Environment News
Venice environmentalists ask Sophia Loren to renounce ship
MILAN, Italy - Environmentalists on Saturday urged film diva Sophia Loren to help stop a big cruise ship named in her honor from ever entering the Venice lagoon because of potential damage to the city and the lagoon's delicate ecosystem.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef under clear threat: U.N.
SYDNEY - Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is under imminent threat from industrial development and may be considered for listing as a world heritage site "in danger" within the next year, a U.N. report said this week.
Paper strikes back: defending books, mail and dollar bills
WASHINGTON - Crumple it, drench it, lock it in a hot attic or a damp cellar but paper can come back to life.
France to ban a Syngenta pesticide to protect bees
PARIS - France said it plans to ban a pesticide made by Swiss agro-chemical group Syngenta that is widely used to treat rapeseed crops after scientists suggested it could pose danger to bees.
Colorado researchers raise Atlantic storm forecast
MIAMI - Colorado State University researchers on Friday raised their forecast for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season to 13 tropical storms, with five hurricanes and two major hurricanes.
EU aviation carbon spat seen unlikely to reach WTO
COLOGNE, Germany - Countries that oppose the European Union's move to include airlines in its scheme to control carbon emissions would find it difficult to bring a dispute to the World Trade Organization (WTO), an official with the global trade body said on Friday.
Gold Fields seeks accord with Kyrgyz villagers
ARAL, Kyrgyzstan - South African miner Gold Fields hopes an exploration deal in Kyrgyzstan has bought time to find something just as valuable as the copper and gold it seeks: the support of the local population in this volatile corner of Central Asia.
EU minister meeting to tackle carbon cuts: draft
BRUSSELS - European environment ministers are expected to reopen a difficult debate later this month on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts, but a draft text ahead of the meeting stops short of any firm targets.
CO2 market wants tougher EU 2020 climate goal
COLOGNE, Germany - The European Union needs to aim for a deeper emissions cut soon, to rescue a record low carbon price and spur long-term investment in low-carbon technology, leading carbon market players said at an industry gathering.
New York landowners seek to overturn fracking ban
- A group of upstate New York landowners has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a temporary ban on natural-gas drilling in the city of Binghamton.
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