A plant worker exposed to radiation in the worst nuclear accident in Japan died Thursday, the second victim of an incident that has undermined public confidence in the nuclear power industry. Tokyo

The Dalai Lama's administration has complained in a report to the United Nations that China has damaged Tibet's environment through careless exploitation of oil, mineral, water, animal and timber

Malaria hurts African economies more than has been recognized but could be better controlled for relatively little money, according to a study made public. The report, by the Harvard Center for

War or famine? : As months passed without rain and the earth turned to rock, the government of Ethiopia did two things. To the West, it issued increasingly insistent demands for food for its hungry

Wiebo Ludwig, a former preacher who began an environmental crusade against the oil and gas industry from remote Alberta commune in Canada, has been convicted of vandalizing two gas wells and

Two rigorous studies involving thousands of people have failed to confirm one of the most widely held beliefs about diet and health : that eating low-fat, high-fiber foods can reduce the risk of

Thousands of wild animals in a national game preserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in imminent danger, with the once glorious park now nearly abandoned after years of hostilities.

President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has stepped up an emotional Africa has stepped ip an emotional controversy over his country's response to AIDS, saying Africans should chart their own course on

British Nuclear Fuels PLC announced Tuesday a top-level management shake-up and reorganization at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, which has been plagued by a series of safety scandals.

In the shadow of one of the world's oldest and largest trees, President Bill Clinton granted permanent protection this weekend to groves of California's giant sequoia redwoods, calling them "the