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UK Government to Promote Green Alternatives to Inhaler F-Gases
The UK Government will continue to work to reduce harmful F-gas emissions, which are commonly found in fridges and asthma inhalers.
That’s according to its response to a report from the Environmental Audit...
Historic Floods in Japan Kill More Than 100, Force Millions to Flee
At least 109 people have died in Japan following historic flooding and mudslides over the weekend that prompted evacuation orders covering about five million people, The Guardian reported Monday.
The flooding was prompted...
Church of England Threatens to Withdraw Investment from Oil and Gas
The Church of England has voted in favour of withdrawing investment from companies that aren’t doing enough to tackle climate change.
The General Synod, the decision-making body for the Church, said it broadly...
Red List Research Finds 26,000 Global Species under Extinction Threat
More than 26,000 of the world’s species are now threatened, according to the latest red list assessment of the natural world, adding to fears the planet is entering a sixth wave of...
Summer Heat Waves Break Records Across Northern Hemisphere
The summer of 2018 is shaping up to be one for the record books. Locations across the Northern Hemisphere have recorded their hottest temperatures ever this past week, the Washington Post reported...
Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Fast Becoming the Worlds New Oil
For an energy source that's been around for three decades, the lithium-ion battery is only just hitting its stride.It’s worked its way up from primitive cellular phones to cameras and laptops before...
‘Atlantification’ of Arctic Ocean Speeds Up
The Arctic Ocean is warming so rapidly that it may soon transform into an upper arm of the Atlantic Ocean, researchers say.
A study published this week in Nature Climate Change shows how...
One Football Pitch of Forest Lost every Second in 2017, Data Reveals
The world lost more than one football pitch of forest every second in 2017, according to new data from a global satellite survey, adding up to an area equivalent to the whole...
Dusan Stokic: Company’s Reputation and Ethical Operation Influence its Competitiveness
With talked with Dusan Stokic, Head of Department for Environmental Protection, Technical Regulations, Quality and Social Responsibility in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, about the activities of this National Center for assistance...
Bumblebees Thrive in Towns more than Countryside
Bumblebee colonies fare better in villages and cities than in fields, research has revealed.Bumblebees are important pollinators, but face threats including habitat loss, climate change, pesticide and fungicide use and parasites. Now...
Coral Reefs ‘Will Be Overwhelmed by Rising Oceans’
Scientists have uncovered a new threat to the world’s endangered coral reefs. They have found that most are incapable of growing quickly enough to compensate for rising sea levels triggered by global...
New York Announces ‘Energy Storage Roadmap’ to Hit Low Carbon Goals
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced an ‘Energy Storage Roadmap’ to guide the state toward its energy storage target of 1.5GW by 2025.
This figure is equivalent to the electricity demand...
ORCA: Nature in the Service of Agriculture
In the interview with Elvir Burazerovic, General Manager of NGO ORCA, we found out what is necessary to do in order to make our agriculture sustainable, as well as what ORCA is...
High Risk of Food Shortages without Pesticides, Says Chemical Giant
The world is likely to face food shortages within 20 years if pesticides and genetically modified crops are shunned, according to the head of the world’s biggest pesticide manufacturer.
J Erik Fyrwald, CEO...
Antarctic Ice Melting Faster than ever, Studies Show
Ice in the Antarctic is melting at a record-breaking rate and the subsequent sea rises could have catastrophic consequences for cities around the world, according to two new studies.A report led by...
Samsung Commits to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020
Samsung Electronics announced Thursday an aim to source 100 percent renewable energy for its energy used in all of its factories, office buildings and operational facilities in the U.S., Europe and China...
