The Kimberley coast is one of the world's last great unspoiled marine environments - nursery for the world's largest population of Humpback whales; home to a coral reef network of global significance and refuge for a wide range of endemic and endangered s

On 10 December, 2009, 73 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the White House urging the President to add one billion dollars in funding for international family planning to his 2011 budget

Staking our energy future on clean coal is wise -- in the same way that basing the entire U.S. economy on sub-prime housing loans was. Just stand back and watch it blow-up in your face like the exploding housing bubble did.

Michigan is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the Great Lakes' $7-billion-a-year fishing and tourism industries from an aquatic invader, officials say.

Some want to ignore the best available science for river flows for salmon, allow commercial farming (and the associated flow of pesticides) to continue on National Wildlife Refuge land, and wait until 2020 for any action to begin on dam removal.

Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle.

Ellen's Corner writes an article on How to organise and have a memorable picnic with the people in the neighbour hood.

The Copenhagen conference of global warming is over.

We need common-sense proposals to require big emitters -- large new and upgraded power plants and industrial emitters -- to use the best solutions in lowering climate change emissions.

New Mexico's Otero Mesa is the largest and wildest Chihuahuan Desert grassland left on public lands in THIS country. Otero Mesa is home to 1000 wildlife species,including the state's only genetically pure herd of pronghorn antelope. BLM wants to