by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 8, 2010 | Environment
Aramex has announced that it will be deploying hybrid bikes in Lebanon to deliver its courier: In line with its commitment to environmental sustainability, Aramex, the global logistics and transportation solutions provider, today announced the introduction of a new...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 28, 2010 | Environment
Lebanon is planning to exempt hybrid cars from import tariffs as a way to make the country more “green”: The 2010 draft budget will include an item that will exempt companies and individuals from paying any import tariffs on hybrid cars. Finance Minister...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 6, 2009 | Environment, Power & Water
UPDATE: A Purple Monkey has rightly pointed out that the plan to reach 12% energy production through renewable means is scheduled for 2020 and not 2012. The source where I had obtained the information from seems to have made an error. You can find the correct (and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 28, 2009 | Environment
No, I’m not talking about the Syrian President: A starving lion cub has been found left to die in a cage in the sweltering Mediterranean sun on waste ground in the Lebanese capital Beirut, an animal welfare group said on Friday. … The Lebanon-based group...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 22, 2009 | Environment
Other than being the last country in the Mid-East to forge a peace treaty with Israel, we are privileged to be the first one’s to taste Mother Nature’s fury: Lebanon faces great changes if average temperatures rise 2-4 degrees Celsius over the next 100...