Environment

The environment department has signed an agreement for the installation of 129 paper compactors to address the growing issue of solid municipal waste along the coastal regions of Limassol and Paphos. ...

Cyta has put into operation the 4th photovoltaic system in its buildings, this time at its head offices, it announced on Friday. At the same time, the installation of photovoltaic ...

Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably By Judith Weis Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many ...

Nearly time to breed: the ‘LIFE with Vultures’ project is slowly gaining ground The first days of the New Year bring hope in a rather odd form: a lighter shade ...

YouTube is making millions of dollars a year from advertising on channels that make false claims about climate change because content creators are using new tactics that evade the social ...

The government will decide by the end of the month whether the Cypriot state will invest in the mooted Great Sea Interconnector project, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. ...

Commissioner of the Environment, Antonia Theodosiou, said it was critical for businesses to align with the newly established framework of the European Green Deal. At a workshop titled “How do ...

The Greens on Friday called for a complete re-design of the Akamas plan, saying a reversal of the controversial road works does not go far enough in protecting the national ...

An amount of €5m has been allocated by the government to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint. The support measure aims at encouraging businesses to reduce greenhouse emissions and was ...

Tens of millions of Americans were under the threat of menacing weather on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm loomed across the East Coast after leaving in its wake power ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called for explicit guidelines governing the installation of agrisolar systems on fertile land, and in a way that does not interfere with crop production. The matter was ...

The Polish government ordered a state-run company that manages more than 7 million hectares of the country’s forests to curtail logging in 10 most cherished forest areas, delivering on a campaign ...

By Amel Emric Visitors to the otherwise picturesque historic town of Visegrad in eastern Bosnia are first greeted by the sight of a huge floating waste dump caught in the ...

The energy ministry on Tuesday formally announced details of proposed subsidy plans for use of renewable energy from rooftop installations and energy saving measures through insulation. The final plan has ...

The electricity authority’s new photovoltaic park which was inaugurated in Akrotiri on Tuesday will help the island move away from power generated from fossil fuels. But, “the penetration of ...

The roads being built in Akamas are not wider than originally planned, the outgoing head of the forestry department Charalambos Alexandrou said on Monday, in a swansong statement on the ...

Roadworks in Akamas will have to be corrected in part, the Green Party said on Friday, following a visit by foreign experts to the site after being invited by the ...

A runoff channel constructed forty years ago leading into Oroklini Lake was last cleaned decades ago, raising concerns over flooding among owners of adjacent properties, it emerged on Friday. Oroklini ...

The environmental movement of Cyprus has condemned works in the Akamas Peninsula on Thursday, saying that the area has been subjected to the “grip of capitalism”. The latest development on ...

Household hazardous waste collection units will be temporarily operating in Limassol and Paralimni, it was announced on Thursday. According to the municipalities’ announcement, the purpose of the initiative is to ...

The national maritime spatial plan (MSP) approved by the council of ministers last Wednesday is to be submitted before the EU in Brussels which will determine if relevant community directives ...

Natural gas will continue to be part of the energy mix for some time to come, giving the island breathing room to sort out the challenges it faces COP28, the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The issue of climate change remains at the forefront of global attention. States, businesses, civil society organisations and experts met, under the auspices of ...

We needed real commitments, but got greenwashing instead By Antrea Panagiotou The COP28 climate summit concluded with the main promise being to “transition away” from fossil fuels. Although the deal ...