<p>Sir Paul McCartney has called on Britons to adopt &#147;meat-free Mondays&#148; to cut carbon emissions. </p>

Industrialized nations are failing to lead enough at U.N. climate talks in Bonn even as developing states are showing interest in a new global warming treaty, the U.N.'s top climate official said

Madagascar will sell nine million tons of carbon offsets in a voluntary scheme to help protect one of its biggest and most pristine forests

Again traditions are the excusse for whaling!... "The draft discusses a harvest of up to 20 whales in a five-year period with restrictions on the timing and locations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (FEW'-kuh) near the reservation at Neah Bay"

The Democratic Republic of the Congo will establish 13 to 15 million hectares of new protected areas, the country announced yesterday at the UN Environmental Summit in Bonn, Germany. These proposed protected areas make up an area of rainforests roughly th

An environmental review, headed by an Indian, has concluded that damage to forests, rivers, marine life and other aspects of nature could halve living standards for the world's poor

With only 18 months to go until 2010, BirdLife urges the global community to face reality, cooperate and take responsibility for future generations

The editorial addresses environment, animals and people. "In short, animal husbandry has been turned into animal abuse. Manure -- traditionally a source of fertilizer -- has been turned into toxic waste that fouls the air and adjacent water bodies."

THE first of the season's migrating whales frolicked off Newcastle and Port Stephens at the weekend. Moonshadow Cruises will officially launch its whale-watching season on May 28. Some proceeds will benefit Teens Against Whaling campaigner Skye Bortoli.

Marineland manager Gary Macdonald says it is the final "dotting of the i's and crossing of the t's" - Kelly will be the last dolphin to live at New Zealand's best-known dolphin aquarium.