Canada, Greenland to jointly manage polar bears »
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Canada and Greenland agreed on Friday to create a joint commission to recommend how many of the polar bears shared between the two countries can be hunted each year.
Coast Guard probes fuel spill in San Francisco Bay »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday it was investigating an early morning spill of bunker fuel from a refueling line between the tanker Dubai Star and a barge alongside it in San Francisco Bay.
S.Africa’s Tutu criticizes world leaders on climate »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu criticized European Union leaders on Friday for standing in the way of a global deal to combat climate change.
UK says EU in climate deal, east Europe sees split »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders have agreed an offer to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December, Britain and Denmark said on Friday, but east European officials said divisions remained.
U.N. talks in Spain seek to salvage climate deal »
OSLO (Reuters) – Climate negotiators from 175 nations meet in Spain next week for a final session to try to break deadlock between rich and poor and salvage a U.N. deal due in Copenhagen in December.
Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favor in India »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A new type of U.N. scheme is spreading clean energy technology to millions of people in India, promising to cut carbon emissions and help investors earn valuable carbon credits.
Japan CO2 emissions from fuel drop »
TOKYO (Reuters) – A slumping economy pushed down Japanese CO2 emissions from burning fuels by a record 6.7 percent in the year to March 2009, the trade ministry said on Friday, but the country is still far from meeting its Kyoto Protocol obligations.
Massive oil leak threatens marine life »
A HUGE oil spill in Western Australia is expected to continue for at least another week, according to Fairfax Newspapers this week. Thai Oil company PTTEP were responsible for the spill and said it would take up to a week to stop the spill into Timor Sea. Mike Allcorn from the Alert Well Control, said [...]
More dry times ahead for farmers »
AUSTRALIAN farmers face a bleak future after being warned they will be stripped of water for environmental needs. Laurie Arthur, who sits on the National Water Commission and chairs the National Farmers Federation water taskforce, laid down a harsh assessment yesterday at a conference on regional water policy of what the country’s growers could expect. In a [...]
Breakthrough in food safety »
THERMO Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, this week announced a new online information resource for environmental and food safety professionals. Thermo Fisher is a comprehensive provider of solutions for environment and food safety. Thermo Fisher is making the easy-to-use resource centers available to the world’s scientific community to share its extensive knowledge and [...]