New study estimates $1.9 billion in annual savings by 2030 if UAE can achieve 10% renewable energy mix 10/4/2015

Solar and wind may now be the cheapest sources of new energy supply in the United Arab Emirates, according to a report released today by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. ...more

Scientists seek source of giant methane mass over Southwest U.S. 10/4/2015

Scientists are working to pinpoint the source of a giant mass of methane hanging over the southwestern U.S., which a study found to be the country's largest concentration of the greenhouse gas. ...more

Japan considers evaporation, storage of tritium-laced Fukushima water 10/4/2015

Japan is considering evaporating or storing underground tritium-laced water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant as an alternative to releasing it into the ocean, Tokyo Electric Power Co's chief decommissioning officer told Reuters on Wednesday. ...more

Acidic oceans helped fuel extinction 10/4/2015

Acidic oceans helped fuel the biggest mass extinction in the history of life on Earth, a study says. ...more

Apply for the 2015 World Water Week Journalist Grant! 10/4/2015

Are you passionate about water and development? Have you covered these topics in your work but want a chance to see more, learn more and interview major actors in the water community? ...more

Environment Society of Oman completes tagging of Arabian Sea Humpback whales 9/4/2015

Tagging of three Arabian Sea Humpback Whales has been successfully completed by the Environment Society of Oman (ESO) as part of the second phase of its satellite tracking project along the coast of Dhofar. ...more

Japan targets about 20 percent emissions cuts by 2030: media 9/4/2015

Japan is considering reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by around 20 percent by 2030 as its contribution to a global summit on climate change in Paris later in the year, Japanese media reported on Thursday. ...more

Black flamingo, possibly unique, spotted in Cyprus 9/4/2015

An extremely rare black flamingo has been spotted on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, exciting nature lovers who said it may be the only bird of its type ever seen. ...more

Early warning system to detect algal blooms being launched by EPA 9/4/2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is developing an early warning indicator system using historical and current satellite data to detect algal blooms. ...more

China's environment ministry blocks hydro project 9/4/2015

China's environment ministry has refused approval for a hydropower dam on an ecologically vulnerable river already damaged by construction, a rare setback for the country's extensive dam-building program. ...more