Focus on Environment
Athens chokes in clouds of Sahara dust after hottest March in 15 years
Athenians are choking in clouds of thick dust blown in from the Sahara along with unseasonably warm weather, weather forecasters and doctors warned...
China ships Tibetan glacier water to climate-threatened Maldives
China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said Thursday, a gift from...
Intensifying water crisis in Iraq leaves farmers clinging to sidr trees
BASRA – Faced with a failing date palm business due to scarce resources, Iraqi farmer Ismail Ibrahim has planted “sidr”, or jujube, trees...
England’s water industry under fire over ‘3.6 million hours of sewage spills last year’
The water industry has come under fire after figures revealed storm overflows dumped sewage into rivers and seas in England for more than...
UK retailers sign agreement after greenwashing concerns
UK retailers Asda, Asos and Boohoo have all promised to ensure customers are given accurate information about how environmentally friendly their clothes are...
Brazil, France launch $1.1 billion program to protect Amazon rainforest
BELEM, Brazil – Brazil and France on Tuesday launched an investment program to protect the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon rainforest involving 1 billion...
Sweden aims to boost plastic recycling with giant plant
Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant dubbed “Site Zero”, which Sweden...
Tiny, endangered fish hinders California river conservation plan
Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables, planned to start a conservation...
Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday wish? More time to get out the conservation message
NEW YORK – British primatologist-turned-conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall will mark her 90th birthday next month with a series of talks. Her greatest wish...
Australia battles to save last 11 wild ‘earless dragons’ from extinction
Australia’s grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous...
