New invention uses fluorescent lights to remove air pollution and stinky odors 21/3/2016

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a seamless way to improve poor indoor air quality, which the World Health Organization recently said accounts for 7 million deaths a year worldwide. ...more

Emissions-cutting aviation deal must be enforceable: NGOs 21/3/2016

A deal this fall to cap carbon emissions from global aviation at 2020 levels must be enforceable and set long-term goals in line with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups said on Monday. ...more

UK faces new legal action over air quality 21/3/2016

New legal proceedings have been launched against the British government by environmental law firm ClientEarth over what it says is a failure to tackle air pollution, the firm said on Friday. ...more

UNESCO adds 20 new sites to list of biosphere reserves 21/3/2016

The United Nation's cultural body UNESCO has added 20 new sites to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves, including two in Canada and two in Portugal. ...more

Sahara Desert Project to grow 10 hectares of food in Tunisian desert 18/3/2016

With 75 percent of its country comprised of desert, it’s not easy for Tunisia to grow food. But the Sahara Forest Project aims to change that with a $30 million facility funded by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. ...more

Bhutan celebrates the birth of new prince by planting 108,000 trees 18/3/2016

The newest addition to the Bhutanese royal family got quite the welcome: 108,000 saplings were planted in honor of the prince’s birth. ...more

Drones set to revolutionize ecological monitoring: research 18/3/2016

Ecologists have a new tool for protecting the environment and monitoring ecological changes, according to an Australian study published on Thursday: drones. ...more

Green entrepreneurs tackle Indonesia's growing trash mountains (Video) 18/3/2016

Some residents of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, frustrated by the mounting trash problem across the sprawling metropolis, have started taking matters into their own hands. ...more

European cars to use more aluminum to meet CO2 targets 18/3/2016

The amount of light, recyclable aluminum in European cars will rise to 180 kg on average by 2020 as automakers look to cut harmful carbon emissions, a senior metals industry official said. ...more

China wasted 20 percent of wind power generated in 2015 18/3/2016

Energy wastage on wind farms in China worsened in 2015, as plunging utilization rates kept 33.9 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) from being delivered to the grid, the energy regulator said, the equivalent of a fifth of total generated wind power. ...more