Copenhagen Airport applies noise lessons to cut air pollution 20/6/2013

When trade unionists began raising concerns about the health impact of pollution on airfield ground and service crews, including possible links to cancer, the Copenhagen Airport moved to restrict aircraft engine use and shift towards greener service vehicles. ...more

Farmed fish overtakes farmed beef for first time 20/6/2013

Cows have been overtaken by fish. For the first time in modern history, the world has been producing more farmed fish than farmed beef. But instead of being a boon for the environment, many fish farms are damaging it because of the types of fish they breed. ...more

Ethiopia, Egypt tone down talk of war over Nile dam 19/6/2013

Ethiopia and Egypt cooled talk of war on Tuesday and agreed to more dialogue to resolve a row over a giant dam that the Horn of Africa nation is building on the Nile, on which Egyptians depend on for almost all their water. ...more

Arabian Sea tsunami threat 19/6/2013

At the western end of the Indian Ocean beneath the Arabian Sea the oceanic plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian continental plate as it moves northward towards Iran and Pakistan, an area known as the Makran subduction zone. ...more

The Seychelles islands get their first wind farm (6MW) from Masdar 19/6/2013

The Seychelles are a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles east of the coast of Africa. ...more

Dutch want their mussels free from micro-plastic litter, call on EU to act 19/6/2013

Toxic substances contained in micro-plastic waste can enter the food chain through ingestion by marine fauna like sea cucumbers, plankton and mussels, claim the Dutch, who called on EU environment ministers to address the issue at a meeting on 18 June in Luxembourg. ...more

Industrialisation of the Great Barrier Reef denounced by World Heritage Committee 19/6/2013

The Australian Marine Conservation Society and WWF-Australia said that Australia’s governments are putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk by failing to implement the World Heritage Committee recommendations around rapid industrialisation. ...more

Nasa-designed solar radiation reflectors in UAE 18/6/2013

The UAE’s Al Serkal Group announced that it has brought In’Flector window insulation panels to the Middle East, North Africa and Asia for the first time. ...more

India to beat China by 2028 ... in population 18/6/2013

A United Nations forecast showed that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, with most growth in developing countries and more than half in Africa. By 2050, it will reach 9.6 billion. ...more

UK garbage industry is worth $4.5 billion 18/6/2013

One man’s waste is another man’s gold. According to a report by a British government agency the country’s garbage disposal is potentially worth over $4.5 billion. ...more