Gulf of Mexico deep sea may need decades to recover from oil spill
Nov 20, 2013, 6:16 pm By Rhett Butler
The catastrophic explosion that spewed some five million barrels of oil deep into the Gulf of Mexico…Remote sensor captures sound of ivory poacher shooting an elephant
Nov 20, 2013, 2:48 pm By Rhett ButlerA sensor used by researchers to capture low-frequency communication between elephants inadvertently…The emissions gap and the forest contribution (commentary)
Nov 20, 2013, 1:00 pm By Rhett Butler
Shortly before the Warsaw climate talks, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) released…The quicksilver demon: rogue gold-mining is the world's largest source of mercury pollution
Nov 20, 2013, 12:44 pm By Tiffany Roufs
In 1956, in the quiet seaside town of Minamata on the southwestern coast of Japan's Kyushu Island,…The swan song of India's dancing bears
Nov 20, 2013, 12:24 pm By Tiffany Roufs
India’s last dancing bear has retired. As the stars of their cruel little roadshows, sloth bears…Mining the Heart of Borneo: coal production in Indonesia
Nov 19, 2013, 11:38 pm By Rhett Butler
Indonesia is the world’s top exporter of coal – supplying energy to China, India, and elsewhere.…UN talks tough to global coal industry
Nov 19, 2013, 2:41 pm By Jeremy Hance
Yesterday, at the International Coal and Climate Summit—just a couple miles from the ongoing UN…Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia
Nov 19, 2013, 2:07 pm By Rhett Butler
Protesters from 10 Indonesian labor unions and four NGOs descended on the Roundtable on Sustainable…Carbon emissions set to hit new record high in 2013
Nov 18, 2013, 7:04 pm By Jeremy Hance
The amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere in 2013 is expected to hit a new high of 36…Timber smuggling continues in Madagascar
Nov 18, 2013, 5:42 pm By Rhett ButlerStocks of rosewood illegally harvested during in the aftermath of Madagascar's 2009 coup are being…Greener palm oil on the horizon?
Nov 18, 2013, 2:59 pm By Rhett Butler
A group of environmental activists, conservation groups, and palm oil producers officially announced…Equitable efforts to save the world’s forests: Don’t put the burden on the poor (commentary)
Nov 18, 2013, 1:49 pm By Rhett Butler
That President Yudhoyono’s green legacy may be in peril has been put in the spotlight by the…Fracking: the good, the bad and the ugly
Nov 18, 2013, 12:57 pm By Jeremy Hance
The last few years have ushered in a new national and global awareness of fracking, the 150-year-old…60,000 protest in Australia to keep carbon price
Nov 18, 2013, 12:04 pm By Jeremy Hance
Around 60,000 Australians marched yesterday across the country calling on their government not to go…Nearly half a million seabirds die in gillnets every year, but solutions exist
Nov 18, 2013, 10:53 am By Tiffany Roufs
A recent study from the Biological Conservation journal brings shocking news: every year across the…Japan pledges to raise carbon emissions, instead of cutting them
Nov 18, 2013, 9:41 am By Jeremy Hance
In 2009, Japan pledged to cut its carbon emissions by 25 percent based on 1990 levels within 11…World's most vulnerable nation to climate change turns to coal power
Nov 18, 2013, 8:00 am By Jeremy Hance
In October, a global risks analysis company, Maplecroft, named Bangladesh the world's most…Why is Amazon deforestation climbing?
Nov 16, 2013, 8:21 pm By Rhett Butler
The 28 percent increase in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over last year that was reported…Prize exploring the next big idea in rainforest conservation announced
Nov 16, 2013, 11:53 am By Tiffany Roufs
Mongabay.org, a non-profit that aims to raise awareness about social and environmental issues…Malaysia has the world's highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map
Nov 15, 2013, 6:08 pm By Rhett Butler
Malaysia had the world's highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012, according to a new…
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