First it was the polar bear, now its the Koala. Both are threatened by climate change.  The bears are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on.
According to Ian Hume, emeritus professor of biology at Sydney University, the amount of […]

Alaska Native and environmental groups have sued to stop exploration by oil companies this summer in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas frequented by whales, seals and other marine species.
The groups are challenging federal permits that allow Shell and BP to undertake seismic exploration using powerful acoustic devices that can harm marine animals.

Pity poor Ron Stevens, Alberta’s deputy premier, who is in Washington to spin the oil sands story and tell Congress that the province represents an “environmentally responsible source of energy supply to the United States”.
The timing could not have been worse for Ron but the dirty and polluting legacy of oil sands was […]

A judge has told the US government to decide within weeks whether to list polar bears as an endangered species.
The federal judge rejected the Bush administration’s pleas for a further delay, and ordered it to make and implement its decision by 15 May. A listing could restrict oil and gas exploration in the US Arctic, […]

Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas off Russia’s Sakhalin island, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects” on a critically endangered species of whale.
The decision to flout their own experts’ advice is revealed in deeply embarrassing documents the British Government fought for three years to keep […]