Arctic ice island breaks in half
The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada’s northern shores has broken in two – far earlier than expected. In…
Agricultural patents and bio-piracy
Genetic Engineering has emerged as a modern means of improving and altering life forms, accomplishing within a matter of moments…
Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter
George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8…
Amazon tribe enlists Google
You may know it as Google, but in bamboo-and-thatch roundhouses deep in the Amazon rainforest the iconic brand goes by…
Apec leaders reach climate deal
Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Sydney have agreed an “aspirational” goal to restrain the rise of greenhouse gas emissions to tackle…
702 Nuclear Debate
For those who missed the nuclear energy debate broadcast on 702 on 8 November 2007, featuring Dr David Figg (Earthlife)…
World Bank accused of razing Congo forests
The World Bank encouraged foreign companies to destructively log the world’s second largest forest, endangering the lives of thousands of…
Is it time to just live with climate change?
An article in this week’s Time magazine raises an interesting point about climate change. While there’s a growing consensus that…
Brazil seizes livestock to protect rainforest
In an unprecedented move against rogue cattle ranchers in the Amazon, the Brazilian government has seized livestock grazing there illegally,…
Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry
Stanford, CA— Researchers have discovered that the ocean’s chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change…