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Whales Get a Really, Really, Really Big Sanctuary

France, Italy, and Monaco on Thursday created the first whale sanctuary north of the equator, an area in the Mediterranean Sea twice the size of Switzerland. Thirteen cetacean species live […]

Dry Me a River

More than half of the world’s major rivers are polluted or are going dry, according to the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, which is meeting at The […]

Once Bitten, But Not Shy at All

Ukraine restarted the last working nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant on Friday after almost five months of repairs, ignoring strong international pressure to shut it down. Ukrainian officials […]

Exhortin' Us to Hear the WHO

Environmental degradation increasingly threatens the existence of the world’s 300 million indigenous people, as do disease and poverty, according to a report released Friday by the World Health Organization. For […]

Ashes, Ashes, We All Burn Down

The world’s first solar-powered crematorium is being built in the Indian state of Gujarat, and it will save about 660 pounds of firewood for each body cremated. A 540-square-foot solar […]

A Sworded Affair

Atlantic swordfish are in trouble, no thanks to fishing nations that this week refused to lower the allowable catch to a level scientists believe is sustainable. Delegates to an international […]

Burning Bush

GOP presidential contender John McCain said yesterday that he plans to increase the visibility of environmental issues in his campaign and make a major policy address on the environment within […]

Farm Groups Seed the Light

More than 30 U.S. farm groups representing tens of thousands of farmers said yesterday that planting genetically modified crops could imperil farmers’ livelihoods because the crops are becoming increasingly unpopular […]

Paper Chase Gets Some Results

International Paper Co., the world’s largest paper company and one of the biggest private landowners in the U.S., has hired an outside firm to verify that its forest-management practices are […]

No Take-Backs!

The European Parliament is backing off from stringent draft legislation that would have required automakers to take back old cars and bear the full cost of recycling or reusing them […]