Europe launches environment satellite 4/4/2014

Europe has launched the first in a constellation of hi-tech satellites designed to monitor Earth for climate change and environmental damage and help disaster relief operations. ...more

Egypt's cabinet approves use of coal for power generation 3/4/2014

Egypt's cabinet on Wednesday approved the use of coal for power generation after a fierce debate within the government over whether the highly pollutant fuel should be permitted for use by the energy-intensive cement industry. ...more

Fukushima meltdown not seen causing many cancers: UN scientists 3/4/2014

Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster is unlikely to lead to a rise in the number of people developing cancer like after Chernobyl in 1986, even though the most exposed children may face an increased risk, U.N. scientists said on Wednesday. ...more

A quarter of Europe's bumblebees, vital to crops, face extinction: study 3/4/2014

Almost a quarter of Europe's bumblebees are at risk of extinction due to loss of habitats and climate change, threatening pollination of crops worth billions of dollars, a study showed on Wednesday. ...more

Apple, Facebook, Google Web data centers getting greener: report 3/4/2014

Apple Inc, Google Inc and Facebook Inc have made significant progress in adopting renewable energy sources to power their Web services, the environmental group Greenpeace said in a report on Wednesday. ...more

Crib mattresses expose infants to harmful emissions 3/4/2014

University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering has found that crib mattresses expose sleeping infants to high levels of chemical emissions. ...more

Renewables: cooperation project with Italy, Lebanon, Egypt 2/4/2014

Eco energy-initiative Project GR.ENE.CO (Green Energy for Green Companies) was launched Tuesday at a kick-off meeting in Alexandria, Egypt. The project is worth about 2 million euros and is founded by ENPI CBC MED Programme. ...more

NASA study finds Arctic melt is now 15 days longer than 30 years ago 2/4/2014

The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to the melt season is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap’s thickness, according to a new study by National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA researchers. ...more

Seaweed forests could help power tropical islands 2/4/2014

Harvesting seaweed 'forests' and feeding them into large underwater digesters could one day meet the world's energy needs, with nine per cent of the ocean floor being enough to replace fossil fuels entirely, according to an ambitious idea. ...more

Koalas may disappear in areas affected by offset scheme, says foundation 2/4/2014

Australia’s environmental offset system is “ridiculous” and must change to prevent the koala being wiped out in several areas of the country, according to the Australian Koala Foundation. ...more