Beirut Green News

The National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday that the Electricité du Liban’s (EDL) Halba branch restored power in the Akkar villages following an earlier incident on Monday, when residents broke into local electricity plants, cutting off power in all...

Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Monday that the state should assume responsibility and take harsh deterrent measures against any Lebanese citizen, regardless of his political affiliation or importance, violating the traffic laws.

Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal met with the Norwegian ambassador to Lebanon Aud Lise Norheim on Monday to discuss Norway’s help in fighting environmental hazards. Rahhal thanked Norway for its help in cleaning the Lebanese beach from oil spills and asked...

Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal said on Sunday that Prime Minsiter Saad Hariri will head the Lebanese delegation participating in December’s UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, where representatives from almost every country in the world will meet to address ways...

COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen, which starts on December 7.  “I am categorically optimistic...It praised individual green initiatives in the Gulf and North Africa, including the Masdar zero carbon city in Abu Dhabi, the energy studies program at King...

There are many problems with fossil fuels. They are expensive and a source of political and supply volatility. As consumption rises globally, the costs associated with them will probably rise sharply. Worst of all, they carry large and unsustainable costs...

Global warming will have a severe impact on Arab states where water is already scarce, a regional report warned Thursday ahead of next month's Copenhagen environment summit. Some of the most feared effects include depletion of agricultural land, spread of...

The Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries. The report’s editors, Mostafa Kamal Tolba and Najib Saab, urged those attending the conference to take the issue of climate change seriously.  In findings revealed to The Daily Star, the report suggested...