India Launches Phone App to Monitor New Delhi’s Pollution
India’s capital, laboring under the label of being the world’s most polluted city, is trying something new to help clean up its air. A smartphone application that allows residents to...
Road to COP22: Green Tourism in Marrakech
Morocco sets up a number of initiatives in sustainable development as it prepares to host the Conference on Parties (COP22). In our series “Road to COP22”, we take you to the discovery of various...
Ten tests to prove UAE zero energy house
Once the competition starts, the house will be lived in to test and prove the veracity of the materials used The American University of Ras al-Khaimah (AURAK) was awarded a place in the Dubai round...
UAE raises clean energy target to 27% by 2021
The UAE has decided to raise its clean energy target from 24 per cent to 27 per cent by 2021 as part of its commitment to global efforts to fight climate change, a senior official told Gulf News on...
Play your cat this music, it’s made just for her
David Teie plays a few high-pitched notes on his cello before passing to the low ones, stopping Lizzy, a small black cat with white paws, in her tracks. Donnie, a white and ginger tomcat, abandons...
Hollywood star Ruffalo calls Obama ‘immoral’ at climate rally
Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo accused US President Barack Obama of hypocrisy for allowing fracking and other fossil fuel extraction while presenting himself as a green president. The Oscar-nominated...
United Nations calls for reforesting of Kilimanjaro
Reforesting the continent’s highest mountain could help protect vital water supplies that are under threat in many parts of East Africa, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme...
Hunting gastronomic gold in Italy’s truffle country
“It is not a job. It’s a passion, a real sickness!” It is the early hours of the morning and Giovanni Sacchetto is explaining why chilly autumn nights find him trailing by moonlight through the...
