The International Whaling Commission must change to stay relevant

Moldovan photographer, Bolucevschi Vitali, has won the title of CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009. His picture, Talking About Stars, also won the Natural World category. Only 24 years old, the amateur photographer described how he was

The Obama administration and the Illinois attorney general filed a lawsuit (pdf) today against a Midwestern energy company for alleged Clean Air Act violations at six coal-fired power plants, including five in the Chicago area.

"War on Wildlife," being made public on Tuesday, documents significant increases in recent years in both the number of carnivores killed and the size of the agency's budget - $117 million in 2007, up 14 percent from the average from 2004-06.

The auction has attracted widespread condemnation, a sharp rebuke from actor Robert Redford and a lawsuit filed by environmental groups.

The fire safety system on a new Russian nuclear-powered submarine malfunctioned on a test run in the Sea of Japan, spewing chemicals that killed at least 20 people and injured 21 others, officials said Sunday.

The Environmental Protection Agency formally refused yesterday to set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate

The verdant forests that once covered much of Madagascar have been burnt or torn down, replaced by muddy rice paddies and secondary shrubs. This loss of habitat is the primary driver of extinction on Madagascar.

The most important thing for all to do now is to contact all of their legislators. No excuses not to do it. They all have 1-800 numbers also. It makes a difference.

The lawsuit asks that the town be forced to pull the approval and have a new environmental impact report prepared.