Green trucks, green cars, and green canals all set for EU boost 16/4/2014

The European Parliament yesterday voted in favor of a series of new policies designed to cut emissions and mobilize investment in clean technologies across the bloc's transport industry. ...more

Animal welfare group plans largest rescue of Chinese bile bears 16/4/2014

An animal welfare group said on Tuesday it will save 130 bears from a bile extraction farm in China, its largest rescue so far, in a bid to end a business that has sparked outrage over animal cruelty amid growing opposition. ...more

Arab youth environmental conference to launch in Hurghada 15/4/2014

The sixth environmental conference for university youth began Monday in Hurghada under the slogan “Be modernized… and environment friendly”. ...more

Japanese whaling group intends to resume its hunts 15/4/2014

The judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month was a blow to Japan's decades-old "scientific whaling" in the Southern Ocean, a practice environmentalists condemn, but Tokyo said it would abide by the decision and has canceled the 2014-2015 hunt. ...more

Asian air pollution strengthens Pacific storms 15/4/2014

Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is having far-reaching impacts on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, a study suggests. ...more

Salamanders shrink as climate heats up 15/4/2014

Wild salamanders that live in the Appalachian Mountains are shrinking because they must burn more energy as the local climate gets hotter and drier, according to a new study. ...more

Conservationists are murdering invasive fish to save the Caribbean. It might be backfiring 15/4/2014

With their zebra-esque stripes and fluttering spines, the lionfish looks pretty in an aquarium tank. But let them loose in the Atlantic Ocean, and things can get pretty ugly. ...more

The UAE's 'more personal' recycling bin 14/4/2014

A team of Dubai-based inventors is on the verge of launching an innovative recycling bin that displays in detail the amount and value of plastics, paper, metals and other recyclables saved by consumers. ...more

Step up action to curb global warming, or risks rise: U.N. 14/4/2014

The study, drawing on work by more than 1,000 experts, said a radical shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy such as wind, solar or nuclear power would shave only about 0.06 of a percentage point a year off world economic growth. ...more

Japan confirms first bird flu case since 2011 14/4/2014

The highly pathogenic H5 virus was detected through genetic testing of chickens at a farm in Kumamoto prefecture in the south, the ministry said on its Website. ...more