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by NINA TOTENBERG – NPR Radio At times of partisan stress in American politics, the Supreme Court often becomes part of the game, and the ethics of individual justices become a focus of criticism. Liberal groups are leading the charge now. Common Cause, for instance, discovered that Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife’s nearly $700,000 in...

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By Nathan Koppel – Wall Street Journal - The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a constitutional challenge to a Washington, D.C. law that requires certain people to register as sex offenders and authorizes the police to publicize a person’s status as an offender. Grant Anderson, who was convicted in 1988 of assault with [For full story: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/08/16/d-c-sex-offender-registry-deemed-constitutional/...

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The Earth's rapid warming has shifted the climate in many areas, prompting species to shift with it, a variety of studies suggested See the original post: Climate Change Causes Species to Shift Habitats, Some to Unexpected Directions: Study

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In this video interview, Martin Lougheed, of the Inuit Quajisarvingat Knowledge Center, Ottawa, Canada, makes the case for blending Inuit traditional knowledge with Western science to help understand and find solutions to sweeping changes in the Arctic. Read more here: Inuit Knowledge Critical to Arctic Science

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SANTO DOMINGO.- An Environment Ministry resolution issued Monday approves the regulation to declare private protected areas, with norms, procedures and requirements to manage them. Continued here: Environment Ministry paves way for private protected areas

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Muscat: One of Oman's best-known tourist attractions, Jebel Akhdar (also known as Green Mountain), has been designated a nature reserve in a bid to conserve its unique yet fragile biodiversity. A decree issued on Wednesday by Sultan Qaboos, ruler of Oman, establishes the 'Jebel Akhdar Sanctuary for Natural Sceneries'. Continued here: Oman's 'Green Mountain' declared nature reserve

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2011) - A growing body of recent research indicates that, in Earth's warming climate, there is no "tipping point," or threshold warm temperature, beyond which polar sea ice cannot recover if temperatures come back down. More: Polar Ice Caps Can Recover from Warmer Climate-Induced Melting, Study Shows

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What can we learn about evolution, geography and biodiversity by studying continental patterns of speciation? Excerpt from: Why are there so many bird species in the tropics

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In a debate between the environment and the economy, the environment seems always doomed to lose. Why? Continue reading here: Where money really does grow from trees

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With the Mabira Forest give-away storm still spiralling, environmentalists are now sounding alarm bells that Uganda is consistently acting against international environmental treaties it is signatory to. Read this article: Environmentalists accuse govt of contravening treaties