It is a nightmare scenario: an oil well blows out in Cuban waters, sending oil gushing into the sea. The nearest capping stack, in Texas, ......
A yellow fever epidemic that is killing humans in Brazil also is causing the deadliest outbreak of the disease in decades among monkeys here, undercutting ......
Víctor Fuentes and his fellow firefighters could only watch, anguished and helpless, as voracious flames on Jan. 24 jumped the firebreaks they had installed and ......
Transgenic agriculture has gained more ground—and stirred more debate—following Brazil’s decision to allow commercial use of a new, gene-altered variety of soy that is resistant ......
For the second year in a row Costa Rica produced nearly all of its electricity from renewable sources. According to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute ......
A Costa Rican legislative committee has rejected attempts to include non-plug-in hybrids to a bill that would create tax incentives for electric vehicles. The push to ......
By shifting just 10% of its sun-and-beach tourism to active, environmentally friendly outdoor activities, Mexico could earn an additional US$10 billion a year. It could ......
Pedro da Cunha e Menezes has a mission: to help open his country’s protected lands to environmentally benign recreation. Recently appointed general coordinator for public ......
It is a nightmare scenario: an oil well blows out in Cuban waters, sending oil gushing into the sea. The nearest capping stack, in Texas, ......
A yellow fever epidemic that is killing humans in Brazil also is causing the deadliest outbreak of the disease in decades among monkeys here, undercutting ......
Víctor Fuentes and his fellow firefighters could only watch, anguished and helpless, as voracious flames on Jan. 24 jumped the firebreaks they had installed and ......
Transgenic agriculture has gained more ground—and stirred more debate—following Brazil’s decision to allow commercial use of a new, gene-altered variety of soy that is resistant ......
For the second year in a row Costa Rica produced nearly all of its electricity from renewable sources. According to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute ......
A Costa Rican legislative committee has rejected attempts to include non-plug-in hybrids to a bill that would create tax incentives for electric vehicles. The push to ......
By shifting just 10% of its sun-and-beach tourism to active, environmentally friendly outdoor activities, Mexico could earn an additional US$10 billion a year. It could ......
Pedro da Cunha e Menezes has a mission: to help open his country’s protected lands to environmentally benign recreation. Recently appointed general coordinator for public ......