Environmental Protection

Fewer 'good air' days in China despite official efforts

Beijing - AFP

Chinese cities had fewer "good air" days in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year despite government efforts to curb incessant smog, according to official data. China has vowed to target coal-burning and vehicle emissions, increase investment in clean energy and punish polluters in a bid to improve the air quality of the world's secondRead more

Trump poised to roll back climate protections

Washington - Arab Today

US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday roll back a slew of environmental protections enacted by Barack Obama, in a bid to untether the fossil fuel industry. In a maiden trip to the Environmental Protection Agency, Trump will sign an "Energy Independence Executive Order," a White House official told AFP. The new president will unveil a series of measures toRead more

France to launch ‘green’ bond

Paris - Arab Today

France aims to launch its first “green” bond by the end of the month, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Tuesday, as the government seeks to make Paris a center for financing environmentally friendly projects. As host of the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat global warming, France’s government had hoped to be the first sovereign borrower to venture into theRead more

Biden: American push to low-carbon future unstoppable

Ottawa - Arab Today

The US will stay on its current path toward a low-carbon economy after Donald Trump’s inauguration, US Vice President Joe Biden predicted on Friday during a visit to Ottawa. “Whatever uncertainty exists around the near-term policy choices of the next president, I am absolutely confident the US will continue making progress to this path to a low-carbon future,” Biden toldRead more

Earth is Warmer Than It Has Been in 120,000 Years

London - QNA

A new study paints a picture of an Earth that is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark in more than 2 million years. As part of her doctoral dissertation at Stanford University, Carolyn Snyder, now a climate policy official at the US Environmental Protection Agency, created aRead more

Massive sinkhole leaks Florida plant’s water into aquifer

Tampa , Florida - Arab Today

A phosphate company says more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water from a fertilizer plant in central Florida leaked into one of the state’s main underground sources of drinking water after a massive sinkhole opened up beneath a storage pond. Mosaic, the world’s largest supplier of phosphate, said the hole opened up beneath a pile of waste material calledRead more