"Listing polar bears on Appendix I would end international commercial trade in polar bear parts, removing a needless pressure on a species already struggling for its survival," said Rebecca Aldworth, director of Humane Society International/Canada.

The Moon has the coldest place in the Solar System measured by a spacecraft.

To survive in the harsh environment of the Arctic tundra, the Inuit people rely on hunting since few plants grow in the region. Whales, walruses, fish, and seal provide sustenance for these people often inappropriately labeled "Eskimos". Seal is the mos

With four days left, just about everyone seems fed up with the stunted progress of the Copenhagen talks: rich and developing countries still can't agree on emissions targets or monitoring systems--or anything, it seems. Activists are tiring out. Yvo de Bo

I urge you to work to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and demonstrate to the international community that the U.S. is serious about ocean conservation and is ready to be a strong and active leader within the global community.

Over the past six years the United States has spent more than $72 billion subsidizing the oil and coal industries. As the world confronts the dangers of global warming the United States continues to provide taxpayer's money to subsidize the v

Talks remain deadlocked at the climate summit in Copenhagen with just two days left to seal a global emissions pact.

A British newspaper today published a list of "100 reasons why global warming is natural".

Long before the United Nations climate conference commenced in Copenhagen, three dozen steel cages to accommodate over 350 of what the New York Times calls "potential troublemakers." In a article called "Copenhagen Talks Tough on Climate Protest Plans," T

Black carbon, the soot emitted when fuels like diesel, wood and coal are burned, may have a bigger impact on climate in some areas than greenhouse gases.