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MSNBC News – June 6, 2012 – By Joe McDonald (Associated Press) BEIJING — Google said Wednesday that it has added a feature to warn users whose accounts it believes are targets of “state-sponsored attacks,” but ... Read the original post: Google adds warning of ‘state-sponsored attacks’

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An American anti-war and Palestinian rights activist was prevented from flying home to the United States from Costa Rica because the US government placed him on the No-Fly List, a subset of the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center Watchlist.

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KINGSTON, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - Experts here fear that that the impact of climate change on Jamaica's fragile ecosystems will worsen the ravages of human activity and destroy the country's tourism industry. Continued here: Human Activity and Climate Change Threaten Tourism in Jamaica

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[MEXICO CITY] A global research initiative aimed at restoring damaged or destroyed ecosystems, the Ecological Restoration Alliance, was launched last month (23 May). Excerpt from: Botanic gardens join forces to restore ecosystems

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WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found ocean waters in the arctic richer in microscopic marine plants essential to all sea life than any other ocean region on Earth. Follow this link: Arctic waters rich in marine plants

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It may or may not come as a surprise that some European bird populations are in precipitous decline, but what is more surprising and shocking is the emerging scale of the losses, and that they are occurring under our noses. Read the original post: Ignore shocking decline of farm birds at our peril

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Almost a third of threats to animal species around the world stem from trade to meet the demands of richer nations, a study concludes. The rest is here: International trade 'driving nature loss'

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SYDNEY - The developed world's insatiable appetite for products like coffee and timber is threatening the survival of one in three vulnerable animal species in poor countries, according to an Australian study. Read the original: Consumption threat to vulnerable species: study

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En dépit d'un accord de principe sur 500 objectifs internationaux de développement durable, le monde poursuit sa course dans la direction opposée, estime le Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement (PNUE), 10 jours avant l'ouverture du Sommet de Rio+20. Read more: Rapport du PNUE: constat d'échec sur toute la ligne

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Secretary general tries to rally global community as failure to agree text casts air of gloom over forthcoming conference See original here: Rio+20 Earth summit: Ban Ki-moon 'optimistic' about sustainability deal