Environment

How cats and dogs affect the climate – and what you can do about it By Peter Alexander According to Patrick Hanson, the CEO of Luxaviation, a Luxembourg-based luxury airline firm, ...

Our public buildings are supposed to be zero emission by 2026, just three years away Over the years we witnessed energy price surges quite a few times, but the situation became ...

By Kate Abnett European Union countries want to water down parts of the bloc’s flagship nature law by adding loopholes to dodge certain targets, as they attempt to find ...

Satellite-tagged vultures uncover suspected poisoning incidents near Kafue National Park By Gloria Dickie Lion and leopard populations in Zambia’s Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos on Tuesday warned of the dangers that plastic pollution poses for Cyprus and the world. Speaking a day after World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5 ...

The environment department gave the green light for a large photovoltaic park in Trimiklini, despite the local community’s initial objections. The 2.2 MW photovoltaic park, owned by A.V. Earth ...

Gender-sensitive policies are needed to tackle the climate crisis, which has led to an increase in violence against women, the federation of women’s movements (Pogo) said on Monday. Women ...

The Commissioner for the Environment, Maria Panayiotou, said that the Pedagogical Academy National Forest Park in Nicosia is set to become a model in terms of water management. In a ...

The Green party on Saturday decried “the environmental crime” at the Ammos tou Kambouri beach in Ayia Napa, during a protest organised ahead of World Environment Day. “This is a ...

Airlines will ride the crest of a faster-than-expected recovery and discuss ways of translating climate pledges into action at a summit buoyed by a return to business as usual next ...

Volunteers collected 680 kilos of rubbish along the Dasoudi beachfront as part of the underwater and beach cleanliness campaign in Limassol. The clean-up was organised by the Coastal Studies and Research ...

Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N and Chevron Corp CVX.N shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected calls for stronger measures to mitigate climate change, dismissing more than a dozen climate-related proposals ...

The agriculture ministry on Wednesday informed the cabinet that it would be allocating funds exceeding €70 million, part of which will be used to attract young people to farming. The decision ...

Six national guard camps are to be run as environmentally friendly prototypes for the rest to follow, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas said that the ...

By Valerie Volcovici As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty, debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry ...

By Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Alex Stojcevski and Saad Mekhilef Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their fossil-fuelled counterparts and could resolve our energy concerns ...

The European Bioblitz took place at the Akrotiri Environmental and Education Centre (AEEC) between May 26-28 with the emphasis on the Akrotiri wetlands area. The three-day event focused on recording ...

The state must do more to assist the public in transitioning to electric vehicles, with an advisory body warning on Tuesday that the shift has to be fair and inclusive. ...

The public has paid an added €569.6 million through their electricity bills as levied by the state, via the EAC, as Cyprus continues to be slapped with steep fines for its ...

The island is increasingly dependent on desalination, and the environmental cost is heavy, though that might be about to change By Annette Chrysostomou The energy consumption of desalination is expected ...

The implementation of good practices, the application of technologies related to the decarbonisation of coastal cities and the improvement of the quality of life of residents were the focus of ...

An overnight direct train service connecting Brussels and Berlin was launched this week by Dutch-Belgian railway firm European Sleeper, reflecting a push in Europe to bolster less polluting alternatives to ...

Much of the U.S. Western Pacific territory of Guam was without power and water on Thursday after a typhoon packing ferocious winds and torrential rains battered the island but ...

The Cyprus fisheries department on Wednesday reminded the public of the importance of protecting the island’s turtles as more are expected to visit beaches in the coming months, warning ...