People in the poorest parts of the world will be hit first and worst by climate change. Many leaders are promising to help people living in extreme poverty adapt to the effects of climate change and to help reduce emissions. This sounds great, but

He is well known as India's 'glacier man', but for 74-year-old retired government civil engineer, Chewang Norphel, accolades have made little dent in his quiet determination to build more high-altitude water conservation systems, or 'artificial glaciers'

U.S. ocean fish populations are a public trust which must be managed for the benefit of all Americans. From an economic perspective, fisheries are a multi-billion dollar resource and a valuable food source for millions of Americans. From an ecological st

Recently, NPCA scored a landmark victory in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which invalidated a land exchange needed to proceed with the massive Eagle Mountain landfill--a proposed garbage dump surrounded on three sides by Joshua Tree National Par

Renewable energy is a critical piece of our clean energy future, and new electric transmission lines will be needed to carry wind and solar energy to customers in cities. We have the opportunity to ensure that the proposed SunZia transmission lines in A

Big Oil and greedy banks are working to prevent a strong and just global climate framework in Copenhagen - protecting their profits at the expense of people and our planet. Chief among those are Canada's biggest oil companies and Royal Bank of Canada (RB

Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found.

Unfortunately the 'Jiko Rescue' project was not one of the top-three winners, but to be chosen as one of twelve finalists out of nearly a thousand nominations is still a notable achievement.

Clean Up a 137-Year Old Mining Law to Protect Wildlife! For more than a century, the 1872 Mining Law has allowed mining companies to buy up America's public lands for $5 or less per acre with little or no cleanup required. It also allows mining to take pr

FRANCE says taking legal action against whaling is a "good idea" - although Australia seems lukewarm.