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The EU’s Radical Shift on Biofuels: How Will Member States Respond?
The European Commission has recently admitted to being wrong in promoting first generation biofuels. By proposing amendments to its Directive on the matter, the Commission intends to limit the role biofuels can make in attainin...
COP20: Australia tightens belt on environmental spending
Australia’s federal government has slashed funding to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) by AU$4 million ahead of UN climate talks in Lima. Australia’s environment minister, Greg Hunt, said that other issues took precedenc...
Daily News Roundup – 4 December 2012
Africa Al-Shabab ambush ministers and defend Jowhar in Somalia After weeks of relative calm in Somalia, a convoy carrying three ministers has been attacked, while fierce fighting has erupted near the militant base of Jowhar,...
Witness: Inside Al-Salam Mosque
On the 23rd of August, two bombs exploded in Tripoli, Lebanon, killing 47 and injuring over 500. The first explosion hit Taqwa Mosque and killed at least 14 people. The second hit Al-Salam mosque and killed around 33. My frien...
With All Eyes on Ukraine, Russia Dumps Its “Toxic” Leftists in Prison
After a long trial, a Moscow judge has sentenced two leftist activists who were at the forefront of Russia’s 2011-2012 protests, Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev, to 4.5 years in prison for organizing mass riots...
Boko Haram: A challenge for Africa
Sunni Jihadi group Boko Haram, originally from Nigeria, has carried out their first fatal attack in Chad, according to locals and army spokespeople.
