures are expected to outpace global warming worldwide. ...more

Dubai raises 2030 renewable energy goal to 15% of overall electricity mix 30/1/2015

Dubai has decided to raise its renewable energy goal to 15% of the overall generation mix by 2030. ...more

Sierra Nevada red fox, one of North America's rarest, seen at Yosemite 30/1/2015

Biologists have spotted a Sierra Nevada red fox at Yosemite National Park in California for the first time - a sighting of one of the rarest mammals in North America, thought to number only 50 on the continent, officials said on Thursday. ...more

Germany boosts onshore wind capacity by record amount in 2014 30/1/2015

Germany's newly installed onshore wind power capacity rose by a record 4,750 megawatts (MW) in 2014, industry groups said on Thursday, marking what is likely to be a peak annual gain as the country gears up for a nuclear-free future. ...more

Jet fuel from algae? 30/1/2015

A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new study published in the journal Energy & Fuels. ...more

Rare megamouth shark discovered in Philippines 30/1/2015

A rare megamouth shark washed ashore dead in the Philippines this week, wildlife officials said. ...more