Renewables outpace nuclear in economies making up 45 percent of world population: report 16/7/2015

Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. ...more

Solar Impulse grounded until 2016 16/7/2015

The Swiss team trying to fly a solar-powered plane around the world has abandoned its effort for this year. ...more

Britain's first 'energy positive' house opens in Wales 16/7/2015

Britain’s first low cost ‘energy positive’ house, which can generate more electricity than its occupants will use, opens today despite George Osborne axing plans to make house builders meet tough low carbon housing targets from next year. ...more

Everyone needs to grab their plastic bottles and go straight to the nearest Spinneys supermarket 15/7/2015

At almost all of Spinneys branches in Lebanon, you will find a colorful ReVa reverse vending machine – an innovative recycling solution that gives you incentive to recycle. ...more

UN negotiations resume on financing framework to advance global development 15/7/2015

Negotiations on a comprehensive financing framework for sustainable development resumed yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where Member States have gathered for a United Nations conference aimed at securing the resources necessary for the well-being of all people and the health of the planet. ...more

3,800 critically endangered turtles found stacked in a shipping crate headed for China 15/7/2015

For much of the 20th century, the existence of the Philippine forest turtle was little more than a myth, fueled by a spare handful of specimens. ...more

Deaths from global disasters rising in 2015: insurer 15/7/2015

The death toll from natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms and heatwaves rose sharply worldwide in the first six months of 2015, the world's largest reinsurance company Munich Re said on Tuesday. ...more

Leonardo DiCaprio to donate £15m for environmental causes 15/7/2015

The actor Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $15m (£10m) in donations to a host of environmental causes. ...more

Ministry questions report on UAE pollution levels 14/7/2015

The Ministry of Environment and Water has questioned the World Bank’s data-gathering methods after it claimed the UAE had the worst air pollution in the world. ...more

UN conference opens with call for 'reboot' of development finance 14/7/2015

At a critical moment in what the United Nations has dubbed “a year for global action,” the Third International Conference on Financing for Development kicked off yesterday in the Ethiopian capital with calls to ensure the necessary resources to improve people's lives while protecting the planet. ...more