BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 20, 2012 (ENS) - Stricter rules governing the collection and disposal of electronic waste in the European Union were approved Thursday by the European Parliament.
The legislative update to...
PARIS, France, January 19, 2012 (ENS) - The Senate of France has passed legislation that transfers two Pacific atolls used for atmospheric and underground nuclear testing back into the public domain of French...
GENOA, Italy, January 16, 2012 (ENS) - Italian Environment Minister Corrado Clini declared a state of emergency today after the cruise ship Costa Concordia hit a rock off the coast of Tuscany early on January 13. The...
NEW YORK, New York, January 13, 2012 (ENS) - Reducing emissions of black carbon and methane into the atmosphere could slow climate change, increase crop yields and prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths...
There is a heated debate going on between people who are supposed to be on the same side of the aisle. Yet, when you hear their passionate arguments and the way they describe the damage the other is causing the US,...
WASHINGTON, DC, January 10, 2012 (ENS) - "Inadequate progress on nuclear weapons reduction and proliferation, and continuing inaction on climate change," prompted the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists today...
TAURANGA, New Zealand, January 10, 2012 (ENS) - Most of the stern section of the cargo ship Rena has slipped off the Astrolabe Reef and has sunk into the sea off the north end of New Zealand's North Island. Heavy...
SOUTHERN OCEAN, January 1, 2012 (ENS) - A huge wave rolling across the Southern Ocean has damaged one of three vessels sent by a conservation group to interfere with the Japanese whale hunt.
The Sea Shepherd...
BANGKOK, Thailand, December 23, 2011 (ENS) - Wildlife crime networks in Asia have been hit by a police operation against the illegal trade in endangered species coordinated by Interpol as part of a strengthened...
LUXEMBOURG, December 22, 2011 (ENS) - United, Continental and American Airlines and their trade association have failed to block a European Union law that charges airlines flying to EU destinations for their...
