Βραζιλία: Επιδιώκει αποζημίωση- μαμούθ από μεταλλευτικές εταιρείες

Αποζημίωση ύψους 5,2 δισ. δολαρίων θα ζητήσει η κυβέρνηση της Βραζιλίας από τις μεταλλευτικές εταιρείες που ευθύνονται για τη «μεγαλύτερη περιβαλλοντική καταστροφή στην ιστορία της χώρας».

Japan whaling fleet will sail to Antarctic Ocean Tuesday

Japan said it will dispatch a whaling fleet to the Antarctic Tuesday after a one-year suspension, defying international criticism and a UN legal ruling that the "research" expedition is a commercial hunt in disguise.

Winter Weather, Flooding, Hammers US, At Least 14 Dead

Flood warnings remained in effect Sunday across much of the south-central United States, after a deadly storm on the nation's busiest holiday weekend covered parts of Arkansas, northern Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas with heavy rains and ice.

Egypt inaugurates MENA’s largest wind power station along Red Sea

Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the largest wind power station in the MENA region with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW), located in Gabal Al-Zeit area, Red Sea governorate, the ministry of electricity and energy said in an e-mail statement.

Torrential downpours lash Greece and Turkey

Many days of heavy rain have left some parts of the eastern Mediterranean underwater.

Climate change and its consequences: climate poverty and environmental refugees

...Climate change first received international attention at the Rio Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. As one of the Summit results, the ‘UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’ was adopted for action to “stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".

China to play leading, constructive role in upcoming COP21

China has played and will continue to play a critical role in negotiations relating to the international political response to climate change, World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Global Climate and Energy Initiative leader Samantha Smith said.

All settlement in Crimea connected to electricity supplies

All settlements in Crimea have electricity supplies, press service of the emergencies ministry told TASS on Sunday.

"As of November 29, there is not a single settlement in Crimea cut off electricity fully," the press service said.

New York assures tourists that city is safe to visit

New York is telling tourists that the biggest city in the US is safe as it prepares to welcome more than five million visitors over the holiday season following the attacks in Paris.

Registran un sismo de magnitud 6,2 en Chile

Un sismo de magnitud 6,2 se ha producido en Chile. El temblor se ha registrado a las 21:00 GMT a unos 69 kilómetros al noroeste de la localidad de Taltal. 

Key dates in the battle against global warming

The UN climate summit in Paris, which opens on November 30, is the latest bid to secure a universal climate rescue pact in a two-decade-long effort to limit global warming.

Mexico lifts Hurricane Sandra to category 4

Mexico's National Meteorological Service (SMN) on Thursday upgraded Hurricane Sandra to category 4 on the five-level Saffir Simpson scale and advised citizens living on Mexico's Pacific coast to take care.

Japan's Sapporo surprised by sudden snow

Residents of northern Japan were surprised by an early blast of winter this week as sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow combined to cover much of Hokkaido with a white winter duvet.

Ukraine halts Russian gas purchases, closes its airspace

Tensions between Moscow and Kiev ratched up further Wednesday as Ukraine decided to stop buying gas from Russia and closed its airspace to its giant eastern neighbour's airlines.

EU calls Paris climate conference "historic opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change"

The European Commission highlighted on Wednesday the crucial importance of reaching a fair, ambitious and legally binding global climate deal at the UN climate change conference in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11.

Gazprom ceases gas supplies to Ukraine until new payments

Gazprom ceases gas supplies to Naftogaz of Ukraine until new payments; Ukraine refusing to buy Russian gas creates risks for gas transit to Europe and gas supplies for the Ukrainian consumers, Gazprom Head Alexey Miller said Wednesday.

Ο ΟΤΕ στηρίζει τη Λευκάδα.

Δωρεάν χρόνο ομιλίας προσφέρει ο Όμιλος ΟΤΕ στους κατοίκους της Λευκάδας που επλήγησαν από τον σεισμό.

600,000 people have died due to weather-related disasters

A new UN-backed report found that in the past 20 years, more than 600,000 people have died as a result of weather-related disasters, and 90 percent of major disasters have been caused by nearly 6,500 recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather-related events.

Κυπριακή ΑΟΖ: Η BG μπαίνει στην κούρσα του φυσικού αερίου

Στη βρετανική εταιρεία BG Group δόθηκε το 35% του οικοπέδου 12 στην Κύπρο.

