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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS GAME-Energy 20 Jun 2013 | 02:17 pm
Siemens Energy has developed a free online game that challenges the user to design a sustainable energy system for a city. The simulation game Power Matrix aims to generate an understanding of the mec...
In the News: West African lions nearing extinction 17 Jan 2013 | 02:44 am
ENN, Janouary 10, 2013 The report, by conservation group LionAid, says that as few as 645 lions may now remain in the wild in western and central Africa, following a worrying decline in recent years....
Organic Farming Expands, Contributes to Sustainable Food Security 17 Jan 2013 | 01:07 am
ENN, January 15, 2013 Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed organically has expanded more than threefold to 37 million hectares, according to new rese...
Report: Mercury in Seafood 18 Dec 2012 | 11:04 pm
Sources to Seafoodlooks at the pathways and consequences of mercury pollution across marine systems by drawing on findings from the C-MERC papers, scientific literature and data from a range of marine...
The Climate Change Performance Index 2012 5 Dec 2012 | 02:42 pm
GermanWatch & CAN Europe The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument supposed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. Its aim is to encourage political and social pressur...
Giant tortoises bounce back in the Galapagos 30 Nov 2012 | 08:19 pm
New Scientist, November 30, 2012 LONESOME GEORGE'S death in the Galapagos Islands may have signalled the end of the Pinta Island tortoises, but a related subspecies on a neighbouring island has been ...
Toxic Threads-The Big Fashion Stitch-Up 23 Nov 2012 | 12:51 am
Greenpeace, November 20, 2012 Greenpeace International has commissioned a new investigation that delves even further into the hazardous chemicals used in the production of high street fashion. Spurr...
Borneo may lose half its orangutans to deforestation, hunting, and plantations 17 Nov 2012 | 02:40 pm
ENN, November 07, 2012 Borneo will likely lose half of its orangutans if current deforestation and forest conversion trends continue, warns a comprehensive new assessment by an international team of ...
Climate change mitigation 'far cheaper than inaction' 7 Nov 2012 | 05:10 pm
SciDev.Net, October 26, 2012 Tackling the global climate crisis could reap significant economic benefits for both developed and developing countries, according to a new report. The impacts of climate...
Environment ministers pour cold water on ‘hot air’ proposal 2 Nov 2012 | 09:52 pm
EurActiv.com, October 29, 2012 EU environment ministers abandoned plans on Friday (26 October) to limit excess supply of Kyoto-era carbon credits on the world’s markets after seven eastern European s...
