California lawmakers near vote on raising smoking age to 21 10/3/2016

California's Senate is poised to vote on a sweeping package of anti-smoking measures —including raising the smoking age to 21— as lawmakers try to crack down on tobacco use and the health problems that flow from it. ...more

UN says 34 countries don't have enough food for their people 10/3/2016

Thirty four countries — nearly 80 percent of them in Africa — don't have enough food for their people because of conflicts, drought and flooding, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. ...more

India to launch heat wave programs in vulnerable cities 10/3/2016

Indian officials are launching a program to protect people from extreme heat in two high-risk regions, after a devastating heat wave killed at least 2,500 people across the country last year. ...more

Record 1,300 rhinos poached in Africa in 2015: wildlife body 10/3/2016

More than 1,300 rhinos were poached in Africa last year, a record since 2008 when South Africa banned trade in rhino horns, leading conservation body IUCN said on Wednesday. ...more

ABC reveals the positive results of its environmental initiatives and introduces awareness workshops within its malls 9/3/2016

ABC Lebanon announced the positive results of its photovoltaic power plant at ABC Achrafieh, and its waste management program implementation, succeeding in 2015 in generating 31% of the needed electricity at the mall, which is enough power supply for 300 homes. ...more

Frog with yellow eyebrows discovered in Colombia 9/3/2016

A new species of terrestrial frog with yellow eyebrows has been found in Colombia's East Andes, researchers announced. ...more

Warm weather speeds up peak bloom for Washington's cherry trees 9/3/2016

Washington's renowned cherry trees are expected to hit their peak bloom from March 18 to 23, earlier than first predicted due to unseasonably warm weather, the National Park Service said on Tuesday. ...more

Starving animals up for sale at Gaza zoo 8/3/2016

A Gaza zoo owner is putting the last of his starving animals up for sale. ...more

United States delivers first payment to global climate fund 8/3/2016

The United States has paid $500 million into the United Nations' Green Climate Fund, the first tranche of the $3 billion it pledged as part of the commitments it made in the December Paris Climate Agreement, the State Department confirmed Monday. ...more

Deluges increasing in world's wettest and driest regions: study 8/3/2016

Extreme downpours are increasingly hitting both the wettest and driest regions of the world and global warming will raise the risks of bigger cloudbursts for the rest of the century, a study showed on Monday. ...more