Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted, a conference of senior British police officers has been to

Gov. Schwarzenegger signs a pact with heads of other states and provinces to cut greenhouse emissions. 'We have got to do something worldwide here,' he says.

Ex-EPA Official Faults Probe of BP Alaska Oil Spill. Head of Investigation Claims Justice Department Ended Inquiry Into 2006 Incidents Early, Forgoing Possible Felony Charges The former head of an EPA criminal probe into pipeline spills at a BP PLC oil

According to new research the widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace.

Drilling for oil beneath the pristine tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would do little to ease world oil prices, the federal government's energy forecasters said in a new report issued in a week

Two of the reservoirs supplying the city of Los Angeles with potable water were shut down when an independent laboratory test revealed them to be contaminated with high levels of the carcinogen bromate.

In 2000, University of Maine graduate student Amanda Leland began a seemingly straightforward restoration project. She transported 24,000 young sea urchins, which are native to the Gulf of Maine, to an area where overharvesting had caused them to

The dramatic proliferation of jellyfish in oceans around the world, driven by overfishing and climate change, is a sure sign of ecosystems out of kilter, warn experts.

While the government of Papua New Guinea seeks compensation for conserving the carbon-trapping capacity of the world's third largest expanse of tropical forests, these forests are being destroyed so fast that by 2021 most of the areas accessible to

A Swedish-born tycoon who acts as a deforestation adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stirred up controversy in Brazil for reportedly claiming all the Amazon could be bought for USD 50 billion. Johan Eliasch, the 46-year-old boss of the