Suzanne Goldenberg
latest news & developmentsWall Street Journal slated for climate change stance
Leading scientists have complained that a <i>Wall Street Journal</i> article disputing climate change is akin to "dentists practising cardiology".
Obama rescues the Grand Canyon
Environmental groups have praised US President Barack Obama’s move to limit uranium mining near one of the world’s natural wonders, the Grand Canyon.
Climate change sparks urgent call to end Canada seal hunt
Scientists are urging Canada to end its commercial seal hunt after declining ice cover from climate change sends death rates among seal pups soaring.
Conservation efforts ‘protect less than 1% of shark species’
An Oceana report says most shark species are heading towards extinction, while many are still being caught and killed.
HIV/Aids vs family planning
The international community has "made a mistake" with the intensity of its focus on the global HIV/Aids epidemic and lost ground on family planning.
EU firm on airline carbon tax
United States airlines are wrong to think that they can force the European Union to back down on plans to make carriers pay for emitting carbon.
Himalayas in danger of becoming a giant rubbish dump
Nepal wants to lift itself out of poverty by expanding its tourism industry but there is no strategy for waste disposal
Empire State goes green
The Empire State Building announced it would meet all its electricity need with wind power.
Energy tsar bows out
The White House energy and climate adviser is due to step down in the next few weeks, a departure seen as a collapse.
China makes an eco-friendly step in the right direction
China, cast as the wrecker of the UN climate negotiations last year, went some way towards rehabilitation.
Teaching humans the bear necessities
Magnificent and wild, the grizzly bear of the American West has a fearsome reputation.
Algae-fuelled gunship ‘runs just fine’
It looked like a pretty ordinary day on the water at the United States naval base in Norfolk, Virginia.
Obama forces $20bn fund out of BP
The US president gets tough over the oil spill crisis but still faces mounting criticism.
Titans clash over oil spill
Industry bosses round on one another as senators turn up the heat.
Oil spill may be contained, but political fallout spreads
The Obama administration has taken defensive action over early assurances that a sunken BP rig was not leaking crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.