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A group of European Union member states are planning to thwart key reforms aimed at conserving dwindling fish stocks Excerpt from: Plans to ban fishing discards threatened by EU member states

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Over the past decade, North American forests have been decimated by outbreaks of mountain pine beetles See more here: How a Computer Modeler Predicted the Mountain Pine Beetle Tree-Killing Rampage

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Cleaning your plate may not help feed starving children today, but the time-worn advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the world's growing population. See more here: Clean Your Plate, Save the World?

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Cleaning your plate may not help feed starving children today, but the time-worn advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the world's growing population. Continued here: Clean Your Plate, Save the World?

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Demand for leaves from an endangered palm, found in Central and South America, is threatening the species' long term survival, a study warns. Link: Global flower trade threatens rare palm

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The Ross Sea, a massive bay off Antarctica, has been dubbed the world's last ocean due to its pristine state, long-untouched by industry and fisheries. See the original post here: Three U.S. retailers pledge to avoid fish from embattled Ross Sea

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LONDON: Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise 50 percent by 2050 without more ambitious climate policies, as fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday. Continued here: Emissions set to surge 50% by 2050: OECD

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The Ross Sea, a massive bay off Antarctica, has been dubbed the world's last ocean due to its pristine state, long-untouched by industry and fisheries. Original post: Three U.S. retailers pledge to avoid fish from embattled Ross Sea

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 14, 2012) - New research has linked springtime die-offs of honeybees critical for pollinating food crops -- part of the mysterious malady called colony collapse disorder -- with technology for planting corn coated with insecticides. Go here to read the rest: Corn Insecticide Linked to Great Die-Off of Beneficial Honeybees

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A major publishing company has revised its mandates for unpaid interns, in an apparent response to recent unpaid internship lawsuits. Should your small business follow suit? Unpaid interns have sued Hearst Corporation and Fox Searchlight Pictures for allegedly violating wage and labor laws. The companies failed to follow federal standards for unpaid internships, the lawsuits claim. Now Condé...