Germany high court upholds genetically modified crop restrictions
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld restrictions on the use of genetically modified (GM) crops. The German state of Saxony-Anhalt had challenged the 2008 law, which requires "buffer zones"...
DOJ report criticizes FBI for domestic advocacy group probes
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report Monday absolving the FBI of charges that agents conducted investigations of domestic groups based on their exercise of...
India to consider further penalties related to Bhopal gas incident
A panel of Indian Cabinet ministers on Monday recommended that the government consider increasing compensation for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal chemical spill disaster . The panel also indicated it will seek extradition of Warren Anderson, the...
An Indian court on Monday convicted seven former employees of US chemical producer Union Carbide on charges relating to the 1984 Bhopal chemical spill disaster . The seven men were convicted of "death by negligence" and...
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) unveiled a draft proposal Thursday that would make limited commercial whaling legal for the first time in 25 years. The proposal reflects a compromise for the countries...
Japanese authorities on Friday indicted a New Zealand anti-whaling activist in connection with boarding a Japanese whaling vessel as part of an anti-whaling protest in the antarctic seas. Tokyo District Public Prosecutors are bringing five...
Brazil president signs controversial Amazon land privatization bill
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday approved a controversial bill that would allow legal privatization of publicly held Amazon land. The measure is aimed at stabilizing...
Obama administration to keep Bush-era rule on polar bear global warming protections
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will maintain a controversial Bush-era rule that limits how polar bears are protected from global warming , Secretary of the Interior Ken...
Federal appeals court reinstates Bhopal water pollution lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday reinstated a water pollution lawsuit brought by survivors of the Bhopal disaster against US chemical producer Union Carbide . The litigation...
Alaska filing legal challenge to polar bear endangered species listing
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced Thursday that her office intends to launch a court challenge to last week's listing of the polar bear on the US endangered species list. The suit will be filed in...
