Posts tagged with "Environment"

China to crack down on diesel trucks, raise fuel standards Asia

China to crack down on diesel trucks, raise fuel standards

January 5th, 2019 China will take action against highly-polluting diesel trucks by imposing tougher fuel and engine standards, raising rail freight volumes and strengthening its monitoring capabilities, new guidelines published by the environment ministry said. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment said in a policy document on Friday it would aim to...
Japan to withdraw from International Whaling Commission Oceania

Japan to withdraw from International Whaling Commission

December 26th, 2018 By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japan will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and resume commercial whaling from July, it said on Wednesday, abandoning a decades-old campaign to persuade the commission to allow it to hunt whales commercially. The announcement drew criticism from anti-whaling groups...
Volunteers worried about marine pollution Cyprus

Volunteers worried about marine pollution

December 23rd, 2018 ALL PEOPLE who took part in a survey on marine litter, especially plastic, said they were worried about garbage in the sea. Some 52 per cent of coastal businesses and 76 per cent of volunteers who participated in clean-ups of beaches during the summer said it was a major concern. The research, carried out by research centre Akti,...
‘Say no to plastic straws’ TV spot launched  Cyprus

‘Say no to plastic straws’ TV spot launched 

December 6th, 2018 A TV spot for the campaign ‘Cyprus says no to plastic straws’ featuring ‘Salina the flamingo’ was launched on Thursday. The flamingo stands for the animals threatened by the use of plastic drinking straws, which the pupils of special school Ayios Spiridonas in Larnaca aim to save. Ayios Spyridonas is at the forefront of the...
Australian kids walk out of school to protest climate inaction Oceania

Australian kids walk out of school to protest climate inaction

November 30th, 2018 Thousands of children walked out of school across Australia on Friday in protest against government inaction on climate change, prompting a rebuke from a minister who said they were setting themselves up for "failure". Children, parents and teachers gathered in Sydney's central business district in the lunch hour, chanting "ScoMo's...
Cyprus climbs on global prosperity index Cyprus

Cyprus climbs on global prosperity index

November 30th, 2018 Cyprus ranked 28 out of 149 countries in a global prosperity index conducted by London-based Legatum Institute, performing best on personal freedom and safety and security, and lowest on the natural environment and education pillars. Cyprus climbed one position from 29 to 28 when compared with 2017 in its overall prosperity score, a...
Children behind push to end use of straws in Larnaca area Cyprus

Children behind push to end use of straws in Larnaca area

November 30th, 2018 More than 2,000 multi-use straws were on Thursday bought by people as part of the campaign by children at the special school Ayios Spyridonas to put an end to the use of plastic drinking straws in Larnaca. The initiative by the pupils intends to replace the conventional plastic straws in the area with biodegradable and multi-use ones...
Nearly 80 per cent of rubbish still being dumped in landfills Cyprus

Nearly 80 per cent of rubbish still being dumped in landfills

November 22nd, 2018 Cyprus ranked second in per capita production of municipal solid waste among EU member states in 2016 while nearly 80 per cent of rubbish is still dumped in landfills, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Wednesday. In the latest available EU data, which go up to 2016, per capita production of municipal solid waste reached 642kg...
Delivering results on clean energy Guest Columnist

Delivering results on clean energy

November 20th, 2018 By Miguel Arias Canete THE transition towards a low-carbon economy, as we tackle climate change, is one of the biggest opportunities of our time. As Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, my aim is to accelerate the clean energy transition by putting in place the right legal, policy and financial framework, which includes...
Lefkara determined to track down tree thieves Cyprus

Lefkara determined to track down tree thieves

November 15th, 2018 Trees which are hundreds of years old are being cut down for firewood and making furniture in Lefkara local officials say. The cut trees include olive and carob and the authorities are determined to take action to combat the illegal logging. The municipality of Lefkara on Tuesday convened a meeting at its offices with the mayor,...
Larnaca beach cleanup in framework of green international marathon Cyprus

Larnaca beach cleanup in framework of green international marathon

November 13th, 2018 A large part of the Finikoudes beach in Larnaca was cleaned on Monday from rubbish in the context of the “green” international Larnaca marathon. “A cleaning of the Finikoudes beach took place in cooperation with the Larnaca municipality as part of an important and at the same time symbolic move on which the organising committee...
Environmental pollution in developing countries - Is attenuation possible? Sponsored Post

Environmental pollution in developing countries - Is attenuation possible?

