Environment

21 Conservation Groups Call on Obama Administration to Save Pacific Northwest’s Vanishing Marbled Murrelet

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An agreement with the timber industry, if approved by a federal court, would eliminate protection from...

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Marks & Spencer to eliminate hazardous chemicals from clothing

“This commitment from M&S sets a new benchmark and they join H&M in showing real leadership on the issue of toxic water pollution. The onus is now on other brands to step up and take ambitious action to Detox that matches the urgency of the...

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UN food agency warns North Africa of locust threat, seeks funding help to control swarms

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Desert locusts eating vegetation.

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UN Central Emergency Relief Fund to provide $10 million to help flood victims in Pakistan

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People wade through the flood waters in the district Jaffarabad and Nasirabad, Balochistan...

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