Ministry honours Qatari for solar energy efforts 23/9/2013

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) has honoured a citizen, Hamad Suleiman al-Ghafiri from Al Hadarma, for his efforts in utilising solar energy, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported. ...more

Cleaner air from tackling climate change 'would save millions of lives' 23/9/2013

Tackling climate change would save millions of lives a year by the end of the century purely as a result of the decrease in air pollution, according to a new study. ...more

Amoebas in Louisiana’s Water 23/9/2013

Clean water is essential for human survival. More than half of our body is made up of water, and without it, we can only live for a couple of days. How much do we really know about what we're drinking, though? ...more

US to limit emissions at new power plants 23/9/2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants, in a bid to implement President Barack Obama’s plan to fight climate change. ...more

Iraq plans to spend $1.5 billion on water, sewer initiatives 20/9/2013

Iraq plans to spend in the region of $1.5bn (IQD 1,744.6bn) on water and sewage projects over the next two to three years, according to the country’s municipal affairs minister. ...more

FAO Says Food Waste Harms Climate, Water, Land, and Biodiversity 20/9/2013

The world wastes 1.3 billion tons of food annually—a third of all the food that’s produced—according to a report published last week by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ...more

Leaping Legless Lizards 20/9/2013

The species, all members of the Anniella genus, were hiding in plain site, living in marginal habitats that included "a vacant lot in downtown Bakersfield, among oil derricks in the lower San Joaquin Valley, on the margins of the Mojave desert, and at the end of one of the runways at LAX", according to a statement from UC Berkeley. ...more

EPA expected to tighten curbs on new power plant pollution 20/9/2013

The Obama administration will unveil on Friday new regulations expected to set strict limits on the amount of carbon pollution generated by any new U.S. power plants, and which is certain to face legal challenges and a backlash from congressional supporters of the coal industry. ...more

Overfishing of sharks endangers reefs 20/9/2013

Scientists studying reefs off Australia said on Thursday sharks play a fundamental role in the health of coral, and overfishing of them made reefs more vulnerable to global warming and weather disasters. ...more

Local garbage collection to replace foreign companies 19/9/2013

Ghada Wali, secretary general of the Social Fund, said on Wednesday the fund is studying with the Ministry of Environment and the Cairo and Alexandria governorates the granting of low-interest credit facilities to local garbage collection companies, in a prelude to taper off and eventually end work with foreign companies. ...more