Powerful Typhoon Mawar is forecast to approach the southwestern part of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture later this week, with the country’s weather agency warning of high tides and violent winds in the Sakishima Islands from Monday. The typhoon was moving northwest from the east of the Philippines at around 10 kilometers per hour as of 9 […]
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Rags, cans, faded plastic wrap … household waste-turned garments made an eye-catching debut on the catwalk of Israel’s Tel Aviv Fashion Week, with this year’s event shining a spotlight on sustainable fashion. The annual fashion week ended Wednesday, but the discussion on sustainable fashion is far from over. Here in the economic and hi-tech hub […]
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Namibia’s Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein on Friday called for intensified collaboration among sectors to ensure sustainable water supply and safeguard the country’s freshwater resources. Speaking at the commemoration of World Water Day, which falls on March 22, Schlettwein highlighted the growing challenge faced by Namibia in managing freshwater resources sustainably […]
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Delegates attending an African regional workshop on applications of Juncao technology in the Rwandan capital city Kigali have recommended the adoption of the technology to promote sustainable agriculture production in Africa. Juncao technology is a priority project under the China-United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund as it contributes to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]
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Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has secured additional contract fixtures for two of its harsh environment semisubmersibles in what is the latest development in the recovery of the offshore drilling industry from a prolonged downturn. Combined, the fixtures represent a $113 million in firm contract backlog. The Transocean Endurance was awarded a multi-well plug and abandonment contract in […]
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Greenhouse gas emissions across the United States rose by 6 percent in 2021 following the reopening of the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), despite the Biden administration’s aggressive push to cut down emissions. In 2021, net U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 5,586 million metric […]
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Sea levels on China’s coastline have hit their highest on record for the second year in a row, rising more quickly than the global average and posing a serious threat to coastal cities such as the financial hub of Shanghai. In 2022, China’s coastal sea levels were 94 millimeters (3.7 inch) higher than “normal,” defined […]
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A boom in wind and solar has pushed the amount of electricity produced by renewable energy to record levels last year, according to a new analysis. The use of coal, oil and gas to produce electricity is expected to fall in 2023, according to the report, published Wednesday by energy think tank Ember. This would mark the first […]
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Climate experts are warning of a possible El Niño phenomenon later this year. El Niño is a warming of the Pacific Ocean that can cause extreme weather events worldwide. Some models suggest a “super El Niño” with very high temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific. The El Niño of 2016 The last extreme El Niño […]
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Even as many U.S. nuclear reactors reach the end of their estimated life spans, the country still gets nearly 20% of its power from these sites. Now, new research claims that shutting them down could increase air pollution and cause more deaths because while nuclear power plants are considered relatively clean energy, many potential replacement […]
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