November 8th, 2018 There are only two things no human or any life form can go without, air and water. Woefully, there is a major crisis worldwide related to environmental pollution, the situation being critical in developing countries. Even if you are lucky enough to live in a country where pollution levels aren’t alarmingly high as there are enough...
Free and legal household waste spots for Limassol residents Cyprus

Free and legal household waste spots for Limassol residents

November 8th, 2018 Four ‘green points’ have been established in the Limassol district, where residents can unload bulky recyclable household waste for free, it was announced on Wednesday. The green points, located in the communities of Fasoula, Kolossi, Avdimou and Pareklisia, have been operational since September 28, said Mesa Geitonia mayor, Doros...
Wildlife populations plummeting in face of human activity World

Wildlife populations plummeting in face of human activity

October 29th, 2018 Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60 per cent since 1970 as humans overuse natural resources, drive climate change and pollute the planet, a report warns. WWF has called for an ambitious "global deal" for nature and people, similar to the international Paris Agreement to tackle climate change, as the conservation charity's...
Limassol action group organises demo against high-rises Cyprus

Limassol action group organises demo against high-rises

October 27th, 2018 A Limassol action group have called on the public to attend a demonstration on Saturday against the social and environmental consequences of the mushrooming high-rise buildings and soaring rents in the city. The demonstration, organised by the Active Citizens of Limassol Initiative, will take place on Saturday at 11am, starting from...
Cyprus scientists want your response on climate change and health Cyprus

Cyprus scientists want your response on climate change and health

October 24th, 2018 By Xanthi Andrianou and Konstantinos Christos Makris Environment, climate change and health: what do we know? Since the 1950s, systematic human activities have caused the exponential growth of key global ecological drivers of planetary health: disruption of the global climatic balance, environmental pollution, rapid biodiversity...
EU contract for animal waste disposal in north Cyprus

EU contract for animal waste disposal in north

October 17th, 2018 The European Commission signed a new €2.4m works contract for the construction of an animal waste disposal system in the Turkish Cypriot community, it was announced on Wednesday. “The objective is improved public health, animal health and environment by implementing a system for the collection, transport and disposal of materials...
Piles of old tyres transferred to Vassiliko Cyprus

Piles of old tyres transferred to Vassiliko

October 15th, 2018 Some 1,800 tonnes of old tyres have been transferred from the Dali industrial area to Vassiliko cement works, a licensed management facility where the waste will be managed in an environmentally friendly way, the agriculture ministry announced on Monday. Following the successful completion of this first phase, the ministry added, the...
‘Walking a fine line’ on Larnaca’s salt lake Cyprus

‘Walking a fine line’ on Larnaca’s salt lake

October 12th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The government will prepare a comprehensive action plan on the management of the ecosystem of the Larnaca salt lake, Agriculture Minister, Costas Kadis, said on Thursday. The minister visited Larnaca where he had a number of meetings, among them, with Mayor Andreas Vyras to discuss a number of projects underway...
Barn owls recruited to fight rodents in buffer zone Cyprus

Barn owls recruited to fight rodents in buffer zone

October 8th, 2018 Authorities have installed 15 artificial nests for barn owls (Tyto alba) in the buffer zone around the Nicosia airport as part of a pilot project to combat rodents, according to the Game Fund. The area around the airport, defunct since 1974, was chosen as there are agricultural crops and livestock farms in the region which attract...
UN: 'unprecedented' steps to avert worst effects of global warming World

UN: 'unprecedented' steps to avert worst effects of global warming

October 8th, 2018 Society would have to enact "unprecedented" changes to how it consumes energy, travels and builds to meet a lower global warming target or it risks increases in heat waves, flood-causing storms and the chances of drought in some regions as well as the loss of species, a U.N. report said on Monday. Keeping the Earth's temperature rise...
Limassol mayor says sea pollution levels fell in 2018 Cyprus

Limassol mayor says sea pollution levels fell in 2018

September 21st, 2018   Cruise ships dumping their waste in the sea off Limassol significantly contribute to sea pollution, city mayor, Nicos Nicolaides, said on Friday, adding that tackling the issue remains one of his municipality’s highest priorities. In a meeting with stakeholders, the pollution targets made for the summer of 2018 were...
Nicosia mayor hails mini-bus success but wants more people to get on board Cyprus

Nicosia mayor hails mini-bus success but wants more people to get on board

September 21st, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou Since it started operating in May 2017, the number of passengers using the Nicosia mini-bus service, which operates in and around the old town, has jumped from 80 people in its first week to 1,200 per week today, the capital’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Friday. In a written announcement,...
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