Since retiring from the National Basketball Association a year ago, Chinese star Yao Ming has become a committed environmentalist. He is currently working with WildAid to “promote wildlife conservation and to reduce the demand for products from endangered or threatened species”. China is a significant market for products such as ivory and thus having Yao Ming lead the cause was a perfect fit for WildAid; well over half of illegal ivory ends up in China.
Farmers fight Monsanto’s threats and intimidation
A major lawsuit against Monsanto was denied in at the district court and has been appealed. On July 5, 2012, seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., asking the appellate court to reverse a lower court’s decision from February dismissing their protective legal action against agricultural giant Monsanto’s patents on genetically engineered seed.
Shell to invest $1bn a year in China shale gas strategy
Shell also plans $12.6bn refinery and petrochemical complex – which could become China’s single largest foreign investment.
Nobel Prize winner reveals what has caused extreme global weather
It is highly likely that extreme weather events around the world were the result of man-made global warming, says Mario Molina.
