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We need to pull together to save oceans: Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry warned royalty, corporate kings and environmental warriors that governments won't save the seas without "significant impetus" from every sphere of society.
26 February 2014
Photo courtesy of convergencealimentaire.info Greenpeace accuses P&G over Indonesian forest destruction Environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of responsibility for the destruction of Indonesian rainforests and the habitat of endangered orangutans and tigers.
26 February 2014
General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. ©Reuters/Mike Theiler GE to hike pro-environment energy research by $10 bn US industrial conglomerate General Electric said Monday it would boost spending on environmentally friendly energy research by $10 billion by 2020, including on fracking technologies and wind turbines.
25 February 2014
The filters for water and wastewater treatment facility. ©RIA Novosti Astana to discharge sewage into Ishim River Processed and stabilized sewage waters of Astana city will be discharged into the Yesil (Ishim) River.
24 February 2014
Indonesia announces world's biggest manta ray sanctuary Indonesia on Friday became home to the world's biggest manta ray sanctuary covering millions of square kilometres, as it seeks to protect the huge winged fish and draw more tourists to the sprawling archipelago.
21 February 2014
Photo © Yaroslav Radlovsky Sleep syndrome update: two more cases Two more people have been hospitalized at Kalachi village with sleep syndrome symptoms.
20 February 2014
Killer whales die in rare New Zealand mass stranding A pod of nine killer whales died Wednesday in a rare mass stranding on the New Zealand coast, in a loss conservationists said was a major blow to the local orca population.
12 February 2014
©Reuters/Daniel Munoz Trade winds spur hiatus in global warming: study An unprecedented spike in Pacific trade winds has seen global warming slow significantly in the past 12 years but the effect is only temporary and temperatures will surge.
11 February 2014
US, French presidents call for 'ambitious' climate change deal The presidents of France and the United States issued a joint call Monday for other nations to join them in seeking an "ambitious" agreement to curb climate change.
10 February 2014
Mystery giant jellyfish washes up in Australia Scientists were Thursday working to classify a new species of giant jellyfish that washed up on an Australian beach, describing it as a "whopper" that took their breath away.
06 February 2014
400 dolphins dead on Peru beaches The bodies of around 400 dolphins washed up on beaches in northern Peru last month, baffling authorities who are so far mystified as to the cause.
05 February 2014
©Reuters/Eric Gaillard Japan asks Netherlands to act against anti-whalers Japan on Monday said it was asking the Netherlands to take "practical measures" against a Dutch-registered vessel that collided with a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean.
03 February 2014
New York declares war on swans In Britain, wild swans may be prized for their beauty and protected by the Queen, but the US state of New York has declared war on them, branding them a violent menace.
01 February 2014
©Reuters/HO/Great Barrier Reef National Park Authority Australia approves plan to dump dredge spoil in Barrier Reef Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on Friday approved the dumping of up to three million cubic metres of dredge waste in park waters in a move blasted by environmentalists.
31 January 2014
World's oldest flamingo dies in Australian zoo, aged 83 Staff at Adelaide Zoo were in mourning Friday after the world's oldest flamingo, and their oldest resident, died aged 83.
31 January 2014
©Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann Bats bounce back in Europe: EU watchdog Europe's bat population recovered by more than 40 percent between 1993 and 2011 after decades of decline.
30 January 2014
Aktobe. Photo ©skyscrapercity.com Aktobe agglomeration to max out at 1.3 million citizens The urban agglomeration of Aktobe in western Kazakhstan can allow no more than 1.3 million people.
28 January 2014
©Reuters/Mariana Bazo Brazil scientists warn on dwindling jaguar population The jaguar could soon become extinct in Brazil's tropical Atlantic forest, threatening the shrinking primitive forest itself.
28 January 2014
©Reuters/Will Burgess Australia to go ahead with shark 'kill' zones A controversial policy to catch and kill sharks off popular west coast beaches got the green light in Australia, in a move the Humane Society Tuesday termed a "complete disgrace".
22 January 2014
©Reuters/Jim Young Fugitive campaigner hails Japan anti-dolphin hunt messages Fugitive eco-activist Paul Watson said Monday he hoped anti-dolphin hunting comments like those by US ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, would put pressure on Tokyo to halt the practice.
20 January 2014
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