No tax on CO2 emissions in China’s new environment law
China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country’s highest legislative...
Climate pact: From celebrations to threats in a year, thanks to ‘Trump effect’
When the world triumphantly celebrated the signing of the landmark Paris climate pact last December, it was hard to imagine that only a year later it might face an existential threat. Then again,...
Researchers conclude mantises appeared in Tyumen region due to climate change
Researchers from Tyumen State University (TyumSU) and the University of M·nster during the international research project SASCHA discovered that as a result of climate change in Siberia, some...
Dubai’s giant solar park on track for 2017 launch
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has said that 80 percent of the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is complete, as of mid-December. The world’s largest...
Torrential rains batter Spanish salad production causing disruption to UK supplies
Leafy salad supply to the UK is being disrupted after torrential rains in key Spanish growing regions have led to crop losses in lettuce varieties, spinach and other fruit and vegetables. Recent...
Italy: Exotic fruit increasingly popular
Agricola Lusia specialises in the commercialisation of citrus fruit, but also trades exotic fruit – a testament to what has happened and is happening in Italy. “The sector is growing...
Scans unveil secrets of world’s oldest mummies
The world’s oldest mummies have just had an unusual check-up. More than 7,000 years after they were embalmed by the Chinchorro people, an ancient civilization in modern-day Chile and Peru, 15...
Vermont congressman calls on FDA to take action against misleading ‘fake milk’
Vermont’s sole congressman is taking a stand against what he is calling ‘fake milk,’ arguing that if it comes from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk....
