Environment

Sandals Negril retains Master status

NEGRIL, Westmoreland — Sandals Negril Beach Resort and Spa announced last week that it has retained its Double Platinum and EarthCheck™ Master Status Certifications classifying it a world-leading green hotel. Read More

A culture of proper waste disposal
Among the observations that first-time Jamaican visitors to Canada usually make is how well kept the public spaces are.... Read More

Save Cockpit Country!
Following the launch of a new petition portal by Jamaica House, civil society groups and concerned individuals have uploaded a Save Cockpit Country petition. ... Read More

Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardens
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Roberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in.... Read More

Earth marks new highs for heat, pollutants and sea level

Saturday, August, 12 2017

WASHINGTON, DC, USA (AFP) — The Earth set a series of dire records in 2016, including hottest year in modern times, highest sea level and most heat-trapping gases ever emitted, a global climate report said yesterday. Read More

Energy storage will help solve our energy challenges

Wednesday, August, 9 2017

In Jamaica, we face unique energy challenges seldom encountered on a mainland system such as the US. We have fewer power stations, which limits our flexibility to meet sudden demand changes, and must deal with both grid fluctuations and the high cost of importing fuel... Read More

CTO announces winners of C'bean primary schools tourism writing competition

Wednesday, August, 9 2017

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Four Caribbean primary school students ranging in age from 8-12 will be honoured for excellence in tourism writing at next month's Climate Smart Sustainable Tourism Forum in St Kitts. Read More

Former EPA head calls on Trump to heed the climate science

Wednesday, August, 9 2017

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire. (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under US President Barack Obama, Gina McCarthy, is calling for President Donald Trump to listen to the experts after a federal climate report concluded the United States is already feeling the... Read More

UOIT leads in geothermal thrust

Wednesday, August, 9 2017

OSHAWA, Canada — You will walk by the shallow but expansive pool of water in front of the library at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) thinking it's a fountain pool. You'd be wrong. It's the well field of a geothermal energy facility which provides heating... Read More

St Lucia signs Principle 10

Wednesday, August, 2 2017

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Saint Lucia on Monday became the 24th signatory to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean (Principle 10). Read More

‘How to use less and save more’

BY JAVENE SKYERS Observer reporter skyersj@jamaicaobserver.com | Wednesday, July, 26 2017

Government institutions are reportedly using 10 GWh less electricity each year on account of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP) it began to implement in 2012. Read More

Nuh Dutty Nuh Dutty Nuh Dutty up Mobay!

Wednesday, July, 26 2017

Mayor of Montego Bay Homer Davis and president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce T'Shura Gibbs hoist one of the bins the chamber has donated to the city as part of the new Nuh Dutty Up Mobay campaign designed to change poor attitudes to garbage disposal. The campaign is a spin-off to the... Read More