ANGRY residents last night accused local authorities of contributing to the bushfire toll by failing to let residents chop down trees and clear up bushland that posed a fire risk

The Iceland Nature Conservation Association (INCA) has produced a set of 15 questions for MPs to consider. Issues raised include the cost of sending whale meat to Japan, net revenue, and whether this can pay the wages of 200-300 whalers.

Rainforest nations will lobby the United Nations to set up a single body to coordinate the use of carbon credit trading to stop deforestation at a conference next month in Poland, an official from the countries said on Tuesday.

The barren hillsides give a hint of the inferno underfoot. White smoke billows from cracks in the earth, venting a sulfurous rotten smell into the air. The rocky ground is hot to the touch, and heat penetrates the soles of shoes.

argued they were legally justified because they were trying to prevent climate change causing greater damage to property around the world. 1st case in which preventing property damage caused by climate change had been used as "lawful excuse" defense.

On Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August, the National Forestry Commission, with the support of 300 planters in various parts of Durango, will attempt to break the world record by planting 300,000 trees in 24 hours.

The vast majority of scientists and other specialists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have withdrawn from a key labor-management partnership, citing rising distrust of the agency's chief Stephen Johnson.

The Bush administration has just eliminated federal protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies, opening the door to the slaughter of hundreds of America's most beloved wolves.

We must act quickly to avoid the disastrous consequences of unfettered greenhouse gas pollution. Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) recently introduced a bill that does just that. The Safe Climate Act...

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