Alba wins prestigious International Green Apple Awards 2014 15/8/2014

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), a leading aluminium producer in the world, announced that it has been named a winner in the Environmental Best Practice category of the prestigious International Green Apple Awards 2014. ...more

Lawmakers in drought-hit California finally agree on water plan 15/8/2014

A deal was reached late Wednesday in drought-stricken California on a plan to improve water supplies that was mired in regional and party politics for a year, Republican leaders said. ...more

MIT students install 10,000 revolutionary solar bottle lamps in Manila slums (VIDEO) 15/8/2014

Currently, millions of Filipinos live without any kind of light source at all, but a band of resourceful MIT students have begun changing that. ...more

New York suburbs hit by flash floods after record rainfall 15/8/2014

More than a foot of rain hit parts of New York's Long Island on Wednesday, enough to set a preliminary state record, triggering flash floods and swamping cars on major roads that were turned into rivers during the morning rush hour. ...more

Renewables produce record high electricity for UK in 2014 15/8/2014

UK renewables saw a record quarter, producing 18.1n terawatt-hours (TWh), an increase of 43% on the same period in 2013, according to new government figures released yesterday. ...more

Tighter monitoring, higher prices from changes in local fishing industry 14/8/2014

The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) established a center in Doha port to monitor fish imports, an official from the authority said yesterday. ...more

China urges public to walk, ride bikes to help cut smog 14/8/2014

China has issued a "behavioral standards" guide to combat pollution and reduce environmental damage, urging people to do everything from walking and riding bicycles to buying goods with less packaging. ...more

Conservationists to sue U.S. for denying protections for wolverines 14/8/2014

Conservationists said on Wednesday they will sue the Obama administration over its decision to deny federal protections for rare wolverines in the mountains of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. ...more

Engineering fruit Flies may help crops 14/8/2014

We've genetically-modified crops to enhance desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or pesticides. Nonetheless, pests still infest crops around the world. ...more

Tibet's glaciers at their warmest in 2,000 years: Report 14/8/2014

The Tibetan plateau, whose glaciers supply water to hundreds of millions of people in Asia, were warmer over the past 50 years than at any stage in the past two millennia, a Chinese newspaper said, citing an academic report. ...more