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

Russia resubmits claim for energy-rich Arctic shelf 5/8/2015

Russia said on Tuesday it has resubmitted a claim to the United Nations for some 1.2 million square km of the Arctic shelf, a drive to secure more of the mineral-rich region where other countries have rival territorial interests. ...more

Tensions over U.S. electric vehicle mandates 5/8/2015

A long-simmering dispute between automakers and U.S. regulators over policies to promote electric vehicles spilled into the open on Tuesday, in the high stakes struggle over the future of automotive technology. ...more

Third German-Arab Environment & Energy Forum: 200 high-ranking guests from Germany & the Arab region 4/8/2015

This forum aims at unlocking the great potential of German-Arab cooperation. With main actors from the economy, politics and science, this forum offers an ideal platform for exchange, networking and b2b talks. ...more

Suez Canal Reopens to Fanfare but Not Shared by All 4/8/2015

Ships at sea around the world will blast their horns on Aug 6 to mark the re-opening of the world-famous centenarian waterway in Egypt, local officials there say. ...more

Delta bans shipments of trophies of lions and other big game 4/8/2015

Delta Air Lines banned shipments of lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies on its aircraft on Monday amid international outrage over the killing of Zimbabwe's most famous lion by a American hunter. ...more