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Fifteen countries and territories are meeting in Noumea this week to discuss how climate change will affect Pacific fisheries and how they can ensure fishing and aquaculture will continue contributing to their food security, livelihoods and community development. Read this article: Climate change and fishing in the Pacific

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[NEW DELHI] An absence of strong scientific and policy research in developing countries has stifled their ability to contribute to Rio+20 debates, according to some South Asian development policy analysts. Read the original here: Rio+20 solutions too Northern, say South Asian analysts

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Infestations of locusts could destroy farmers' efforts to replenish food stocks in the Sahel, an area suffering drought and hunger Original post: Sahel locust invasion threatens crops in Niger and Mali

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At the age of 12, she silenced the world for six minutes at the first UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. 20 years later, Canadian Severn Cullis-Suzuki has made her name known, and her voice heard. Go here to see the original: 'Rio girl' Severn Cullis-Suzuki 20 years on

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Poll: 68 Percent of Americans View NRA Favorably Go here to read the rest: Poll: 68 Percent of Americans View NRA Favorably

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BRUSSELS, June 11 (Reuters) - Tiny amounts of unapproved genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be permitted in food imports to the European Union under draft rules due to be proposed shortly by the bloc's executive, EU officials said on Monday. View post: EU plans to let traces of unapproved GMOs in food

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Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate "natural capital" into their economies. View post: Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into account

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The Sacramento Bee – June 7, 2012 – Twenty-nine layoffs were announced today by California’s Administrative Office of the Courts, which sets policy and distributes funding for all levels of the state’s court system. Interim director ... See more here: California courts’ administrative office lays off 29 employees

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The Sacramento Bee – By Foon Rhee, Associate editor – June 10, 2012 David Quindt can’t escape the 15 months he spent in Sacramento County jail for a murder he didn’t commit. He moved all the way ... Read the original: The Conversation: How the innocent end up in prison

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By Kurtis Alexander – The Fresno Bee – Jun. 09, 2012 The San Joaquin Valley is on the short end of Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan for public-safety spending next fiscal year — a blow that will ... View post: California – Valley counties shorted in governor’s latest realignment plan budget