Brisbane airport bans climate ad ahead of G20 3/11/2014

A bid by environmentalists to confront world leaders with a digital billboard highlighting climate change has been thwarted by Brisbane airport authorities who deemed the message too political. ...more

Tunisia, EU event on improving water management 31/10/2014

Improving water supply in agriculture by introducing agricultural management practices able to satisfy the sector's needs through a more efficient use of water and the use of waste water for irrigation is the objective of European project ACCBAT, coordinated by the Institute for university cooperation (Icu) in Rome, at the center of a conference that opened Wednesday in Nabeul, Tunisia. ...more

Rio 2016 says it will offset 3.6 million tonnes of emissions at Games 31/10/2014

The Rio 2016 local organizing committee set a target on Thursday to offset the total amount of greenhouse gases estimated to be produced by the world's largest multi-sport event. ...more

Australia set to pay polluters to cut emissions 31/10/2014

Australia is set to approve measures giving polluters financial incentives to reduce emissions blamed for climate change, in a move critics described as ineffective environmental policy. ...more

Gray wolf reported at Grand Canyon for first time in decades 31/10/2014

A gray wolf was recently photographed on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona in what would be the first wolf sighting in the national park since the last one was killed there in the 1940s, conservation groups said on Thursday. ...more

Regreening program to restore one-sixth of Ethiopia's land (VIDEO) 31/10/2014

Fifteen years ago the villages around Abrha Weatsbha in northern Ethiopia were on the point of being abandoned. The hillsides were barren, the communities, plagued by floods and droughts, needed constant food aid, and the soil was being washed away. ...more

EarthCam shares exclusive live footage of Jordan breaking a Guinness World Record 31/10/2014

Early yesterday morning, Jordan officially broke the Guinness World Record for largest floating image by creating a peace sign! ...more

Jordanian Feynan Ecolodge named as finalist in National Geographic World Legacy Awards (PHOTOS) 30/10/2014

The National Geographic has announced Feynan Ecolodge as a finalist in their inaugural World Legacy Awards. ...more

Snap to it: U.S. mulls adding turtles to endangered species list 30/10/2014

The U.S. government has proposed adding four types of freshwater turtles to an international endangered species list, in part to better monitor exports of the species, whose meat is considered a delicacy in Asia. ...more

Fashion industry making progress in cutting deforestation from clothing 30/10/2014

Several more clothing companies have committed to eliminate fiber produced via destruction of endangered forests, adding momentum to a zero deforestation movement within the fashion sector, argues a new report published by Canopy, an environmental non-profit. ...more