environment and health
Dubai news bites: Darkness, murder and justice
And in this week’s Dubai newsround: Earth Hour Dubai saves emirate 200,000 kilowatts – Businesses and residents in Dubai turning lights and appliances off for a single hour on saturday night prevented the production of 120,000 kilos of carbon dioxide, which is twice the amount saved last year. Dubai is an extraordinarily energy hungry city [...]
Don’t forget Earth Hour Dubai – 20:30 local time
Just a reminder that Earth Day is upon us. Do your bit by switching off your lights for one hour (not recommended if you work underground!). If the Burj al Arab and the Government of Dubai can do it so can you. To find out more visit: http://www.earthhour.org/home/ae:en.
Dubai news update
Instead of the usual in depth dissection of whatever doom and gloom has befallen Dubai recently, I thought it might make a nice change to have round up of all the good, bad and ugly news from the emirate was in order. The BBC is reporting that the luxury Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi beach hotel [...]
Jumeirah beach polluted by dumped sewage
Randy British ex-pats aren’t the only thing polluting Dubai’s beaches. Despite the never ending procession of new apartment blocks and mega-structures, the tourism reliant emirate still lacks the basic facilities necessary to process the sewage it generates. As a result of rapid expansion and poor planning Dubai’s beaches have been contaminated with raw sewage, leading [...]