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Cinderella fruit: Wild delicacies become cash crops

IF YOU had come here 10 years ago, says Thaddeus Salah as he shows us round his tree nursery in north-west Cameroon, you would have seen real hunger and poverty.

Building With Whole Trees

ROALD GUNDERSEN, an architect who may revolutionize the building industry, shinnied up a slender white ash near his house here on a recent afternoon, hoisting himself higher and higher until the limber trunk began to bend slowly toward the forest floor...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution: Victoria dirtiest state in one of dirtiest countries, Australia

Home to three of Australia's four dirtiest power stations and none of the 12 biggest renewable energy plants... less than 2 per cent of electricity clean ... brown coal accounted for 94 per cent of electricity, with gas 4 per cent.

Oz Government CSIRO bid to GAG top economist's attack on Obama-style carbon ETS

The taxpayer-funded research organization CSIRO has reportedly stopped publication of a peer-reviewed research article by a top ecological economist critical of Obama-style carbon trading-based ETS approach

Worsening Australian Timor Sea oil spill disaster - fire breaks out on leaking Oz oil rig

Fire broke out yesterday on the oil rig, which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks (100x100 km) . Oil field operator PTTEP Australasia said the West Atlas rig and Montara well-head platform were on fire.

Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Young Lungs

North American Governments Agree to Protect Wilderness

October Third Coolest, Wettest on Record, Across US

ENN is pleased to be a media partner with Noppen

Olympic Torch Run May Shine Light on Polar Bear Plight

Glacier Retreat in Antarctica Has Unexpected Benefit

Heat-Related Nitrogen Loss Endangers Desert Plant Life

Hurricane Ida Approaches US Gulf Coast

Ida Kills 42 in Salvador, Heads Northward

Midwest Weather Looks Good for Harvest

Holistic Management: Integrative Desision Making Framework

Greenhorn and Carbon Farming

Banking away the waves