|
|
|
![Signatures submitted to fight California bag ban Signatures submitted to fight California bag ban](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_91e05c6b-bf55-48ea-8e34-5cc797bb3b96_.jpg) |
|
Business groups trying to overturn a new California law that bans single-use plastic bags said Monday that they've collected more than enough signatures to put their referendum on the November 2016 ballot. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![Egypt’s oldest mosque receives new GROHE plumbing Egypt’s oldest mosque receives new GROHE plumbing](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_5533b172-a830-4ea5-a0ec-6b411ae4909f_.jpg) |
|
Egypt’s first and oldest Mosque has received a plumbing upgrade. As part of a “Green Mosque” CSR initiative by the world’s leading provider of sanitary fittings, GROHE has included Egypt in their global WaterCare campaign. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![NASA maps CO2 emissions over the entire planet NASA maps CO2 emissions over the entire planet](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_37c44df5-5471-40e3-98c8-69b9cc8dee42_.jpg) |
|
It’s been a busy five months for NASA’s newest carbon dioxide-monitoring satellite, snapping up to 1 million measurements a day of how carbon dioxide moves across the planet. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![This elephant picks up trash, cares more about the environment than some humans (VIDEO) This elephant picks up trash, cares more about the environment than some humans (VIDEO)](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ba56381d-6cd3-4e3c-9026-9f0835d85b52_.jpg) |
|
Have you ever seen an elephant that picks up trash and upstages humans from an environmentally-friendly perspective? ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
!['Tobacco litter challenge to health, environment' 'Tobacco litter challenge to health, environment'](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e6d38a69-bd07-4c0f-bb17-c1c0d7460ea1_.jpg) |
|
Environmental experts have called for strict implementation of the ban on public smoking as callously discarded cigarette stubs are a health and environmental challenge. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![Iran to lunch ‘environment schools’: official Iran to lunch ‘environment schools’: official](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_cd2d5791-9109-4a0a-aa99-16588d87d8ca_.jpg) |
|
The Iranian Department of Environment plans to set up environment schools to make the public more aware about environmental issues and ways to protect wildlife, IRNA reported on Saturday. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![Dubai courts launch environment initiative Dubai courts launch environment initiative](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_268bd756-166d-4a09-a6e9-4ed8195d312a_.jpg) |
|
The Risk Management, Occupational Health and Safety team at Dubai Courts launched the initiative of “Together To Protect The Environment”, in cooperation with Tadweer, in order to achieve environmental sustainability and to protect the environment from harmful and toxic substances resulting from extractive and manufacturing industries. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![Zaha Hadid designs dune-inspired headquarters for environmental firm (PHOTOS) Zaha Hadid designs dune-inspired headquarters for environmental firm (PHOTOS)](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_9285ec81-c6cb-454e-bb9a-4f5b9885eb3b_.jpg) |
|
Zaha Hadid has designed a building shaped like a field of sand dunes to house the headquarters of Middle Eastern environmental company Bee'ah. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![Weather and environmental satellite crowd sourcing: 2 new apps Weather and environmental satellite crowd sourcing: 2 new apps](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_18e75f8f-d63c-49d8-8bdb-dbe270e6a2f3_.jpg) |
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s academic partner, the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed two free mobile apps that bring the ability to see and capture satellite data to mobile users' fingertips. The apps received development support from NOAA and NASA. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
![Global 500 emissions continue to rise despite efforts to slash CO2 Global 500 emissions continue to rise despite efforts to slash CO2](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3fcce882-bc4c-4317-85cd-f8b0c3159819_.jpg) |
|
Greenhouse gas emissions from the world's 500 biggest companies increased by 3.1 per cent in recent years, despite efforts to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in order to tackle climate change, new analysis has shown. ...more |
|
|