Landfills around the world release a lot of methane – study
By Gloria Dickie Decomposing food waste is releasing thousands of tonnes of planet-warming methane gas at landfills in Buenos Aires, Delhi, Mumbai, and Lahore, new...
Environment
Big projects endanger Akrotiri salt lake ecosystem
Following the red flags recently raised over the environmental dangers from ongoing construction in the Akrotiri salt lake area, the environment department announced that a...
Ineia leader threatens to dig up turtle nests in Akamas protest (Updated)
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis warned on Wednesday that Ineia landowners were entitled to stage protests but not to engage in extreme behaviour or cause damage...
Why low water levels on the Rhine river hurt Germany’s economy
Water levels on the Rhine river are very low because of unusually hot and dry weather, preventing many vessels from navigating the critical European shipping...
How centuries of self-isolation turned Japan into one of the most sustainable societies
By Hiroko Oe At the start of the 1600s, Japan’s rulers feared that Christianity – which had recently been introduced to the southern parts of...
Mandatory helmet law will not make cycling safer
We need better infrastructure, safer vehicles and education By Anastasia Korae A few weeks ago, the Cyprus parliament passed an amendment to the Bicycles Law...
Cyprus records fifth highest increase in gas emissions in the EU
Cyprus recorded the fifth highest increase in greenhouse gas emissions among EU member states in the first quarter of 2022, according to a data published...
French sorghum farmer defies drought with sustainable crop
Corn plants near Paris are stunted and the soil of harvested wheat fields is bone dry, but on Eudes Coutte’s sorghum plot the leaves are...
Poland says Oder tests so far not showing poison as cause of fish die-off
Poison cannot be ruled out as the cause of a mass die-off of fish in the Oder river but tests so far have not proven...
New Zealand’s endangered kakapo parrot gets a big population boost
By Lucy Craymer The population of New Zealand’s kakapo, an endangered flightless parrot, has increased 25 per cent in the last year to 252 birds...
