Historic Petition Demands Obama ‘Turn Off the Carbon Pollution Spigot’
Hundreds of groups filed what they called a “historic” petition to President Barack Obama on Tuesday, urging the administration to end all fossil fuel leases on federal lands. More than...
Mexico to plant 18 million trees against pollution
Authorities will plant 18 million trees in Mexico City and its surrounding suburbs as part of efforts to combat air pollution, the government said. Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano on Monday...
‘There is no escape’: Nairobi’s air pollution sparks Africa health warning
Aminibus belches black smoke; the lorry behind it in the traffic jam billows white fumes. Eyes smart in the smog as diesel gases from thousands of 10 and 15-year-old vehicles fill Nairobi’s hazy...
A long way from Benidorm: rural regeneration in south-east Spain
Author: kevin Rushby Evaristo is teaching me to make paella. You might, like I did, think you know already, but Evaristo lives and breathes the stuff – he has made it every day for over 30 years....
Meet new Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave
He is opposed to big dams, advocates natural farming, considers sewage treatment technology to be a “big fraud”, admires Tripura’s CPI(M) Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, is passionate about river...
Florida algae bloom poses danger to economy, sea life
Every night Tim Robinson sleeps in his boat, which floats atop a blanket of foul-smelling bright green slime. For houseboat dwellers like Robinson, the toxic algae bloom spreading through...
Susan Weinreich: Shifting landscape
Susan Weinreich (Booth 200) moved from the East Coast to Boulder two and a half years ago, and the shift in her environment is beginning to appear in her paintings. At Art Santa Fe, she will...
WETEX 2016 set for largest display of green solutions
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) said the upcoming Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016), held under the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,...
