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A young boy walks past the turbines at Muppandal wind farm, Tamil Nadu, India. Muppandal is one of the largest wind farms in Asia.
Nomadic Penan leader Along Sega and his grandchild examine a tree stump near their village in the Sungai Nyakit area of the Sarawak rainforest in Malaysia.Their homeland is undergoing one of the highest rates of logging on earth.
This worker on the Juliana-Jaramillo Banana Producers' Co-operative in the Dominican Republic benefits from the membership of a Fairtrade organisation. This guarantees farmers a minimum wage throughout the year.
This satellite image shows the termini of several glaciers in the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan. The glaciers have been receding over the past few decades, and lakes have formed on the surfaces and near the termini of many of the glaciers.
This gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, photographed north of Point Barrow in the Arctic, is one of 13 species of Great Whales.
Commentary
Brands that cry green
Apple, and other brands, including BP, Chevron and British Airways are all anxious to promote their green credentials. But says marketing expert, Elly Wooston, not all companies are as green as they would like us to believe.
Latest News
Fukushima meltdown hastens decline of nuclear power
Date: 24 May 2012
While the draft UK Energy Bill appears to incentivise new nuclear at the expense of other low-carbon technologies, few governments remain enthusiastic about nuclear power which, some experts now believe, has passed its peak.
Bees at risk from chemicals increase
Date: 23 May 2012
Pesticide use in the UK rose by 6.5 per cent between 2005 and 2010, increasing the risk to bee populations, according to new research launched today by Friends of the Earth.
Over 100 endangered species on course for recovery in the United States
Date: 22 May 2012
Critics of the US Endangered Species Act, signed into law by President Nixon in 1973, have deemed it a failure but, says a new study, 90 percent of the species studied are, in fact, recovering on time to meet the recovery goals set by federal scientists.
Maternal deaths halved in 20 years, but faster progress needed
Date: 17 May 2012
The number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth worldwide has been cut almost in half in the past 20 years, but much more remains to be done, according to a study released today by several United Nations agencies.