The meeting last month was a watershed: the leaders of 564 American Indian tribes were invited to Washington to talk with cabinet members and President Obama, who called it "the largest and most widely attended gathering of tribal leaders in our history."

''What went wrong with the Environmental Assessment Act? Conor Mihell investigates how a law that was meant to protect the environment ended up helping industry.'' This is about how some community members of Nothern Ontario have fought for their forests.

With water level falling by a meter a year and no measures has been taken yet to reverse the decline, the Dead Sea may soon shrink to a pond or even dry out completely by 2050.

As humpback whale populations increase these shark nets are clearly a major threat to the survival of individual species that get caught in the nets. There are no studies that follow the movements of whales once they have been released, lesions from the

Recent photographs taken on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific by professional photographer Chris Jordan show the shocking extent of ocean pollution, and the horrific impact it has on wildlife.

Moscow has hired the cash-strapped Russian Air Force to chemically seed clouds with cement, dry ice and silver iodide so that no snow will fall within the city limits. Sunstroke author David Kagan warns in Doomwatch Legacy of tampering with Mother Nature.

Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has slammed the government and opposed proposal to construct Rs 900 crore Neutrino Observatory in Mudumalai sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, saying it would destroy the region, flora and fauna.OIPA in India also endorsed her.

Protecting Forests at Scale. The destruction of tropical forests currently accounts for 17 percent of global carbon emissions, more than all the world's cars, trucks, ships, trains and planes combined. The United Nations Framework Convention...

Hopenhagen is a movement, a moment and a chance at a new beginning. The hope that in Copenhagen this December - during the United Nations Climate Change Conference - we can build a better future for our planet and a more sustainable way of life

The North American green sturgeon, which has remained unchanged since it first evolved 200 million years ago, declined by 95 percent between 2001 and 2006, largely due to loss of suitable spawning habitat. Only three spawning grounds remain, leaving the