Kenyan police seize 300 elephant tusks being packed at port city 6/6/2014

Kenyan authorities seized 228 whole elephant tusks and 74 others in pieces as they were being packed for export in the port city of Mombasa, police and wildlife officials said. ...more

G7 leaders back 2015 climate deal, aim to build on U.S. momentum 6/6/2014

The world's leading industrialized nations gave their backing on Thursday to a new global deal on climate change in 2015 after promises from the United States at the start of the week galvanized flagging momentum. ...more

Scientists warn against China's plan to flatten over 700 mountains 6/6/2014

Scientists have criticized China's bulldozing of hundreds of mountains to provide more building land for cities. ...more

Welcome to the future: Feasting on scorpions, grasshoppers 6/6/2014

Though slightly uncertain, Erin Kolski pronounced the unusual fare on her plate — a burger made from ground-up grasshoppers — to be surprisingly tasty. ...more

Dubai Municipality plans mall activities, contests on World Environment Day 5/6/2014

Mall visitors in Dubai will be told how they can help combat rising sea levels and climate change during the World Environment Day celebrations by the Dubai Municipality. ...more

Guatemala establishes new reserve for endangered animals 5/6/2014

Guatemala has formally established a 19,000-hectare (47,000-acre) reserve that protects several endangered bird and amphibian species, reports the American Bird Conservancy (ABC). ...more

Are DVDs bad for the environment? 5/6/2014

According to a study, streaming can be much better for the environment, requiring less energy and emitting less carbon dioxide, than some traditional methods of DVD renting, buying and viewing. ...more

New man-made gases discovered in atmosphere 5/6/2014

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found two new chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) in the atmosphere. ...more

Climate change and nutrition 5/6/2014

Researchers now say in a revealing Nature paper that the most significant health threat from climate change has started to happen. ...more

EAD launches pilot phase of its Sustainable Campus Initiative across Abu Dhabi universities 4/6/2014

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and Borouge, a leading provider of innovative plastics solutions, have launched the pilot phase of the Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI), an extension of EAD’s award-winning environmental education programme, the Sustainable Schools Initiative (SSI). ...more