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Tour boat operators in Hawaii will continue to take tourists to see lava erupting from the Big Island's Kilauea volcano but will heed the Coast Guard's directive to stay farther away.

Regulations under development at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to manage deep-sea mining are insufficient to prevent irrevocable damage to marine ecosystems and a loss of unique species – many yet to be discovered, an IUCN report warns.

Kayakers, protesting a gas storage facility on Seneca Lake, in June 2012.

On July 12, members of the Congressional Western Caucus released the text of nine new bills to drastically undermine the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s most effective law for protecting wildlife in danger of extinction.

The court accepted that the state aid was justified under the Euratom Treaty. Austria and Luxembourg have the right to appeal the ruling.

Martin Hayden, Earthjustice Vice President for Policy and Legislation, released the following statement in opposition to H.R. 200, a bill to gut federal fisheries protections under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)

Save the Children Japan has deployed its emergency response team to assess the needs of children in the Mabi district of Kurashiki city, Okayama prefecture, after record rainfall left more than 4,600 houses there flooded.

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing is a serious global problem that contributes to overfishing, creates unfair competition, and impedes sustainable fisheries.

Final arguments challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) refusal to ban a pesticide linked to brain damage in children will take place this morning in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

A Cod species, Gadus morhua, feeding on krill near an active ROV vehicle at 400m depth in the North East Atlantic Ocean.