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NEW DELHI – The number of Indian tigers living in the wild rose to 1,706 at the latest count, giving a boost to conservation efforts for the endangered species in the country with the world's largest population of the big cats. But the government on Monday raised concern over a sharp decline...

Russia and BP finally reached an agreement over plans to drill in the Arctic Circle back on Feb. 15. BP became a major player after it turned its attention elsewhere after hitting numerous offshore drilling roadblocks in the U.S. following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The drilling is set to...

A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday. The United Nations has predicted the global population will reach seven billion this year, and climb to nine...

A rush to drill in the gas-rich Mediterranean may do permanent damage to the sea's wildlife as it takes at least a millennium for an ecosystem to grow, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday. Drilling in the Mediterranean's eastern region shared by Turkey, Israel and Egypt, "could cause...

GENEVA – The environmental group WWF argued on Thursday that a radical, near total elimination of oil and shift to clean energy within 40 years would generate four trillion euros ($5.4 trillion) in savings a year. "The Energy Report" produced by WWF and consultancy Ecofys seeks to make the case...

A rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs at an Indonesian zoo in a welcome boost for the endangered species, an official said Thursday. The big cat gave birth to four cubs at Taman Rimba zoo in Jambi province Tuesday but one died immediately, according to provincial tourism and...

While Africa's cities are growing exponentially, many people are leaving rural areas because they can no longer live off farming. But of the 14 million people who migrate to urban areas every year, 70% move into slums. While Africa's cities are growing exponentially, Africans are leaving rural...

Watts Up With That? March 12, 2010 Via Eurekalert – New study debunks myths about Amazon rain forests – They may be more tolerant of droughts than previously thought The Amazon, Brazil – Credit Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC* (Boston) — A new NASA-funded study...

Nick Collins London Telegraph Friday, February 12, 2010 Adopting a vegetarian diet based around meat substitutes such as tofu can cause more damage to the environment, according to a new study. It has often been claimed that avoiding red meat is beneficial to the environment, because it...

Andrew Neil BBC Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 The bloggers are all over the UN IPCC 2007 report, the bible of global warming, which predicted all manner of dire outcomes for our planet unless we got a grip on rising temperatures — and it seems to be crumbling in some pretty significant areas...

Watts Up With That? Sunday, January 24th, 2010 The IPCC is now damaged goods. Pachauri is toast, and nobody will be able to cite the IPCC AR4 again without this being brought up. The Daily Mail’s David Rose in the UK broke this story, it is mind boggling fraud to prod “government action” and...

Jurriaan Maessen Prison Planet.com Tuesday, December 8, 2009 The life of Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld is littered with examples of weapons-trade, racketeering, bribery, plundering third world countries- and every other criminal activity under the sun. As a recently published book in...

Paul Chesser The American Spectator Monday, November 23, 2009 The last place cable news network is following the same tack it took on the ACORN scandal, which is, ignore the story that is not only overturning the cart and its apples, but is also crushing them into a pulp fit for a Mott’s...

BEIJING – If China's economy continues to expand rapidly and rely heavily on coal and other fossil fuels until the middle of the century, its power consumption would be unsustainable, according to a study by government think tanks released Wednesday. The two-year study, supported by the...

Development: Preparing for Water Quarrels, if not Wars by Hilmi Toros (istanbul)Sunday, March 15, 2009 Inter Press Service The Fifth World Water Forum begins in Istanbul Mar. 16 in the face of some stark facts: of the world's water, 97.5 percent is the sea, and of the remaining, 70 percent is...