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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the results of the first comprehensive survey looking at the health of thousands of stream and river miles across the country, finding that more than half – 55 percent – are in poor condition for aquatic life.

Conservation groups sent a letter to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James Watson asking for a public comment period and review of ConocoPhillips’ Chukchi Oil Spill Response Plan and accompanying environmental documentation. In 2012, BSEE distributed Shell Oil’s Chukchi and Beaufort Oil Spill Response Plans to the public and reviewed public comments. BSEE received ConocoPhillips’ spill plan back in February 2012, but has not made the plan available for public review and has yet to make clear if the agency will take public comment.

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower” star Ezra Miller will travel to the North Pole in early April to plant a ‘flag for the future’ on the seabed, as part of a major international campaign to protect the Arctic.

Clear flowing headwaters in the TeePee-Spring Creek roadless area of Montana's Cabinet Mountains.

African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana africana)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Maine to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and flooding during the period of February 8 - 9, 2013.

Pupils from Currie Community High School laid out candles on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade to show their support of WWF's Earth Hour

Millions of people have been affected by floods ravaging many countries in Asia

A Toliara local with a wood-saving stove. The daily use of these 1000 stoves will protect 175ha of forest and save 6,650 tons of wood per year

Lights dimmed at UN Headquarters to observe Earth Hour in 2012.