Environment

Free saplings will be distributed in Paphos on Friday to mark the annual Tree Festival and promote environmental awareness in the community, the forestry department has announced. The festival is ...

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi As we go through the first weeks of 2024, it’s time to decide what sticks around. We’ve all seen the trend – the ‘ins and outs’ ...

An ad hoc committee on works in the Akamas will examine a report on the controversial roadworks on January 31, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. The report, drawn up by ...

The launch of the ‘photovoltaics for all’ scheme will likely get the green light from the cabinet next week, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. Speaking on a television ...

Photovoltaic (PV) systems have been installed in 405 school buildings in collaboration with the electricity authority (EAC), the Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday. The final report on the project, agreed ...

Water levels of in the vast majority of the islands’ dams are well below half of their capacity, it emerged on Monday. Low rainfall last year coupled with a prolonged ...

Works in the Akamas will resume “immediately” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, despite calls against it by the Green Party. Speaking about last month’s cabinet decision regarding changes ...

Restarting works in Akamas would be a terrible mistake, head of the Green Party Giorgos Perdikis said on Friday after a meeting with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou. Calling the matter ...

The environment department has signed an agreement for the installation of 129 paper compactors to address the growing issue of solid municipal waste along the coastal regions of Limassol and Paphos. ...

Cyta has put into operation the 4th photovoltaic system in its buildings, this time at its head offices, it announced on Friday. At the same time, the installation of photovoltaic ...

Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably By Judith Weis Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many ...

Nearly time to breed: the ‘LIFE with Vultures’ project is slowly gaining ground The first days of the New Year bring hope in a rather odd form: a lighter shade ...

YouTube is making millions of dollars a year from advertising on channels that make false claims about climate change because content creators are using new tactics that evade the social ...

The government will decide by the end of the month whether the Cypriot state will invest in the mooted Great Sea Interconnector project, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. ...

Commissioner of the Environment, Antonia Theodosiou, said it was critical for businesses to align with the newly established framework of the European Green Deal. At a workshop titled “How do ...

The Greens on Friday called for a complete re-design of the Akamas plan, saying a reversal of the controversial road works does not go far enough in protecting the national ...

An amount of €5m has been allocated by the government to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint. The support measure aims at encouraging businesses to reduce greenhouse emissions and was ...

Tens of millions of Americans were under the threat of menacing weather on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm loomed across the East Coast after leaving in its wake power ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called for explicit guidelines governing the installation of agrisolar systems on fertile land, and in a way that does not interfere with crop production. The matter was ...

The Polish government ordered a state-run company that manages more than 7 million hectares of the country’s forests to curtail logging in 10 most cherished forest areas, delivering on a campaign ...

By Amel Emric Visitors to the otherwise picturesque historic town of Visegrad in eastern Bosnia are first greeted by the sight of a huge floating waste dump caught in the ...

The energy ministry on Tuesday formally announced details of proposed subsidy plans for use of renewable energy from rooftop installations and energy saving measures through insulation. The final plan has ...

The electricity authority’s new photovoltaic park which was inaugurated in Akrotiri on Tuesday will help the island move away from power generated from fossil fuels. But, “the penetration of ...

The roads being built in Akamas are not wider than originally planned, the outgoing head of the forestry department Charalambos Alexandrou said on Monday, in a swansong statement on the ...