A meeting scheduled for August 25th between rosewood traders, the Ministry of Forest and Environment, and other government officials may determine the fate of tens of millions of dollars' worth of rosewood illegally...
WASHINGTON, DC, August 3, 2011 (ENS) - Conservation groups working across the Gulf of Mexico are supporting a bipartisan bill in the Senate that would direct to five Gulf states the billions of dollars in fines that...
Summer is anniversary time for many shark attack survivors, including myself. This time of year, we mark the terrifying moments of struggle in the jaws of the ocean's top predator. We recall the ordeals of surgery ...
LINCOLN, Nebraska, August 1, 2011 (ENS) - In July, exceptional drought across the Lower 48 states hit the highest levels in the history of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
An official with the National Drought Mitigation...
The Anaktuvuk River fire burned across more than 1,000 sq km (400 sq miles), doubling the extent of Alaskan tundra visited by fire since 1950.
With the Arctic warming fast, the team suggests in the journal Nature...
The University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, target of "ClimateGate", has released nearly all its remaining data on temperature measurements following a freedom of information bid.
The unit works...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 22, 2011 (ENS) - The European Commission has approved seven voluntary schemes for ensuring that rainforests are not destroyed to grow biofuel crops.
The EU aims to use at least 10 percent...
MOJAVE, California, July 21, 2011 (ENS) - For more than a decade, American aerospace engineer Burt Rutan dreamed of building a flying car. Now, the company he founded has built a prototype of his dream.
The company,...
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 18, 2011 (ENS) - Five Great Lakes national parks and lakeshores are feeling the impacts of climate change, finds a new report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and Natural Resources...
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 20, 2011 (ENS) - To raise public awareness of the impact of poaching on Africa's elephants, the Lusaka Agreement Task Force and the Government of Kenya are burning five tonnes of seized ivory in...
