Millions of gallons of waste turn Colorado river yellow 11/8/2015

A toxic leak of wastewater that has turned a Colorado river mustard yellow is three times larger than US officials had originally estimated. ...more

Egypt heatwave 'kills 21' 10/8/2015

Twenty-one people have died and 66 others were hospitalized with exhaustion as soaring temperatures and high humidity hit Cairo and other parts of Egypt, the health ministry said Monday. ...more

Scotland to ban growing of genetically modified crops 10/8/2015

Scotland's devolved government said on Sunday it intended to ban the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops on its territory to protect its "clean and green brand" and because there was little evidence that Scottish consumers wanted GM products. ...more

Japan to restart reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy 10/8/2015

Japan is due to switch on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. ...more

Lamp runs for 8 hours on one glass of water and some salt 10/8/2015

Lighting is something that we take for granted in the developed world, but there are still many areas around the globe where people lack reliable access to light at night. ...more

Caribbean-bound tourists cancel holidays due to foul-smelling seaweed 10/8/2015

Authorities across the Caribbean are releasing emergency funding to clean up piles of decaying seaweed so huge and pungent that tourists have cancelled summer beach holidays and lawmakers on Tobago have deemed it a “natural disaster”. ...more

Sisi opens New Suez Canal: Gift to the world 7/8/2015

Egypt received a show of international support on Thursday as it inaugurated a major extension of the Suez Canal which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hopes will power an economic turnaround in the Arab world's most populous country. ...more

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: remembering the power of peace. By Junichi Sato 6/8/2015

The fight against nuclear is steeped in Greenpeace history. ...more

France launches tender for floating offshore wind projects 6/8/2015

France has launched a tender for several floating offshore wind turbine projects in what is set to be the first attempt to test this new technology on an industrial scale. ...more

Myanmar villagers face floods with just sand bags 6/8/2015

Myanmar's president called for the evacuation of low-lying areas as the Irrawaddy river threatened to breach embankments, leaving villagers with just sand-bags to hold back churning waters that have hit much of the country. ...more