Dozens of farmers, veterinarians and farm workers have been infected with Rift Valley fever in South Africa, and at least two people have died, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.
More than 200 small businesses in Pennsylvania will cut nearly $2 million in expenses from their bottom lines each year with the help of Small Business Advantage Grants that Governor Edward G. Rendell ...
As of 27 March 2010, the Ministry of Health South Africa has reported 63 human cases infected with Rift Valley Fever (RVF), including two deaths in Free State, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces. Most of these cases reported direct contact with RVFV-infected livestock and or linked to farms…
Back in 1999, I attended a forum called the National Conference for Public Interest Lawyers, which was basically a job fair for new lawyers. I knew I wanted to do environmental work, but I wasn’t quite sure exactly what that would look like or what was available. As I walked to the different…
The United Nations has failed to agree on listing bluefin tuna at the recent meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna [CITES].The decision occurred after Japan, Canada and many poor nations opposed the measure. Stocks of bluefin tuna have fallen…
As awareness of global climate change has expanded over past decades, Congresses and Administrations have committed several billion dollars annually to studying climate change and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide. Most of that spending is done by the Department of…
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced two new human cases of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.
The El Niño weather pattern - blamed for this year's heavy snows in the United States and a long-running drought in Australia - has peaked, but is expected to influence climate patterns worldwide until mid-year before dying out, the United Nations weather agency said today.
Nine orphan gorillas will start new lives in a nature reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), thanks to assistance from peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in the country, known as MONUC.
After a week of intensive discussions and six weeks of preparation, a draft international agreement on access to the Earth's genetic resources and the fair and equitable share in benefits from their use has been finalized at a United Nations meeting in Cali, Colombia.
The United Nations human rights office is urging that Afghanistan's poor be at the centre of decision-making processes that affect their lives, after a new report found that rights abuses are exacerbating poverty in the country.
The Department of Environmental Protection will take public comments and questions on remediation work at the former Lancaster Brickyard in neighboring Manheim Township during a public meeting at 7 p.m., ...
Looking at their pictures, they don’t look like monsters. Crooks, maybe. Paid $1000 a day, after misrepresenting themselves, not such a bad gig.Except the misrepresentation consisted of made up stories of the efficacy of torture, and their expertise at it. And the client was the CIA.“But it…
The Ministry of Health has reported a new confirmed case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. This case was confirmed at Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City.
The United Nations agency tasked with fighting the spread of HIV has supported a call made by the world's parliamentarians to lift travel restrictions for people living with the disease.
A dangerous wasteland at the intersection of Interstate 81 and Route 924 is the latest Hazleton-area abandoned mine site to be restored to productive use under Pennsylvania’s ambitious abandoned ...