illegal timber
Land Use/Forests

Interpol Arrests 194 in Illegal Logging Sting

LYON, France, February 20, 2013 (ENS) – Interpol’s first international operation against illegal logging and forest crimes has resulted in nearly 200 arrests and the seizure of millions of dollars’ worth of timber and some 150 vehicles across Latin America. […]

personal care products
At Risk

Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Cancers: WHO/UNEP Report

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 19, 2013 (ENS) – Chemicals in household and industrial products that disrupt the human hormone system are linked to high global rates of breast, ovarian, prostate, testicular and thyroid cancers, warns a report released today by the UN Environment Programme and the World Health Organization. […]

Cylvia Hayes
Latest News

Oregon Welcomes Japanese Tsunami Debris Activists

LINCOLN CITY, Oregon, February 18, 2013 (ENS) – Japanese environmentalists concerned about marine debris scattered across the Pacific by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami came to Lincoln City on the weekend to coordinate with Oregon residents and help clean Oregon beaches. […]

lizard
Latest News

One in Every Five Reptiles Faces Extinction

GLAND, Switzerland, February 18, 2013 (ENS) – They may not be cute and cuddly like pandas, nor charismatic like tigers, but many reptiles, too, are at risk of being wiped out by human activities, finds the first global analysis of extinction risk in reptiles, published Friday. […]

rally flag
Air/Climate

‘Forward on Climate’ Rally Draws Nearly 50,000

WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2013 (ENS) – Tens of thousands of people from across the country rallied in the nation’s capital on this chilly day to demand that President Barack Obama block TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and move forward on climate action. […]

meteor
At Risk

Meteor Strikes Russia, Hundreds Injured

CHELYABINSK, Russia, February 15, 2013 (ENS) – An asteroid several meters in diameter exploded in the atmosphere above the city of Chelyabinsk today at about 9:30 in the morning local time, injuring hundreds of people and damaging thousands of buildings, said officials. […]

Kerry, Ban
At Risk

Climate, Syria, Nuclear Test, High on Global Risk Agenda

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks in Washington D.C. today focused on high risk issues, including climate change, the nuclear test conducted by North Korea, the wars in Syria and Mali and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. […]

Sea Shepherd crew
Latest News

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Sea Shepherd Appeal

WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by the marine mammal conservation group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on the movement of its ships near Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. But on the high seas, the whale defenders have the whalers on the run. […]

Passaic River
Latest News

New Jersey Water Officials Charged With Poisoning Drinking Water

TRENTON, New Jersey, February 13, 2013 (ENS) – Two East Orange Water Commission officials have been charged with conspiring to close contaminated wells before water tests, falsely reporting low levels of a contaminant in drinking water, then opening the wells, allowing the chemical back into the water supply. […]

Beijing traffic
Air/Climate

Beijing Bans Polluting Petrol-Powered Cars

BEIJING, China, February 12, 2013 (ENS) – To help cut record levels of air pollution in Beijing, the city is making zero-emission and alternative-energy vehicles more desirable by imposing strict limits on emissions from petrol-powered cars. […]

butter bombs
Latest News

Sea Shepherd Takes Whale War to U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, DC, February 11, 2013 (ENS) – The marine mammal conservation group Sea Shepherd has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court order forbidding its ships from approaching the Japanese whaling fleet now trying to catch whales in the Southern Ocean. […]

skier Sochi
Business

Dark Side of the Sochi Winter Olympics: Environmental Damage

SOCHI, Russia, February 11, 2013 (ENS) – “Large-scale destruction of the environment and substantial environmental damage” is being wrought by preparation for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian non-profit group warned today in an Open Statement to the International Olympic Committee. […]