March 4, 2010 - One drinking-water bottle could provide enough energy for an entire household in the developing world if Dan Nocera has his way.

 VIENNA, February 26, 2010 - A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River,

EUROPE, February 24, 2010 - cautiously welcomes the EU Commission’s recommendation today that the 27 European Union member countries vote for a ban on international

CAMEROON, Lake Chad - Lake Chad is the remnant of a much vaster lake known as Mega-Chad which 22,000 years ago drained a greener Sahara...

Madagascar’s government decision to allow the export of endangered rosewood may have disastrous consequences for some of the country’s...

GENEVA, Switzerland - Oceana released a new paper Fueling Overfishing  that describes the economic and environmental costs of subsidizing fuel for the fishing sector. As world leaders meet in Copenhagen this week to address climate change and reaffirm their pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) are resuming talks on fisheries subsidies, including those for fuel.

Is this the cutest thing you've ever seen or WHAT??? The San Diego Zoo's panda cub, which has marked a milestone by cutting his first two teeth – the lower canines – near the front of his mouth, is seen November 12, 2009. The discovery came during a weekly veterinary exam.

GLAND, SWITZERLAND - The 2009 Red List, issued today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, shows more than one-third (36 percent) of the 47,677 species assessed are threatened with extinction. The assessment featured a special focus on freshwater species, which are being hit hard by pollution, loss of wetlands and water diversions.

Augusta, Maine - The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) is asking anglers to give us their opinions on Maine’s wild brook trout fishing opportunities.

175 Governments will also discuss urgent measures to tackle illegal wildlife trade and protect the livelihoods of the rural poor

National Wildlife Federation urges President to
boost environmental education and clean energy job training

WASHINGTON  - In his first State of the Union Address, President Obama last night said, “…the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.”

ANTARTIC - The clash between the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Japanese whalers turns ugly when one of the conservation group's vessels is struck by a whaling ship.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Efforts to prevent climate change by reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) will not only help humanity to overcome this colossal challenge, but will also slow the shocking decline in the world’s biodiversity, a new scientific paper shows.

CALIFORNIA - A coalition of environmentalists filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the development of a 5,000-acre resort community on the sprawling Tejon Ranch property some 60 miles north of Los Angeles.

LIVINGSTON, MT  -- A federal district court ruling in Montana on September 21, 2009 returned Endangered Species Act protections to the Yellowstone grizzly bear population. In the case, brought by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Judge Donald Molloy ruled that inadequate regulatory mechanisms were put in place to manage the bears after federal protections were dropped in early 2007, and that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) failed to address the loss of an essential food source for the bears, whitebark pine seeds. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and six other groups, represented by Earthjustice, have a similar case pending in Idaho.