Eat less meat, dairy to slow climate change, study says 3/12/2014

Meat and dairy consumption are rising rapidly across the developing world, and consumers are unaware that their appetite for animal products contributes as much to climate change as exhaust emissions from the transport sector, a new survey shows. ...more

China gets serious about reducing smoking 3/12/2014

In 2009, China's estimated 300 million smokers consumed a staggering 2.3 trillion cigarettes: more than the number smoked in the next four top tobacco-consuming countries—Indonesia, Japan, Russia, and the United States—combined. ...more

Recycling and reusing industrial waste in focus at Jubail conference 2/12/2014

The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) will organize an international conference on modern technologies in recycling and reusing industrial waste in Jubail Industrial City on December 3-4. ...more

Eleven EU nations call for cleaner air, less waste 2/12/2014

Ministers from 11 EU member states, including France and Germany, have written to the European Commission calling on it to press ahead with a tougher air quality law and new rules on cutting waste, according to a letter seen by Reuters. ...more

Californian drought could wipe out southernmost coho salmon group 2/12/2014

California's three-year drought threatens to wipe out the last of the Muir Woods coho salmon that make their way each year from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in a freshwater creek running through the redwoods near San Francisco, state officials said on Monday. ...more

What drives the global warming debate? 2/12/2014

Scientists have presented the most comprehensive evidence to date that climate extremes such as droughts and record temperatures are failing to change people’s minds about global warming. ...more

Australia slashes funding for UN Environment Programme 2/12/2014

Australia will cut its funding to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) by more than 80%, it has been reported. ...more

TZOA wearable environment tracker measures UV and air pollution 2/12/2014

A group of Canadian designers has created a wearable device that monitors environmental data including air quality and UV radiation, and presents the metrics via an app. ...more

Kuwaiti youngster talks water rationalization at Arab environment forum 1/12/2014

A young Kuwaiti participant at the seventh annual conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), which kicked off in the Jordanian capital last Wednesday, discussed his personal experience with rationalizing water consumption inside homes. ...more

France to rank cars for pollution, wants to phase out diesel fuel 1/12/2014

France wants to gradually phase out the use of diesel fuel for private passenger transport and will put in place a system to identify the most polluting vehicles, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday. ...more