CEC Secretariat Launches Independent Study on the Environmental Hazards of Transborder Lead Battery Recycling
The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has begun an independent examination into the environmental and public health issues associated with the...
U.S. Chamber Launches Distortion Campaign on Keystone XL Pipeline
Washington (January 12, 2012) – The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in response to the...
Gas Industry Lawsuits Undermine Americans‘ Right to Know about Dangerous Pollution
(Washington, D.C. – February 1, 2011) Lawsuits filed by the oil and gas industry would undermine the American public’s right to know about harmful...
Mertz Glacier under the microscope
An array of underwater cameras, moorings and sensors will be deployed at the Mertz Glacier in east Antarctica this summer for the first time...
New lemur: big feet, long tongue and the size of squirrel
Washington, DC / London – A species of fork-marked lemur believed to be new to science was discovered in the dry forests of Madagascar....
Scientists Find 20 Years of Deep Water Warming Leading to Sea Level Rise
Scientists analyzing measurements taken in the deep ocean around the globe over the past two decades find a warming trend that contributes to sea...
Mass whale stranding in Far North
The Department of Conservation (DOC) in Kaitaia received a call from a member of the public at approximately 10.30am this morning advising of a...
Europe blows its annual budget for fish on Friday 9 July
New research reveals that Europe could not feed itself on fish from EU waters for more than 189 days a year, and from today...
Information on Bird Impacts from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
What is the Likely Impact on Birds?
The concern for birds are three-fold.
- Brown PelicanThe first is the immediate threat to individual birds from oil...
Deepwater horizon incident (Update 10)
Unified Command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling...
Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratospheric heights
BOULDER—The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere...
Release of rhino poachers exposes widespread enforcement failures
Gland, Switzerland, 2 March 2010—The release of six alleged rhino poachers from custody two weeks before a meeting of the largest wildlife trade convention...