Russia's Gazprom may build LNG plant on the Black Sea. Russia plans to triple sales of LNG on world market

Russian gas giant Gazprom is studying economic viability of the construction of an LNG plant on the Black Sea, the company said on Monday.

China's quake-prone Sichuan insures buildings against earthquakes

Quake-prone Sichuan Province in southwest China on Monday started a trial plan to insure buildings against earthquakes and related hazards.

Σημαντικότατη εξέλιξη στον ενεργειακό σχεδιασμό της Κύπρου

Χάρη στη νέα συμφωνία της Noble με την BG Group, η Κύπρος πετυχαίνει ένα αποτέλεσμα καθοριστικό ακόμα κι αν παρουσιάζεται ως έμμεσο αρχικά. Διότι η συμφωνία, ενώ παίζει μεταξύ αμερικανικών και βρετανικών συμφερόντων, έχει θετικές εξελίξεις και για την διαπραγμάτευση μεταξύ Κύπρου και Ισραήλ για το κοίτασμα Αφροδίτη.

Snowstorms cause chaos in N. China

Snowstorms swept across a vast area of north China yesterday, disrupting traffic, grounding flights and slowing down bullet trains in Beijing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Myanmar landslide: 90 dead at Kachin jade mine

A landslide at a jade mine has killed at least 90 people in northern Myanmar, witnesses say.

Death toll with dump soil landslide in Myanmar northernmost state rises to 30

At least 30 dead bodies have so far been uncovered and over hundred others went missing after a giant amount of dump soil from a jade mine in Hpa-kant, Myanmar's northernmost Kachin state, collapsed, official report confirmed.

Δίχως άλλη καθυστέρηση η ελληνική ΑΟΖ

Το θέμα της ελληνικής ΑΟΖ αποκτά όλο και περισσότερη στρατηγική σημασία με τα νέα δεδομένα όχι μόνο για τώρα αλλά και σε βάθος χρόνου. Διότι όλοι καταλαβαίνουν τώρα ότι η ανάδειξη και η αξιοποίηση αυτόχθονων πηγών ενέργειας, αποτελεί για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση μια προτεραιότητα για την ενεργειακή ασφάλεια και ταυτόχρονα λειτουργεί ως μέτρο κατά της ενεργειακής εξάρτησης που δημιουργεί ένα πεδίο εκμετάλλευσης για τις τρομοκρατικές οργανώσεις.

Half of Amazonian tree species threatened (study)

About half of all tree species in the Amazon, the world's most diverse forest, may be at risk for extinction, according to a new study published Friday.

Παραπομπή Ελλάδας για ενεργειακή απόδοση κτηρίων

Η Ελλάδα παραπέμπεται στο Δικαστήριο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης για την μη συμμόρφωσής της με την οδηγία για την ενεργειακή απόδοση των κτιρίων.

138 world leaders to attend Paris climate summit: France

A total of 138 heads of state and government so far will attend a climate summit due to kick off in terror-hit Paris on November 30, the French government said Friday.

Oil prices dipped Friday in a market burdened by a persistent oversupply of crude.

At about 1300 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in December was trading down 37 cents at $40.17 a barrel.

Heat wave engulfs Sydney

The Australian city experiences its third consecutive day of extreme temperatures being attributed to El Niño.
It was a close-run thing, but Sydney has just missed out on recording its hottest November day on record.

On Friday afternoon, the mercury peaked at 40.9C in central Sydney, just 0.9C shy of the all-time high of 41.8C set in 1982.

Brazil's dam disaster to threaten biodiversity (report)

The wave of mud and iron ore mining waste caused by the rupture of two tailings dams in southeastern Brazil will have a significant negative impact on biodiversity when it reaches the ocean, local daily O Estado de Minas reported Wednesday.

Russia, Egypt sign agreement on Egypt's first nuclear plant construction

Russia and Egypt signed an intergovernmental agreement on building Egypt's first nuclear plant in Dabaa, which is supposed to have four power-generating units, each of them with an output capacity of 1,200 megawatts, Russia’s national nuclear corporation Rosatom reported on Thursday.

One million high-emission vehicles junked in China

China forced about 1 million vehicles with excessive emissions off the roads in the first ten months of the year, completing 85 percent of its annual target, though Beijing and Shandong province fell short of their targets, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said yesterday.

