Conservation group Greenpeace is blockading two rivers in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, hoping a mounting pile of illegally cut trees will embarrass the Indonesian Government into prosecuting offenders.
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A coelacanth - a pre-historic fish once thought to be extinct and now known as "the living fossil" - was discovered last week by divers in Sodwana Bay.
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Indonesia pledged on Monday to help critically endangered leatherback turtles by creating a marine protected area for a Papua nesting beach that attracts a quarter of the remaining population in the Pacific.
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Two closed uranium mines near Gallup may be getting a second lease on life. The state's Mining and Minerals Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department has received reclamation and closeout plans from the United Nuclear Corporation, the company operating the closed mines.
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France became the 50th nation to ratify the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants this week, enabling the landmark treaty to enter into international law.
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 When Shelly Fredman picked up lunch at a natural foods store in St. Louis this week, she got a piece of the future along with her vegetable salad. Her food came in a container that looked like plastic and felt like plastic - but it was made entirely of corn.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company announced Wednesday that it will make a $200,000 contribution to Ducks Unlimited Inc. to fund restoration of the McPherson Valley Wetlands in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. The ADM contribution will enable DU and KDWP to protect, restore and maintain these wetlands so vital to this continent's waterfowl and wildlife resources.
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A UN ban on the production and use of 12 persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are hazardous to the environment will enter into force in May, the United Nations announced on Wednesday.
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Eighteen rare mountain antelope leapt from their shipping containers on to the slopes of Mount Kenya - the climax of an attempt begun two decades ago to save the species from extinction.
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Carbon dioxide emissions from new cars in the EU decreased by nearly 11% between 1995 and 2002, figures from the Fourth Annual Report on CO2 Emissions from New Cars, show.
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A three-year joint study by WSPA and Idaho Black Bear Rehabilitation (IBBR) gives solid proof that orphaned bear cubs raised in captivity can develop into wild animals capable of surviving on their own. This research debunks the myth that cubs raised in captivity necessarily become dependent on humans.
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The United States will eventually impose caps on carbon dioxide emissions, despite pulling out three years ago from Kyoto Protocol on climate change which seeks to curb greenhouse gas pollution, an official from U.S. utility American Electric Power said on Monday.
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So many bald eagles swoop down from the treetops to pluck their breakfast from the Skagit River, you wouldn't think they were a threatened species. Biologically speaking, they aren't.
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The Hawaiian Goose, also known as the nene and Hawai'i's state bird, became federally-protected when the bird population plummeted statewide in past years.
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