Provides the latest RSS feeds for Environment News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Detroit Star.com http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/cat/9d3b36ac41649d93/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 10:18:00 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:18:00 -0400 30 Nature lovers in Bangladesh can tune in to 89.6 FM for their daily dose of green awakening, courtesy a 45-minute programme which aims at bridging the gap between environmentalists and laymen by keeping them abreast of burning topics related to the sector. "As our country has become the most vulnerable nation to climate change, we thought of making a dedicated programme on the environment to ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214705456/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:01 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214705456/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 A timber factory located on the outskirts of New Delhi was damaged on Wednesday by the fire. As many as 23 fire tenders headed to douse the fire. Fire fighters at the spot said that the situation was under control. No loss of human life has been reported. In most industries and residential dwellings across India, fire safety regulations are lax, rarely implemented and not periodically ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214687944/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:03 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214687944/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 those workplaces that just feel … off . Negativity fills the air. You can practically cut the tension with a knife. People look miserable. The environment makes you want to turn around and run as far away as possible – and that's whether you're a client or an employee. Clearly, these negative work spaces can have devastating consequences on the people who inhabit them and ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214713645/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:53:54 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214713645/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) announced this week that it will accept findings from a panel of experts, which determined that fault lines running beneath reactor #2 at Japan Atomic Power Company's (JAPC) Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture are active. Japanese law prohibits operation of nuclear reactors over active faults, because of the risk they could incur if a ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214713646/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:23:33 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214713646/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 *Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization, a non IFRS financial measure "We are very pleased with our third consecutive quarter of solidly positive EBITDA. Traditionally, our first quarter of the year is slow for shipments" said Peter Bruijns, President & CEO. "Our order book continues to grow with ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214712335/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:24:26 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214712335/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 running shoes typically generates 30lbs of carbon dioxide emissions, the researchers found.That's an unusually high carbon footprint for a product that does not use electricity, or require sophisticated components. The researchers said it compared to leaving a 100-watt bulb burning for an entire week.Sports apparel companies have been leaders in trying to reduce their environmental impact. ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711241/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:21 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711241/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The Committee on Climate Change argues that, in the long term, low-carbon energy will cost less than gas. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates. Post your views below, ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711240/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:21 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711240/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 land rights .If you work on food security, climate change, women's empowerment, conflict or economic growth, chances are that you've also encountered the land elephant - the big, complex, disruptive element that frustrates so many development efforts.Precisely because land is a complex and controversial issue - one that can be expensive to address in addition to being politically and ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711242/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:19 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711242/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 food wasted by its customers and elsewhere in its international supply chain.After criticism of the prevalence of supermarket "bogofs" (buy one get one frees) and other deals which help to create an annual mountain of ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711148/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:18 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711148/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 World Turtle Day , I hatched a plan. I know that to an international audience 'turtle' covers a multitude of reptile species, but rather than getting all Queens' English-y over what is ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711243/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:50 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711243/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa today, 22 May 2013 on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), launched the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the mining sector, in Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) also handed over the Life: State of South Africa's ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711184/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:57:24 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214711184/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Investing in new renewable power generation, rather than a "dash for gas", will be the lower-cost option for keeping the lights on while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the government's climate change watchdog has said.The sooner the UK makes large investments in low-carbon generation - including offshore and onshore wind, nuclear power ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214708207/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:20 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214708207/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Jeff Scott, Fraser Surrey Docks President and CEO speaks to the media Wednesday, May 22, 2013 about applying to Port Metro Vancouver to build and operate a direct transfer coal facility at its Surrey ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214705162/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:23 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214705162/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Environment Canada says it has confirmed that a tornado touched down Tuesday in the Kawartha Lakes region of Central Ontario.Meteorologist Peter Kimbell says damage to a house and barn helped officials who examined the area Wednesday afternoon confirm the tornado.Mr. Kimbell says it was an EF-2 tornado, with winds of between 180 and 200 kilometres an hour. The EF scale rates tornadoes from zero ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214704173/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:25:58 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214704173/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 View Comments Bandar Seri Begawan - Legislative Council member, Yang Berhormat Hj Mohd Shafiee bin Hj Ahmad lauded Universiti Brunei Darussalam's (UBD) environmental conservation efforts in a speech in which he highlighted that UBD has a potential to be one of the nation's role models for educational institutions regarding green initiatives such as energy-saving practices in buildings ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214703029/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:02 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214703029/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Peter Kent Minister of the Environment, issued the following statement to mark the 2013 edition of the International Day for Biological Diversity: "Each year ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214701773/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:41 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214701773/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 OTTAWA -- As ash trees died across 15 U.S. states in the past decade, they seem to be pushing up the death rate for people as well.Researchers counted 15,000 more deaths from heart attacks than they would have expected in U.S. counties where ash trees died since 2002, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.There were another 6,100 extra deaths from lower ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214701774/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:05 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214701774/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson made an announcement concerning the RCMP at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, June 20, 2012. (Chris Roussakis/QMI ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214701775/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:02 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214701775/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The Peruvian government has declared an environmental emergency and ordered the oil company Plusptetol to clean up a swath of Amazonian jungle in the Pastaza River basin that's home to a number of native groups. (Photo: Alianza ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214700409/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:33 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214700409/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Michael Atkinson was appointed Chairman of the Board and Randy Buchamer was appointed President & CEO. The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted an Advance Notice Policy which sets out notice requirements for appointment of new directors. A copy of the policy has been filed on ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214700410/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:41:02 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214700410/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Wildlands League, a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), is pleased to announce the Ontario launch of Get Outside, a highly successful youth leadership program started in British Columbia for youth ages 14-18. "Get Outside Ontario is a collaborative project that brings youth into nature," ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214699047/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:49 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214699047/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The nation’s need for oil and the changing environment are enduring dangers, Vice President Joe Biden told graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy Wednesday. Speaking at the New London, Conn., commencement, Biden said offshore drilling and the need to protect high-seas oil tankers threaten both the nation’s shorelines and environmental security. "You graduated in a ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214697614/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:11 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214697614/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 This five bedroom, 4.5 bathroom timber frame home at 1963 28th St. in West Vancouver's Upper Dundarave neighbourhood was built using 100-year-old wood reclaimed from historic buildings. It boasts 6,411 sq ft of living space, vaulted ceilings with exposed beams, a nanny suite and studio/office space, and landscaped, wooded ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214697615/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:19:55 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214697615/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Conservationists say 60 percent of animal and plant species studied in Britain have declined in the past 50 years with bees and wildflowers the most vulnerable. A State of Nature report put together by 25 British wildlife organizations and assessing 3,148 species said reasons for species decline are "many and varied" but include rising temperatures and habitat degradation, the BBC ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214697967/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:15 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214697967/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 created an ad for its upcoming 'Microsoft Reader' software . The headline blared, "This is a story about the future of reading," and underneath the story about the company's actual product, the marketers inserted a timeline based on "the best estimates of Microsoft researchers and developers" of what was going to happen to books in the future. The Microsoft ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214696017/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:50 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214696017/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Abu Dhabi: A task force has been appointed to deliberate on key issues to achieve sustainable development in the UAE, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced on ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214694448/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:07 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214694448/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 From the Italian Alps to the Grand Canyon, no terrain is too grueling or too treacherous for these intrepid runners. Photographed as part of a newly-published series by David Clifford, the subjects are dwarfed by the epic scenery around them, making the scale of their athletic pursuits all the more outstanding. We chose the image of Susan Sauze running in the Alps as ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214692935/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:49 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214692935/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - On this International Day for Biodiversity, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) proudly announces that the Little Brown Bat is the focus of the next public service announcement in the Hinterland Who's Who (HWW) series. The new PSA will highlight what was once the most common and widely distributed bat species in Canada. Sadly, this amazing bat, alongside three ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214692936/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:42:31 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214692936/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 the Today programme on Wednesday , Sir David Attenborough named the rising human population as the first of the factors causing the loss of the UK's wildlife. Though in general he has done an excellent job in promoting the State of Nature report, on this issue he is wrong. That an increasing number of people makes a contribution is undeniable, as more land is used to build houses, and as ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691251/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:06 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691251/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 reasons not hard to guess - may have had a restraining effect, though a more likely explanation is that an appearance of statesmanlike sobriety will cut more ice than the usual chortling with ministers at the treasury. The outcome of the comprehensive spending review is due in just over a month, and fears that the GLA group faces a giant funding chop are rife. Transport grant, in particular, is ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691209/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:05 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691209/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 A total of 1,000 trees would be planted by school children, churches and traditional leaders in the various districts during the week-long celebration, from Wednesday, May 22 to Wednesday, May ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691252/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:01 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691252/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is making available funding to support the participation of the public and Aboriginal groups in the federal environmental assessment of the Hopes Advance Iron Mining Project located ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691253/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:24 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691253/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Bruce Wrobel, the chief executive of Herakles Farms, claims his company's efforts to flatten a chunk of Cameroon's dense rainforest to develop a palm oil plantation are borne of a desire to address a "dire humanitarian need". Yet this week Herakles has had to suspend its activities in Cameroon following a forestry ministry order for the company to halt clearing work at their ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691254/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:14 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214691254/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 As resource companies look to northern forests in search of untapped minerals and energy, scientists and conservancy groups say too little heed is being paid to the environmental wealth created by Canada's boreal regions.The Boreal Songbird Initiative and Ducks Unlimited are marking the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on Wednesday with the release of a report that ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689664/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:43 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689664/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Alan