Middle East In For 10,000-Year Drought – Scientists
Geologists and climatologists analyzed the history of the Middle East and concluded that the drought will last for 10,000 years before rainfall increases significantly, Journal of Quaternary Science...
UN Hails Iran’s Pioneering Role in Resolving Environmental Woes
A UN official has highlighted Iran’s significant role as one of the pioneers in combating dust and sand storms in the Middle East. Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Erik Solheim,...
Rome, city of ancient aqueducts, faces water rationing
Rome’s cold, clean water has flowed through ancient aqueducts, gurgled in baroque fountains and poured incessantly from thousands of the 19th-century spouts that still grace the city streets. For...
Gas pipeline between Malta and Italy to be operational by 2024; to replace Delimara FSU gas tanker
The gas pipeline between Malta and Italy is planned to be up and running by 2024, Energy Minister Joe Mizzi said this morning. Now in the ‘milestone’ phase of submissions of applications...
France could face ‘mega-heatwaves’ of more than 50C by 2100, warn researchers
In France in the summer of 2003, so many people died that the mortuaries over-flowed with bodies and refrigerated lorries had to be used instead. The cause was the country’s worst-ever heatwave,...
Italy drought: Water cuts pose Rome ‘health risk’
Italy’s Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin has warned of health consequences if water rationing is imposed in Rome. Parts of Italy, including the Lazio region around Rome, are suffering from...
Government Statement on Petrol and Diesel Cars
Government have said it carefully notes with much interest the actions being taken by other countries regarding their own individual environmental policies, most recently those of the HMG in the UK...
A sustainable economy for the Arab world
In recent decades, millions of people in the Arab world have been lifted out of extreme poverty. But progress is now at risk of slowing, or even reversing, owing to a vicious circle of economic...
