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IEMA Launches Research Report on GHG Management and Reporting This Week
IEMA?members call for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions to become mandatory according to new research launched this week. Click for more details and to download the full report.
World's rivers in 'Crisis state'
The world's rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis.
One thousand tortoises a week illegally gathered in south Madagascar
Ten or more zebu carts filled with around 100 terrestrial tortoises each are leaving the Mahafaly Plateau in south Madagascar every week, according to a survey conducted by WWF staff.
Six countries dominate clean energy patents, UN–backed study finds
Innovations in clean energy technologies are concentrated in six countries � Japan, the United States, Germany, the Republic of Korea (ROK), France and the United Kingdom � according to a new United Nations-backed study.
True or false? Online shopping greener than the mall
Unless you're in the habit of purchasing bulk orders when you shop online, you can ditch the notion you are helping the environment by skipping a trip to the mall, a recent study has found.
Obsession with growth is asset stripping the planet
Obsession with economic growth and the greed of financial speculators are destroying efforts to conserve the world's diminishing resources.
Wind will power fossil fuel–free Denmark in 2050, report predicts
The falling cost of renewable energy and rising cost of oil and gas will allow Denmark to develop an energy network entirely free of fossil fuels by 2050, according to a report published by the Government's climate commi...
Environmental activists shut down coal port
Australian climate change activists closed down operations at the world's largest coal port after entering its three terminals and attaching themselves to loaders.
Greenpeace banned from intercepting oil–drilling ship
Greenpeace has been banned from intercepting a deep sea oil-drilling ship after the protest group sent "wave after wave" of swimmers into the north Atlantic to stop the vessel from reaching its drilling site.
Does mammoth ivory make ethical jewellery?
The tusks from long-dead mammoths are being presented as a more sustainable alternative to elephant ivory. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, mammoth-mining is big business in Russia. Tusks ...