World pays Ecuador not to extract oil from rainforest
Governments and film stars join alliance that raises £75m to compensate Ecuador for lost revenue from 900m barrels.
EU warns wasting environmental resources could spark new recession
Janez Potočnik, European Union commissoner for green affairs, says unless habits change scarcity could see prices spike.
Anti Whaling Ship is Hit By Rogue Wave and is Headed Back to Australia
Anti-whaling organization Sea Shepherd said one of its boats chasing the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean had issued a distress call after its hull was cracked by a rogue wave.The flagship Steve Irwin has turned back to accompany the Brigitte Bardot back to port.
Fund established by polluter for marine environment
China National Offshore Oil Corp, majority owner of the oilfield that spilled more than 700 barrels of crude oil into Bohai Bay off the Chinese coast, will set up a nonprofit fund for marine environment and ecological conservation.
Global hunger for plastic packaging leaves waste solution a long way off
Despite measures to increase recycling, discarded plastic packaging continues to blight Earth.
An environmentalist’s view on wolves
Joseph resident Peter Barry, a member of Oregon Wild and other environmental groups in the United States, has been a vocal supporter of wolves since the late 1990s, when he lived in Jackson Hole, Wyo., an area where wolves were reintroduced.
Too clever by half: is technology killing the planet?
In a commentary in The Ecologist, Ian Michler looks at the pros and cons of technology. What we find, he says, is that technology is at once a hugely constructive and a hugely destructive force, and for the most part we have been content to ignore the latter while enjoying the benefits of the former. It’s time that we begin to think seriously – and innovatively – about tempering its damaging effects.
Cycling to protest against the Keystone XL pipeline
Tom Weis has completed a 2,150 mile Keystone XL “Tour of Resistance” bike ride from the U.S.-Canada border in Montana to Port Arthur. The route he traveled took him on the same general path as the proposed Keystone pipeline.
