NAIROBI, Kenya, June 26, 2008 (ENS) - Kenya’s Tana River Delta, inhabited by 350 species of birds, lions, elephants, rare sharks and reptiles, is about to be converted to sugar cane production over the objections of conservationists and local communities. Kenya’s National Environment Man...

Below you’ll find an excellent case study video from a Google.com research scientist on his experience with installing solar panels on his home. Good ‘ol Google - thanks for this useful presentation! Some of the topics covered: How solar panel systems work Reasons for installing solar p...

SANTIAGO, Chile, June 24, 2008 (ENS) - With whaling nations and their allies on one side and pro-conservation nations on the other, annual meetings of the International Whaling Commission have been increasingly gridlocked and acrimonious. But today at the 60th annual IWC meeting in Santiago there wa...

WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2008 (ENS) - The U.S. Supreme Court today accepted a request by the U.S. Navy that the court review a series of lower court rulings that restrict the Navy’s use of loud sonar blasts in submarine detection training exercises off the coast of Southern California. The Nav...

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 23, 2008 (ENS) - Many bird species migrating to Massachusetts from points south are arriving earlier each spring as temperatures warm along the east coast of the United States. Some of those species migrate thousands of miles from South America, but a new study shows that...

PASADENA, California, June 23, 2008 (ENS) - A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite was lofted into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Friday morning on a three year mission to record sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission is expected to return a vas...

WASHINGTON, DC, June 18, 2008 (ENS) - President George W. Bush today called on Congress to expand domestic oil production to lower record high oil and gas prices by lifting a ban on oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf that has been in place since 1981. Drilling for oil offshore is one of ...

Its fundamentally important that all of us start realizing that not one type of alternative energy will solve our problems. Rather, for us to become energy independent and protect our environment, we must employ a combination of all alternative energy sources starting now. So I’m happy to anno...

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African Rhino Numbers Rise, Yet One Type Sinks Into Extinction . GLAND, Switzerland, June 17, 2008 (ENS) - Populations of most African rhinos are increasing as a result of conservation efforts, but one sub-species, the Northern white rhino, may already be extinct, the world’s most expert rhino...