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It was an image that conveyed the human cost of the Pakistani floods – and the failure to deliver aid to those affected – more powerfully than any statistic: four young children lying on a filthy patchwork quilt, one of them sucking on an empty yellow bottle, all of them covered by flies.

In Malaysia, a coalition of environmentalists has scored a rare victory, after the government rejected the latest bid by a consortium to build a coal-fired power plant on a pristine coast line in Borneo.

It’s no small task for a man without a law degree to take a federal agency to court and claim victory. However, that’s just what computer science professor Mario Sanchez did. Sanchez spent years seeking information regarding the handling of toxic substances in Marco Island.

He's the first vice president to have an L.A. school named after him, sharing the honor with author Rachel Carson. Fittingly, the campus will be devoted to environmental themes. But there's a catch. Critics say the campus's location poses a threat to health.

Getting rid of bedbugs, experts say, has become a complex political and social problem, not only because of modern concerns about pesticide use but also because of Americans' mobile lifestyle.

The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats.

IBM says its datacentre at Highbrook business park in Auckland will be one of the eleventh "greenest" out of more than 400 it operates around the world when it opens in March.

The Lake County Forest Preserve District is considering installing a "living wall" in the expanded Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. The system would be among the first of its kind in the United States to use plants to filter and clean volatile organic compounds from indoor air.

CB Richard Ellis real estate agency is offering financial support to encourage its clients to adopt green building practices. Through the Zero Investment Energy Efficiency project, CBRE and its international financing partners provide financing for commercial buildings to install energy-efficient equipment.

U.S. Department of Agriculture staff members who were regularly on site at two Iowa egg processors implicated in a national salmonella outbreak were supposed to enforce rules against the presence of disease-spreading rodents and other vermin, federal regulations show.

Genetically modified salmon, which grows at a superfast rate, is safe to be farmed and eaten, American scientists have declared. The move by experts advising U.S. watchdogs will clear the way for the first GM creature to be sold as food.

Global standards intended to minimize the negative impact that pangasius (genus of catfish) farming can have on the environment, farm workers and surrounding communities have been finalised by the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue: a network of 600-plus farmers, scientists, conservationists and others.

Scotland's appetite for greasy food has long affected the nation's health - now it's blocking our drains. Scottish Water is warning it will impose fines of up to £40,000 to help pay the clean-up costs associated with clearing cooking fat from sewers, which have soared to more than £2 million a year.

One of the first and most important actions for new Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu Ras is to finally follow through on decades-old promises of constructing a sewage and drainage system in the city.

Sharply rising meat prices in the Arab world have hit celebrations for the holy month of Ramadan, during which tradition dictates that families host large meals, and prompted concerns over food price inflation across the region.

With desertification continuing to claim more habitable land in the northern parts of the country, and the ocean moving further inland in the coastal areas, the south-eastern states of the federation are confronted with the devastating effects of erosion and other environmental problems.

In the area of waste water treatment, no country other than China has witnessed such rapid environmental progress - especially considering the nation's vast territory - yet much more effort will be required, said a water utility executive.

The number of vehicles on China's roads will more than double to at least 200 million by 2020, a top official was quoted Monday as saying, further straining the nation's environment and energy supply.

China is expected to have 200 million cars on the road by 2020, increasing pressure on energy security and the environment, government officials said Saturday. The fast-developing auto industry also brings with it severe air pollution. One-fifth of Chinese cities are suffering severe air pollution.

A clean-up operation has begun after a ship loaded with 40,000 litres of diesel capsized near Phuket. Nawin Thananet, the 3rd Fleet's chief of staff, said a helicopter was sent yesterday to survey the oil spill site 12 nautical miles off Phuket.