The Seminole Tribe has applied for a permit to expand a rock mine in a remote corner of northwest Broward County, in a proposal that could generate opposition from environmentalists concerned about the Florida panther

Tell President Obama to reverse his recent lethal decision and give sea turtles a fighting chance at survival. Now is the time to increase protection, not decrease it. Loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles are federally endangered species in very real

Of course, plants and animals have been adapting to changes in their environment for thousands of years, through both evolution and migration. However the newly released models show that many species in as many as one-third of the habitats studied will

THE State Government has given no guarantees mining will not take place within a Cape York nature reserve dedicated to Steve Irwin. Almost 4700 people signed a petition calling on Minister for Mines and Energy Stephen Robertson to ensure no mining

Japan can no longer claim it hunts whales for scientific reasons and Australia should prosecute it in the international courts, says the federal opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt.

Earlier this month (Dec. 7, 2009), two Op-Ed columns appeared in the New York Times-one, by Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, supporting 'cap and trade' strategies for reducing carbon emissions, and the other, authored by NASA's James Hansen

Alaska's erosion is not a new discovery - natural ice barriers along Alaska's coastline have been eroding at a rate of 45 feet a year along the North Slope. While concerns have always surrounded the impact upon Alaska's oil fields and energy industry

In order to address the causes of global climate change and mitigate its effects, it is imperative that the U.S. passes a strong and timely domestic legislation

The Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, located in Wildcat Park, Joplin, Missouri, is adjacent to some of the last remaining chert glades, a globally unique habitat found only in this area and the biologically rich Shoal Creek an important

The environmental organization Greenpeace, has established a plan to set aside 40% of the worlds oceans as reserves as wildlife protected ares, where fish and other ocean life can live and breed without disturbance from reckless industrial and pirate