Environment

Dozens of people in Nicosia participated in the Cans for Kids – WE CAN Spring clean-up of the capital, the group said on Tuesday. The clean-up was held near the recycling ...

Polish voters were given food for thought on Friday, as politicians from the two main parties traded accusations that the other side planned to push meat-loving citizens into eating worms ...

By Kate Abnett European Union countries intend to push for a global phasing out of fossil fuels among their climate diplomacy priorities this year, which the bloc hopes to approve ...

Dr Sarah Lothian Delegates gave a jubilant cheer at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Saturday night, as nations reached an agreement on ways to protect marine life in ...

Ten teenagers from Limassol are striving to revolutionise the desiccant industry by offering a new environmentally friendly alternative to the harmful silica gel packets used to absorb moisture. HuskMusk, a ...

Nicosia’s smart city project won first place among 100 nominations across Europe for evaluating the best smart green solutions, the municipality announced on Friday. Smart Nicosia, a project carried out ...

Environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus announced on Thursday that a batch consisting of 14 Griffon vultures arrived on the island from Spain. The arrival of the birds is part of the ‘Life ...

Local authorities should start preparing to meet their 2024 obligations on waste management, including organic waste collection, which might be the “most difficult task”, Green party leader Charalambos Theopemptou has said. ...

By Corina Pons and Virginia Furness In Spain’s A Coruna, two contrasting fashion business models collide – pitching the growing demands for the clothing industry to become more sustainable against ...

Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”. The figures reveal a 49 per ...

By Sanam Mahoozi In Iran this winter, hospital emergency rooms have been full, schools regularly closed, and many people unable to work or even leave their homes due to toxic ...

By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira The factory worker grabbed a handful of worn-out shoes and fed them into roaring machines that chopped and crushed and transformed them into “eco-rubber” – ...

The notion that plant-based food is a “Great Reset” WEF-inspired trend might be overblown. Sean Dollinger, the founder of PlantX (PLTXF:OTC US) tells investors the trend has been incipient ...

Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg and dozens of other activists on Monday blocked entrances to Norway’s energy ministry, protesting against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by indigenous Sami ...

Just days before the end of the Anastasiades administration, two of his ministers publicly disagreed Friday on the compensatory measures for landowners connected to the Akamas local plan with Agriculture ...

Climate and human rights activists sued two of France’s biggest corporations over fossil fuel financing and alleged human rights abuses on Thursday, as campaigners increasingly turn to lawsuits to ...

While Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Thursday expressed pride over finalising the Akamas local plan, Greens MP Charalambos Theopemtou warned its implementation may be a whole other story. According to ...

The outgoing government appeared to have opted for a political joke as its parting shot. Wednesday’s last meeting of the cabinet under President Anastasiades authorised Interior Minister Nicos Nouris ...

Environment Commissioner Clelia Vassiliou on Wednesday said her last act in office will be the planting of 100 trees in Aronas, near Aglandjia in honour of the over 3,800 cases of domestic ...

Paphos quarry workers said on Wednesday that there is a “glimmer of hope” after the government announced a six-month delay and four-month objection period to the freshly publicised Akamas plan. ...

Cabinet on Wednesday decided to postpone implementing the Akamas local development plan for another six months, as part of efforts to find ways of fulfilling all the goals it sets ...

By Martin Clark As a child in 1963, I first became aware that all was not well with our beautiful planet. I know this sounds like rather a young age (I ...

Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after last summer’s emergency, with the Alps having received less than half of their normal ...

By Jack Graham Delegates from up to 193 UN member states are meeting in New York this week in an effort to wrap up negotiations on a long-awaited treaty to protect ...