The European Commission received the go-ahead Monday to slap a two-year ban across the European Union on the use of pesticides blamed for a sharp decline in bee populations, an EU diplomat said.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 29, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without embracing genetically engineered crops (GMOs). That's the conclusion of scientists who write in Trends in Plant Science, a Cell Press ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 25, 2013 2.9 / 5 (26) 0

Australia will fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June to try to stop Japan's whale hunt in Antarctica.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Japan says the work that goes on at the Institute of Cetacean Research is crucial for studying whale populations; critics counter it is a way to get around an international ban on commercial whaling.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 8

Poachers have killed 158 rhinos in South Africa's national parks since the beginning of the year, a rate of more than two a day, environment officials said on Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 15, 2013 2 / 5 (2) 2

South Africa's white rhino population will begin to decline by 2016 if the current rate of poaching continues, authorities warned on Friday, following the killing of scores of the creatures this year.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

South Africa is exploring the legal trade of rhino horn to counter a poaching bloodbath that has surged despite tighter security controls, the environment minister said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 1

Japan's fisheries minister said Tuesday his country will never stop hunting whales, despite fierce criticism from other nations and violent clashes at sea with militant conservationists.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 2.8 / 5 (12) 37

Europe moved Thursday towards agreement on new rules governing offshore oil and gas drilling in response to a major environmental disaster off the United States, but environmentalists criticised the omission ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

South Africa will process applications for shale gas exploration but hold off on controversial fracking drilling while new rules are drafted, the mines minister said Tuesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

South Africa on Friday said it was lifting a freeze on shale gas exploration in a move condemned by environmentalists who fear that controversial fracking will pollute scarce water sources.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 07, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 22

Romania will review its stand on shale gas when a drilling moratorium expires in December and align itself with a future joint EU position on the controversial issue, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Friday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 22, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 7