UK officials: BP not seeking gov't help with spill
British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in ...
Residents shout 'Protest!' over refinery in China
More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a ...
UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world
The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted ...
Project to track megacities' carbon footprints
Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other ...
Project aims to track big city carbon footprints
Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and ...
London Zoo seeks female mate for near-extinct fish
The London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species. Zoo officials say the Mangarahara ...
China career boost can come with health risks
Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays ...
Beekeepers create buzz with UK Parliament protest
Scores of worried beekeepers — and a brace of fashionistas — have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back ...
Nets, harpoons could be used to haul in space junk
Nets, harpoons and suicide robots could become weapons of choice to hunt down the space junk threatening crucial communications satellites currently ...
Florida becomes 4th state to sue BP over oil spill
The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against British oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ...
3 years later: oil spill cleanup, study carries on
At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil ...
Gorbachev sees global failure to address eco-risks
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the ...
Gang steals rhino horns from Irish museum storage
Masked men stole stuffed rhinoceros heads containing eight valuable horns from the warehouse of Ireland's National Museum, police and museum officials ...
EU cap-and-trade system suffers blow
Europe's fight against climate change was dealt a setback on Tuesday, when EU lawmakers voted against a proposal that would have made it more ...
Milan show mixes design, fashion, architecture
Bathrooms that beg indulgence. Tiles that reduce pollution. Lighting that mimics a rainbow. Extravagance, social consciousness and innovation are ...
Feelin' queasy? More air turbulence over Atlantic
Tourists, exchange students, masters of the financial universe and other business travelers: It's time to buckle up. More pollution is likely to mean ...
BP executive: Safety was top priority before blast
A BP executive who oversaw the company's Gulf of Mexico operations testified Tuesday that he led a push to improve safety when he started the job more ...
India use drones to protect rhinos from poachers
Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from ...
BP to call 1st witness at trial over Gulf spill
BP is scheduled to call its first witness at a trial designed to determine causes and assign blame for its April 2010 well blowout in the Gulf of ...
Q&A: Europe's freezing Easter and global warming
Is it Easter or Christmas? Many Europeans would be forgiven for being confused by winter's icy grip on lands that should be thawing in springtime ...
BP contractor denies destroying US trial evidence
BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in 2010 and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history said its recent discovery of ...
Outlaw fleet scoops squid from Argentine waters
It was a rare victory in the squid wars: Argentina's coast guard cutter Thompson fired warning shots at two Chinese trawlers, blocking their escape ...
2 shipping firms admit to illegal ocean dumping
Two international shipping firms from Germany and Cyprus pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction and other charges in connection with what the U.S.
BP sues to block Gulf spill settlement payments
BP sued Friday to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst ...
UN: Sharks risk extinction
A U.N. agency says shark populations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea "have dropped dramatically" over the past two centuries because of overfishing
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