Citing security fears, France bans Paris climate rallies

The French government Wednesday banned two citizens' rallies organised to coincide with a crunch climate conference to be held in Paris just two weeks after terror attacks killed 129 people in the French capital.

Twelve killed as flash floods hit Saudi Arabia

At least 12 people have been killed, many swept away, after heavy rains lashed western and central Saudi Arabia.

Μυστηριώδης «κόκκινη βροχή» σε ισπανική πόλη

Ένα ασυνήθιστο καιρικό φαινόμενο παρατηρήθηκε σε μία πόλη στα βορειοδυτικά της Ιβηρικής χερσονήσου. Κατά τη διάρκεια του περασμένου φθινοπώρου και χειμώνα, οι κάτοικοι της επαρχίας Θαμόρα παρατήρησαν να πέφτει βροχή με σκούρο κόκκινο χρώμα.

Biodegradable plastics not the answer to cut marine litter

Widespread adoption of products labelled "biodegradable" will not significantly decrease the volume of plastic entering the ocean or the physical and chemical risks that plastics pose to marine environment, accord to a United Nations report released yesterday.

Drought in Botswana is learning opportunity to achieve water security – (UN rights expert)

 UN, 17 November 2015 – A United Nations human rights expert today urged Botswana to take the current extreme drought in the southern African country as an opportunity to develop a strategy for providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation for all as “a short-cut to prevent illnesses and deaths” in the long run.

Ενεργειακό Πιστοποιητικό: Υποχρεωτικό και στα Ακίνητα Κάτω των 50 τ.μ. Από 1ης Ιανουαρίου

Και τα κτίσματα που είναι μικρότερα των 50 τ.μ. θα πρέπει, στο εξής, να έχουν ενεργειακό πιστοποιητικό(ΠΕΑ), το οποίο ήταν, ως τώρα, υποχρεωτικό για όλα τα ακίνητα τα οποία ενοικιάζονται ή πωλούνται στη χώρα, τα οποία, όμως, ήταν μεγαλύτερα από το συγκεκριμένο εμβαδόν.

Συνολικά 14 μετασεισμοί μετά τη δόνηση των 6R στη Λευκάδα

Συνολικά 14 μετασεισμοί σημειώθηκαν ανοικτά της Λευκάδας, μετά τον ισχυρό σεισμό των 6R που σημειώθηκε το πρωί της Τρίτης.

Asian wasp causes havoc in N. Portugal

The University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) have alerted the public Monday to destroy the Asian wasp which is causing havoc through northern Portugal and poses a health concern.

Moderate quake hits İstanbul, no damage reported

A moderate earthquake has hit off the coast of İstanbul in the Sea of Marmara, affecting some industrial Turkish cities, though no casualties or damages were reported in the area.

Rare Winter Foods Ravage Central and Southern China

Local officials reported on Monday that rare winter floods have hit Hunan Province since November 11, affecting 253,000 people. The Hunan Provincial Commission for Disaster Reduction said incessant rainstorms that started on Wednesday have created flood crests in the upper and middle reaches of the Xiangjiang River, causing the worst winter floods in the region since 1961.

Turkish Stream project may be implemented shortly — (Gazprom CEO)

Russia and Turkey will hold talks on the Turkish Stream construction in December this year, Chief Executive Officer of Russia’s gas giant Gazprom Alexey Miller said on Monday.

UN chief urges world leaders to reach compromise on climate change

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday called on world leaders to step up their efforts to eliminate their differences in order to reach an agreement in Paris in late November on tackling the climate challenge for the global community.

Congo Basin under deforestation threat

The Congo Basin in Africa, the world's second-largest tropical forest, is facing a growing threat of deforestation carried out to clear the way for palm oil plantations.

UN says 132,000 affected by floods as El Niño sweeps Somalia

Flash floods in Somalia have destroyed thousands of makeshift homes, as well as latrines and shallow wells, affecting 1320,000 people since Oct. 19, the UN humanitarian agency said.

UN condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist attacks in Paris

 UN, 13 November 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have condemned the “despicable" terrorist attacks carried out today in various locations in and around Paris, and Mr. Ban has demanded the immediate release of the numerous individuals reportedly being held hostage in the Bataclan theatre.

South African government warns of worsening drought

The South African government on Friday warned of a worsening drought whose severity is impacting negatively on the country in both social and economic terms.