Nazarian: 1 MW solar power plant to be ready in 2015 18/9/2014

The Lebanese Energy and Water Ministry will finish constructing a 1 Megawatt solar power plant on Beirut River in early 2015, Energy and Water Minister Arthur Nazarian said Wednesday, though he acknowledged that it would supply only a tiny portion of the country’s power needs. ...more

Goldfish gets brain tumor removed, will just keep swimming for years to come! (PHOTOS) 18/9/2014

Looks like George the goldfish will get to float around its pond and munch on fish flakes for much longer. ...more

Students have figured out a way to purify water with a bunch of empty chip bags (PHOTOS) 18/9/2014

A team of students from the University of Adelaide’s School of Mechanical Engineering in Australia have created a water purification system that needs just a glass tube and an empty bag of potato chips to work. ...more

50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year – in pictures 18/9/2014

Natural History Museum’s new book released on Wednesday marks five decades of the WPY competition, celebrating the art of wildlife photography. ...more

Germany unveils Europe's biggest battery plant 18/9/2014

Germany switched on Europe's largest commercial battery plant on Tuesday, an installation powered by 25,600 lithium-ion batteries that will help stabilize the region's growing supply of renewable energy. ...more

Egypt emits 0.6% of global ozone-depleting emissions: CAPMAS 17/9/2014

Egypt contributes 0.6 percent of the world's ozone-depleting emissions, according to a report published Tuesday by the government's statistics body. ...more

Leonardo DiCaprio named U.N. messenger of peace for climate 17/9/2014

Hollywood actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio has been named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, a post he will use to raise awareness about climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. ...more

Floods, storms and quakes uproot 22 million in 2013, numbers to rise 17/9/2014

Almost 22 million people were forced to flee their homes due to natural disasters last year and the numbers uprooted could increase as urban populations grow, a refugee agency said on Wednesday. ...more

Ditching cars for buses, bikes best way to cut city pollution: study 17/9/2014

Encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle around cities offers the "least pain, most gain" way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050, a new international study said today. ...more

Dutch unveil big plan to fight rising tides 17/9/2014

The Netherlands on Tuesday unveiled a multi-billion-euro, multi-decade plan to counter the biggest environmental threat to the low-lying European nation: surging seawater caused by global climate change. ...more