US lunar landing a ‘historic achievement’, says Biden
Washington, US - President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed the landing of a US spacecraft on the Moon as a historic...
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World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
Clark, Philippines - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in...
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Iraq to cut out carbon emissions in full by 2025
In order to cut out carbon emissions completely, Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025.
- He said that Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025
- "At this summit, we seek to start developing plans to transform the future of our countries and all their economies to a green future free of emissions”
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Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UN
The UN's blunt report comes as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the COP26 host, said he was "very worried" that...
- The World Meteorological Organization said that continued rising greenhouse gas emissions would result in more extreme weather.
- Concentrations of all three major greenhouses gases --CO2, methane and nitrous oxide--have risen alarmingly.
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China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent by 2060, according...
- The document follows a pledge by President Xi Jinping to wean the world's biggest polluter off coal
- But the country has been criticized for pushing ahead with opening dozens of new coal power plants
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Aramco sets 2050 net-zero target
The company acknowledged that this would have its challenges.
- Saudi Aramco chief Amin Nasser has said the company will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
- He was speaking at the Saudi Green Initiative forum, where Saudi Arabia pledged to become net-zero by 2060
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Saudi Arabia eyes zero carbon emissions by 2060
At the Saudi Green Initiative forum, the Gulf country has also vowed to join a global effort to reduce methane...
- Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by 278 million tons annually by 2030
- The country is also taking the Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emission
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New leaks rock Facebook
Internal documents seem to support the accusations.
- Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized, say recent leaks
- It is also accused of not doing enough to stop US election misinformation from flooding the social network
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Egypt looks to raise renewable energies share to 42% by 2035
Egypt is looking to increase the share of renewable energies to over 42 percent by 2035, after the country reached...
- Mohamed Shaker, the minister of electricity and renewable energy, noted that Egypt has allocated 7,650 square kilometers of unused lands to new and renewable energy projects
- He said that Egypt is the largest holder of electrical capacities in the MENA region and has the capacity to produce up to 90 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity
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US climate envoy to take part in Middle East Green Summit
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, will be in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to participate in the Middle East Green...
- Kerry will “engage with government counterparts and private sector leaders on efforts to address the climate crisis”
- Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Saudi Green Initiative Forum and Middle East Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh on Oct. 23-25
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Animal kidney works in human patient in ‘potential miracle’
The donor animal belonged to a herd that had undergone a genetic editing procedure to knock out a gene that...
- Critically, the organ was able to reduce the level of the molecule creatinine, a key indicator of kidney health
- Montgomery carried out the surgery with several colleagues over the course of around two hours.
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Rio Tinto to ‘halve’ emissions
Mining releases 4-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Rio Tinto said it would spend around $7.5 billion from now until the end of the decade to reduce emission
- The cut would be to so-called scope one and two emissions — from mining operations and power consumption
US lunar landing a ‘historic achievement’, says Biden
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Saudi astronauts to conduct 11 experiments at Space Station
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -– Two Saudi astronauts will conduct 14 scientific and research experiments during their ongoing space mission.The Kingdom’s...
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Barnawi’s voyage: First Saudi female astronaut carries dreams of Arab women to space
Two astronauts, Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni, said that they are fully prepared for their upcoming scientific mission to the International...
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UAE sees 20 percent decrease in nitrogen oxide emissions: study
Dubai, UAE-- The UAE has witnessed a 20 percent drop in nitrogen oxide emissions from power generation activities, according to...
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Rise of ChatGPT: GCC might lose 10 million jobs in 5 years
Its transformative power to reshape life has left people awestruck across the world, but the technology that powers ChatGPT might...
- According to a Goldman Sachs economist, more than 65 percent of occupations will be partially or fully automated in the coming years
- Critics of generative artificial intelligence that powers chatbots argue that it can never be able to replace the genius of human mind
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‘US needs $30bn to seal 14,000 unplugged offshore oil, gas wells’
The cost to secure thousands of inactive oil and gas wells in the US Gulf of Mexico could top $30...
- The authors of the study said both taxpayers and fossil fuel giants would likely be liable for the costs of plugging and abandoning the wells.
- The process includes encasing the opening in concrete to stop oil and the potent greenhouse gas methane from leaking out.
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Natural capital, conservation should be priority for private sector in region
DUBAI, UAE - The private sector and financial institutions in the Middle East should enhance reporting by including information about how...
- The report indicates that almost half of the Middle East's GDP is either highly or moderately dependent on the environment.
- Middle East faces a number of environmental challenges specific to the region, including scarce water resources and desertification.