There has been much debate about Iraq – but not about the considerable environmental damage which a war would cause. Duncan McLaren and Ian Willmore of Friends of the Earth assess the evidence. This article was published by The Guardian on January 19, 2003 – but there’s still no peace in Iraq and especially in […]
A team of scientists at Jeddah-based King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is testing a technique for freezing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants that is about half the cost of existing carbon capture techniques, Bloomberg and Arab News reported. The cryogenic technology was developed by Sustainable Energy Solutions, a private company based in Salt […]
The global economy could lose about $ 2.7 trillion annually due to biodiversity loss by 2030 due to the impact on fish food and wood from forests. This is stated in the calculations of the World Bank, according to Bloomberg. At the same time, the World Bank noted, the current economic forecasts are too optimistic, […]
The Gulf of Mexico is on fire, set on fire by another oil and gas corporation. This time it’s Mexican. Natural gas is burning. Such surrealistic paintings bring us closer to extinction, and it’s speeding up. Mexico’s state-owned oil company said on June, 2 it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the […]
Zoos have long faced ethical issues surrounding the capture and keeping of wild animals, often countered by those who say their existence is justified by education and conservation efforts. One solution is to leave the animals in their countries of origin and focus on protecting them there, and turn to augmented and virtual reality for […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Manama a “Health City 2021”, the first capital city in the Middle East to have received such an honour, adding a new international achievement to the kingdom’s rich record of accomplishments. The declaration was made during a virtual ceremony held by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern […]
A living museum. That is hardly a phrase usually heard to describe an ancient site whose history stretches back some 2,000 years to the time of the Nabataeans, an enigmatic people whose trading empire carved out this mysterious hidden gem, known today as AlUla. The site will soon enjoy a second chance at glory thanks […]
In order to protect nature, we’ve got to not only sign a petition or use organic materials: we have to consume less. One of the ways of doing it is to buy a stylish outfit. It helps you save your own money and protect the environment. Fashionable clothes can be cheap, says Egor Voronkin, Ukrainian […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources revealed on June, 30 the results of discussions held by the ministry’s delegation during its official visit to Turkey last week, as well as discussing the possibility of Ankara’s contribution in building the Makhoul Dam project, state media reported. Ministry spokesman Awni Diab confirmed to state media that there […]
Of course, you know who Greta Thunberg is? Have you heard about her main creation – so called Fridays For Future strikes? Even more – do you know that a movement established by a small girl in 2019 started to influence EU politics? Let’s check it, thankfully to Ecoaction NGO explanation. In 2019, during the […]
