japan's whaling fleets recently set out for the Pacific Ocean on its second hunt of this year. Their targets are bryde, sperm and minke whales. Japan has under

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The long-standing record for electricity produced by solar cells made from cadmium telluride has been broken by researchers working at the US department of energy's National Renewable Energy

environmental justice is the main theme of a website recently launched by Environmental Defence, a us conservation society. The website www.scorecard.org provides information on how and to what

Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens

The orangutan is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction

Pollutants in the environment cause dreaded diseases like cancer by mutating some genes. Scientists have begun to explore the human genome to trace these genes

Antibacterial ingredients in soap may be encouraging the growth of bacteria

the Republicans in the us Senate will soon introduce a legislation that includes a provision to open some parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in northeastern Alaska, to oil and

the biotech industry in the us is receiving brickbats from all directions. Some key grain processors, such as A E Staley Manufacturing, which is the us corn processing unit of