Russian Officials Deny Report of Accident at Chemical Weapons Reprocessing Site

Russian officials on Thursday denied a report of an accident at a chemical weapons reprocessing site, the RIA-Novosti and Interfax news agencies reported. >> Read the Full Article

Home-Bound Indonesia Orangutans Given VIP Welcome

Forty eight orangutans rescued from a Thai amusement park were given a VIP reception on Wednesday hosted by Indonesia's first lady, Kristiani Yudhoyono, to mark the endangered apes return to home soil. >> Read the Full Article

Brookfield Zoo Announces Birth of Okapi

The Brookfield Zoo announced this week the birth of a baby okapi -- an endangered African animal that looks as if it were put together by committee. >> Read the Full Article

Rare Lion Cubs Poisoned to Save Costs

Rare Abyssinian lion cubs are being poisoned at a zoo in Ethiopia and sold to taxidermists because there isn't enough money to care for the animals, the facility's administrator said Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article

Cambodian Court Jails Eight for Illegal Logging

A Cambodian court sentenced eight people, including a former provincial governor, to up to 17 years in jail on Thursday for taking bribes to allow a Vietnamese company to log in a national park. >> Read the Full Article

EPA to Regulate a Form of Nanotechnology for the First Time

Consumer products using extremely small particles of silver to kill germs will need Environmental Protection Agency approval, part of the government's first move to regulate the burgeoning nanotechnology industry. >> Read the Full Article

Groups Spar Over Shorebird Habitat Rules

Property owners faced off against conservationists at a legislative hearing to reconsider new rules that restrict development near shorelines where sandpipers, plovers and other migrating birds feed and rest. >> Read the Full Article

Consumers Not Warned of Mercury in Fish

Not a single West Virginia grocery store is warning consumers of the possible dangers of mercury in fish, an environmental group says, even though the state and federal governments have been issuing advisories to anglers for at least two years. >> Read the Full Article

World Has Under a Decade to Act on Climate Crisis

The world has less than a decade to take decisive action in the battle to beat global warming or risk irreversible change that will tip the planet towards catastrophe, a leading U.S. climate scientist said on Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article

World Bank to Fund Controversial Uruguay Pulp Mill

The World Bank Tuesday agreed to finance a controversial pulp mill project in Uruguay that soured relations with neighboring Argentina over concerns it will cause environmental damage to a river they share. >> Read the Full Article