Japanese schools are serving whaleburgers and whale nuggets dipped in sweet and sour sauce. Some schools take children on field trips to view whale slaughtering. Although whale meat can have toxic levels of mercury and many believe whaling is inhumane

"saving millions of trees, protecting the environment and contributing to the country's economy."

"The machine is different from all the other projects that aim to derive energy out of waves. It can be used in a calm sea as the Mediterranean, even if its efficiency in the ocean could be five times bigger" Grassi said.

The American Southwest has some of the best solar resources on the globe. Nevada, with abundant land and sunshine is becoming a hot bed for the solar industry.

Universities and academic institutions are developing new technologies aimed at solving the world's energy and climate change challenges at a truly amazing pace. Some of the most exciting and promising cleantech ventures are being developed ...

"Two decades ago, the rains in southern Sudan began to fail. The drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from man-made global warming. It is no accident that the violence in Darfur erupted during the drought."

They say that location is everything. Where your business is located can certainly have a big impact on your operations and your bottom line. It can also have a big impact on the planet.

New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds.

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese activist Hu Jia was jailed Thursday for three-and-a-half years for subversion, his lawyer said as rights groups said the charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics.

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah -- Biologists are trying to identify a fish with large fangs that was found near a lake in Utah.