Cleaver on how four artists in Egremont, west Cumbria, are breathing new life into a disused iron ore mine by using the haematite to produce high-quality ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689460/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:24 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689460/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 renewable energy projects if it voted for independence, putting its green energy revolution at risk.Davey told a renewable energy conference in Aberdeen that more than one-third of the UK's subsidies for wind, wave and tidal projects - currently 1.4bn a year - was spent in Scotland. That was worth 530m, even though only 9% of all UK electricity sales were in Scotland.The energy secretary ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689665/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:23 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689665/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Alberta can once again be a leader in renewable energy development and address global concern about the province's environmental record by meeting rising electricity demand with new clean wind energy. WindVision 2025: A Strategy For Alberta, released today by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), makes the case for the strategic deployment of more wind ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689667/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:18 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214689667/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The BJP on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the "failures" of the UPA-II government in the last four years, saying the presence of two power centres and his "indecision, inability and silence" have led to an environment of "gloom and pessimism" in the country. "UPA-II's anniversary is being celebrated in an environment of gloom, ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688134/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:41 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688134/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 fish the size of doors, changing colour as you watch, from matt black to pebble-and-sand. Fish farmer Bob Wilkieson pulls one up in a net. It is 7kg of dense, thrashing muscle, utterly alien with its twisted face and deltoid wings.These are four-year-old Atlantic halibut, and they may be the future of fish-farming: raised without chemicals and on organic feed. Unlike the flabby, slimy stuff we ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688135/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:28 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688135/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Jaden Smith walks in a redwood grove in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, where part of the Columbia Pictures movie "After Earth" was filmed last ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688136/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:54 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688136/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Cowlitz County approved a contract for environmental consulting company ICF International to help local, state and federal governments prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate a proposed coal export terminal along the Columbia River near Longview, ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688137/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:48 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688137/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The federal safety agency investigating the West Fertilizer Company explosion in Texas has accused other investigators of hampering his agency's work. Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a letter that the Texas state fire marshal and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blocked access to key witnesses for three weeks after the April ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688857/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:38:30 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688857/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Spanish police said they arrested 12 Greenpeace activists for parking a fishing boat outside the Ministry of Agriculture and chaining themselves to it. Greenpeace members organized the demonstration to encourage the Spanish government to meet with the group and discuss promoting more environmentally friendly ways of conducting trade. Celia Ojeda, a spokeswoman for Greenpeace, said that throwing ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688138/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:38:29 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214688138/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Nguwo village committee chairman Ibrahim Kachinga on the shores of Lake Malawi. For the past five years the committee has been educating residents about the need to protect the lake. Photograph: Mabvuto ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686763/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:37 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686763/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Meet the Climate Trolls is a three-part video series, exploring who gets to define the truth about climate change in the digital age. In part one of ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686762/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:36 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686762/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 gardens in the UK cover 270,000 hectares, covering more space than all the National Nature Reserves in the UK. Here's what to do to make your garden more ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686764/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:35 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686764/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Climate and human pressure on resources are significantly changing the environment in the Zambezi river basin, as illustrated in a new 2012 publication, the Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment. The Atlas uses satellite images, high resolution photographs, illustrative text and graphics to present various issues in the Zambezi basin, which encompasses part of eight countries -- ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686765/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:58 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214686765/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 energy efficient, has received a fresh blow after an influential committee of MPs blasted the government on Wednesday morning for failing to quantify what could be counted as a success for the policy.The parliamentary select committee on energy and climate change accused ministers of failing to set clear goals for what they hoped to achieve from ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685646/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:48:37 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685646/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The comedian Griff Rhys Jones has accused the government of "random desecration" of the countryside and despoiling "pristine landscapes" through its subsidies to wind turbines ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685647/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:48:36 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685647/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 In this letter, Jones accuses the government of 'random desecration' of the countryside and broadens his criticism to taxpayer support of green energy, the planning system and the reliability of wind and solar ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685648/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:48:35 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685648/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Our second ship tour of the Indian Ocean as part of the campaign for sustainable tuna fisheries ended last week. Combined with last year's tour, Greenpeace has been patrolling the region for illegal and unsustainable fishing practices for five out of the last 10 months. During the last two months we have documented illegal and destructive fishing and have used our port stops to meet with ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685649/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:28:20 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214685649/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 unprecedented stocktake of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214684707/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:25 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214684707/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 An absence of positive political debate about the natural world is even more troubling than the decline in UK wildlife revealed by State of Nature ... http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214683659/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:43 -0400 http://www.detroitstar.com/index.php/sid/214683659/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93