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Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice - By Selena Teji, J.D. Communications Specialist In January 2012, California’s Governor Brown released a proposed budget for fiscal year 2012-2013 including a plan to eliminate the state’s Division of Juvenile ... Read more: Caifornia – Report: Counties’ modern secure facilities have enough institutional capacity for juvenile justice realignment

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The average American uses enough water each year to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and global agriculture consumes a whopping 92% of all fresh water used annually. Read more: Is Agriculture Sucking Fresh Water Dry?

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A failed variety of genetically modified cotton developed in India is the focus of an investigation by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi More: India investigates Bt cotton claims

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[KUALA LUMPUR] Decisions to release genetically modified (GM) insects into the wild should be made more openly and based on better science, according to a review. Read the original: GM mosquito risk assessments 'deficient', says review

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 13, 2012) - A Yale-led study of the evolutionary history of Antarctic fish and their "anti-freeze" proteins illustrates how tens of millions of years ago a lineage of fish adapted to newly formed polar conditions -- and how today they are endangered by a rapid rise in ocean temperatures. View original post here: Fish of Antarctica...

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Poachers and economic growth are endangering the tiger's livelihood. In Bangkok, police and customs authorities from countries home to wild tigers have agreed to tighten controls to curb the trade in tiger parts. See more here: Tiger countries to tighten controls

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Reuters) - European Union officials are expected to vote on February 23 on a draft law that would label fuel produced from tar sands as more polluting than that from other forms of oil, according to a draft agenda seen by Reuters. See the original post here: EU vote on tar sands law expected on February 23

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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A U.N. report identifies soil depletion and the rising number of end-of-life nuclear power reactors as pressing environmental issues, officials in New York say. See the original post: U.N. highlights pressing green issues

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Are fears of human-to-human transmitted bird flu overblown or does it make sense, based on current fatality rates, to anticipate a worst-case scenario for a future outbreak of H5N1 flu? See the article here: Dread Reckoning: H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought--or Not

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The federal minister of fisheries has no discretion when it comes to protecting the critical habitat of B.C.'s southern resident killer whales, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled. Read the rest here: B.C. killer whale habitat protection ruled a legal duty