U.N. Targets Trillions of Dollars to Implement Sustainable Development 4/8/2015

After more than two years of intense negotiations, the U.N.'s 193 member states have unanimously agreed on a new Sustainable Development Agenda (SDA) with 17 goals -- including the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger -- to be reached by 2030. ...more

Obama unveils clean power plan to fight climate change 3/8/2015

President Barack Obama will unveil today the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, ...more

New vaccine could be the beginning of the end' for Ebola 3/8/2015

An Ebola vaccine provided 100% protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, mooting "the beginning of the end" of the killer West African outbreak. ...more

India set to become world's most populous country by 2022 - UN 31/7/2015

India is set to overtake China and become the world's most populous country in less than a decade - six years sooner than previously forecast, the United Nations said on Wednesday. ...more

Northern California wildfire forces hundreds to flee 31/7/2015

Flames raged unchecked for a second day through tinder-dry brush and scrub oak in Northern California's ranch country on Thursday after destroying three homes and forcing hundreds of residents to flee, as firefighters sought to benefit from subsiding winds, officials said. ...more

UN tackles illicit wildlife poaching amid Cecil the lion uproar 31/7/2015

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday called on all countries to step up their efforts to tackle illicit poaching and trafficking in wildlife amid global uproar over the unlawful killing of "Cecil" the lion in Zimbabwe. ...more

World Bank rejects energy industry notion that coal can cure poverty 30/7/2015

The World Bank said yesterday that coal was no cure for global poverty, rejecting a main industry argument for building new fossil fuel projects in developing countries. ...more

More and bigger drilling-linked earthquakes rattle Oklahoma 30/7/2015

Several earthquakes shook Oklahoma recently as the state experiences a sharp increase in the frequency of tremors linked to wastewater disposal from gas and oil drilling, including from fracking, state and federal officials said. ...more

'Laughing gas' emissions from farming understated in US 29/7/2015

Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from agriculture in some locations are underestimated by 40% according to new research ...more

The death of Cecil the lion prompts calls to ban trophy hunt imports to US 29/7/2015

Conservationists are calling on the US government to ban the the import of lions killed in trophy hunting, following the death of Cecil, Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, who was allegedly killed by an American dentist this month. ...more