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A sluggish economy and an increasingly diverse workforce led to a record number of EEOC job-discrimination complaints last year. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 99,947 workplace-discrimination complaints in fiscal year 2011, the agency reported Tuesday. That's up slightly over 2010. The uptick in overall discrimination claims may correspond with a weak job market , an EEOC spokesman...

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By Christine Willmsen – Seattle Times staff reporter A tiny, little-known state agency says it can save the state $1 million a year by overseeing defense costs for Washington’s troubled civil-commitment program that locks up the ... See the original post here: Washington State – Tiny office says it can save state money on sex-offender defense

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(Reuters) - U.S. biotech firm Monsanto said on Tuesday it does not plan to sell its genetically modified maize MON810 in France this year, nor after, even though the country's highest court overturned a 3-year ban in November. See the article here: Monsanto says won't sell GMO maize in France in 2012

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 24, 2012 (Tierramérica) - Large-scale social mobilisation, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) from ending in nothing but frustration, according to activists and analysts. The rest is here: Only Civil Society Can Save Rio+20, Say Activists

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Current tropical timber practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the "implications of 'peak timber'", a study has suggested. Original post: 'Peak timber' concerns in tropics

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CAPE TOWN, Jan 25, 2012 (IPS) - When a food crisis hits the continent, African countries tend to look to the international donor community to mobilise aid. Read more: Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket

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With Europe facing a "silent crisis" of biodiversity loss, MEPs are considering ways to strengthen protections for habitats and species but are divided over how to compel EU national governments to live up to their commitments. Read more: Biodiversity in danger without swift action, MEPs say

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With Europe facing a "silent crisis" of biodiversity loss, MEPs are considering ways to strengthen protections for habitats and species but are divided over how to compel EU national governments to live up to their commitments. Original post: Biodiversity in danger without swift action, MEPs say

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South America's tiniest independent nation still hides a number of big surprises: a three week survey to the sourthern rainforests of Suriname found 46 potentially new species and recorded nearly 1,300 species in all. Go here to read the rest: Photos: 46 new species found in little-explored Amazonian nation

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South America's tiniest independent nation still hides a number of big surprises: a three week survey to the sourthern rainforests of Suriname found 46 potentially new species and recorded nearly 1,300 species in all. Read more here: Photos: 46 new species found in little-explored Amazonian nation