Environment News

A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killing at least 37 people.

The New York Eurasian Film Festival kicks off on May 20 with "Awakening," a documentary film from Kazakhstan about "green development." The film is the brainchild of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's youngest daughter, Aliya Nazarbaeva.

Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University.

Standing ankle deep in black oil in a green field in Nigeria, Donna Vorhees was startled not by the pollutant inching up her boots, but by the two barefoot women inching past her.

Cornwall MPs are to meet with Public Health Minister Anna Soubry tomorrow to press for help for victims of the 1988 Lowermoor water poisoning.

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 7, 2011 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech on May 23 in Washington, D.C., in which he said, "I envision an Israel that can dedicate even more of its creative and scientific talents to help solve some of the great challenges of the day, foremost of which is finding a clean and affordable substitute ... (more)

Imagine sitting down to a nice family dinner of beans, rice and beetles. Yes, you read that right - beetles! The United Nations is touting the benefits of edible bugs as a way to combat hunger, pollution and global warming, according to The Huffington Post .

The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming.

Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands, officials said Thursday.

At The Guardian, Jonathan Kaiman reports the approval by Chinese environmental officials of a proposed 314-meter-tall dam despite fears about its effects on the ecology of Sichuan 's Dadu River, an indirect tributary of the Yangtze .

The natural hot springs that led to the creation of Canada's national parks reopened to the public Friday after a $13.8-million facelift.

Tory MPs hell-bent on us going it alone should take care what they wish for, writes the Sunday People's Nigel Nelson What I cannot A understand is how the same strong emotions can be conjured up by shopping bags.

Leaders from 11 Native American tribes stormed out of a meeting with US federal officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they say will lead to 'environmental genocide.' Native Americans are opposed to the 1,179-mile Keystone XL project, a system to transport tar sands oil from Canada and the ... (more)

The following information was provided by Union County. The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders will sponsor a Household Special Waste Collection event on Saturday, June 1, so Union County residents can get rid of outdated or unwanted household chemicals, mercury thermostats, propane tanks, and automobile tires in an environmentally safe ... (more)

One week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region , outlining the government's strategic priorities over the next 10 years.

This map shows methane measurements Ira Leifer took as he drove in his RV around the Los Angeles basin.

One was a farm boy from Ontario, the other the son of itinerant Iowa farmers. Both are now world-renowned scientists and activists with the attention of global leaders.

In the late 1980s, municipal Environmental Affairs Coordinator Gray Russell was working in the music business when he heard a lecture at the Museum of Natural History in New York City about the dwindling rainforests.

Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place.