environment
‘Cement mountain’: China’s rocky road on biodiversity beyond rosy UN summit
Environment
October 18, 2021
‘Cement mountain’: China’s rocky road on biodiversity beyond rosy UN summit
KUNMING, China, Oct 18 (Reuters) – China used a five-day United Nations biodiversity conference in Kunming to celebrate its achievements…
Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists
Environment
October 16, 2021
Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists
An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create…
‘Our whole life depends on water’: Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
Middle East
October 14, 2021
‘Our whole life depends on water’: Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
CHEBAYESH MARSHES, Iraq, Oct 14 (Reuters) – On an island surrounded by the narrow waterways of the Chebayesh Marshes in…
Egypt first country in the Middle East and Africa to issue green bonds: minister
Business
October 13, 2021
Egypt first country in the Middle East and Africa to issue green bonds: minister
Egypt is now the first country in the Middle East and Africa to issue green bonds, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait …
UN urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
Environment
October 10, 2021
UN urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
KUNMING, China, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The global community must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of…
Records show slow response to report of California oil spill
World
October 5, 2021
Records show slow response to report of California oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the…
Firefighters retreat as La Palma volcanic explosions intensify
World
September 25, 2021
Firefighters retreat as La Palma volcanic explosions intensify
LA PALMA, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Intensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma forced firefighters to retreat…
#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up
World
September 24, 2021
#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up
As the pivotal COP26 climate conference nears, there is a sense of betrayal within the climate movement that setting more…
Alexandria aims to break Guinness World Record with largest beach cleaning campaign
Egypt
September 21, 2021
Alexandria aims to break Guinness World Record with largest beach cleaning campaign
In an effort to break a new Guinness World Record, Alexandria Governor Mohamed al-Sharif praised cleaning work on Monday conducted…
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
World
September 20, 2021
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There’s more of it…