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Indonesia detained 14 mostly foreign Greenpeace activists Wednesday as they protested against a big pulp and paper company in this country known for its greenhouse gas emissions, the group said.
Environmentalists are questioning the legal justification offered for what would be the only active oil well inside the nation's first national forest.
President Obama today unveiled key details of the U.S. negotiation position headed into next month's global warming talks in ...
A push to end grazing along a 150-mile stretch of the Missouri River would bar about 10,000 cattle from federal lands in central Montana so that the river valley can be restored to more natural conditions.
The United Nations' top climate official has urged countries to come to a clear and unified agreement at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen.
The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a planned roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada because of a lawsuit and to allow time for appeals of its decision. BLM spokeswoman JoLynn Worley in Reno confirmed Wednesday the gather planned to begin Dec.... Bureau of Land Management - Nevada - United States - Horse - Reno Nevada
A Russian environmentalist says a rare Siberian tiger fitted with a radio-tracking collar by Vladimir Putin has vanished.
A controversy over leaked e-mails exchanged among global warming scientists is part of a "smear campaign" to derail next month's United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, one of the scientists, meteorologist Michael Mann, said Tuesday.
A global network of aid agencies on Wednesday called on governments to do more to reduce the impact natural disasters caused by climate change will have on poor countries.
The governors of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have announced a partnership designed to promote and coordinate the development of wind energy off the mid-Atlantic coast.
President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit armed with the first concrete US offer to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.
The H1N1 flu pandemic has hit a plateau in parts of Canada, but the overall numbers of hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise, health officials said on Wednesday.
Energy prices rose Wednesday even as the amount of unused crude, gasoline and natural gas being placed into storage rose again.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to streamline the state's push for renewable energy.
An environmental group and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are seeking to settle a lawsuit aimed at getting Utah to change its air pollution regulations. WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit in September challenging Utah's rules, specifically a... United States Environmental Protection Agency - Utah - Air pollution - United States - Lawsuit
President Obama will go to Copenhagen next month, a White House official said Wednesday, to participate in a long-anticipated, high-stakes global climate summit.
The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.
WSP Holdings Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of oil and natural gas exploration and drilling products, said Wednesday its board has approved a repurchase program of up to $10 million in American Depositary shares.
Vietnam's Communist-dominated parliament on Wednesday brushed aside criticism and approved building the country's first nuclear power stations, a project keenly watched by potential foreign partners.
Natural gas stockpile levels rose less than expected last week, the government said Thursday.
Lucia Kucharova never cared much about the view from her window until its main feature became a wall separating her and more than 1,000 other Roma from the rest of their village.
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