Deal reached at crucial UN biodiversity conference
30/10/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Deal reached at crucial UN biodiversity conference
A UN conference on biodiversity ended in agreement Friday, with delegates backing a pact to protect endangered species and the planet’s ecosystem. However, a Greenpeace adviser stated that they would have liked to see more ambitious targets.
Biodiversity Summit: does nature have a price?
27/10/2010 - TOP STORY
Biodiversity Summit: does nature have a price?
A colorful tarantula that hurls its excrement at enemies, a tree that looks like it grows spaghetti, and a frog you can see right through... If it sounds like Mother Nature playing a practical joke well think again!
Three arrested in Naples landfill protest scuffle
25/10/2010 - ITALY
Three arrested in Naples landfill protest scuffle
Authorities in Naples arrested three men on Monday for assaulting police during a protest against landfills in the area. Thousands of people had gathered to call for the Cava Sari dump to be closed and plans for a second one dropped.
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Insects in the City
23/10/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Insects in the City
While over 200 countries come together in Japan to work out a road map to stop the extinction of species, ENVIRONMENT looks at the bugs and pests that are gaining in strength and taking over towns. Insecticides have gotten less toxic over the years and some species are profiting, but scientists in France may soon be able to trap them using the laws of attraction.
The financial crisis: the end of Green?
20/10/2010 - Business Matters
The financial crisis: the end of Green?
What impact does the financial crisis have on renewable energies? Is it slowing down or boosting the green economy? An analysis by Oliver Griffith, Head of Communications, Western Europe, IFC.
UN conference on preserving species opens in Japan
18/10/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
UN conference on preserving species opens in Japan
Delegates from more than 190 nations kicked off a UN meeting on Monday in Nagoya, Japan, aimed at establishing 20 targets for the next decade to try to ensure survival of species threatened by pollution, exploitation and habitat encroachment.
Hungary’s Toxic Tide
16/10/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Hungary’s Toxic Tide
Described as the worst ecological disaster in Hungary’s history, almost 700 million litres of sludge burst from a waste reservoir of the MAL RT Aluminium factory, covering hectares of land and submerging three villages. It left 9 people dead as well as scored burnt and badly injured. The tide had a very high alkaline content and as a result killed all life in the nearby Marcal River. ENVIRONMENT travelled to Devecser to find out the immediate and long term environmental impacts.
Hundreds return home after fleeing toxic sludge
15/10/2010 - HUNGARY
Hundreds return home after fleeing toxic sludge
Hundreds of people began returning to their villages on Friday, 11 days after areas of Hungary were devastated by the country's worst-ever chemical accident when toxic sludge from an alumina plant was released into waterways.
Toxic sludge: what lessons?
15/10/2010 - TALKING EUROPE
Toxic sludge: what lessons?
As the death toll from the Hungarian sludge keeps rising, environmentalists have warned that there are dozens of other "ticking toxic time bombs" in the region. The recent accident has once again highlighted the danger posed by obsolete heavy industrial plants inherited from the Communist era. 
Paris science film festival is plea for (bio)diversity
28/10/2010 - SCIENCE
Paris science film festival is plea for (bio)diversity
The sixth edition of the French capital’s international science film festival served up a tribute to biodiversity in its various forms – and a rallying call for efforts to preserve it.
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