India's prime minister vowed on Tuesday that a massive increase in nuclear power generation over the next four decades would allow the booming country to reduce its impact on global warming....

Colombia seeks to develop eco-tourism trade...

The humpback whale was an extremely popular whale to be hunted up to the mid-twentieth century when it became illegal to hunt the immense mammals. When the ban on commercial whaling began in 1966, there was estimated to only be 1,400 humpbacks left in the North Pacific, with even less surviving in other populations. Due the [...]...

It’s amazing what a little ingenuity paired with God given talent can make out of old pieces of trash. I mean think about it, what could you possibly expect to do with an old oil drum and what are the chances you’re going to decorate your house with one?  Well truth is, if it were [...]...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a high-level conference on climate change. U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao and other world leaders attend...

In time for the climate talks in Copenhagen this December, the United Nations’ Environment Program issued the results of a peer-reviewed study. The study consisted of 400 peer-reviewed papers which focused on climate change. The comprehensive study is the largest since 2007 on climate change, which was issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [...]...

A farmer's view of the government's soil protection plan...

The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades....

OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Sep 25 (IPS) - The rich and unique biodiversity of the Mekong region, which has been discovered only in recent years, is likely to be put at risk by environmental impacts that climate change is expected to bring, says the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) in a report launched here Friday....

Bangladesh education officials said Sunday that English, climate change studies and information technology would be taught in thousands of religious schools to make students more aware of the world around them....

The Vision S 500 Plug-in Hybrid by Mercedes-Benz shows that the venerable automaker is blending traditional designs with green engineering. This concept hybrid made its debut on the world stage at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show to understandable excitement. Mercedes-Benz used the Vision S 400 hybrid as a model for its latest concept though the [...]...

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has wowed the world with his words and vision for addressing the major global challenges, from climate change and Middle East peace to the spread of nuclear weapons....

An oil spill from a ship sunk off the coast of the Indian state of Orissa could harm rare sea turtles, environmentalists warn....

If, after watching months of hysterical TV coverage of H1N1, or swine flu, you think you already know everything you need to know, you are probably wrong...