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Express News Eco-friendly cemetery offers 'green burial' For most people, planning a funeral means choosing between cremation and a traditional burial. An average funeral costs about $6,000, but now there is a way to save green if you're willing to go... (photo: GFDL / DorisAntony) Environment Lifestyle People Photos Tradition |
The Charlotte Observer Proposals aim to save rare heelsplitter Development threatens disappearing Carolina freshwater mussel BRUCE HENDERSON A state plan to protect the Carolina heelsplitter, an endangered mussel found in Mecklenburg and Union counties, could... (photo: Creative Commons / F Lamiot) Biology Conservation Marine Photos Research |
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Independent online (SA) Ireland unearths valuable worms Dublin - Earthworms provide services to Ireland worth over €700-million (about R829-million) a year, according to a government-commissioned study on Monday. The... (photo: GFDL Photo / Michael Linnenbach) Crops Dublin Earthworm Ireland Photos |
The Washington Times Aid strategy for cyclone victims The country of Burma or Myanmar has already lost at least 25,000 of its citizens to a terrible cyclone over a week ago. Now, with well more than a million people... (photo: AP Photo) Aid Disaster Myanmar Photos UN |
Canada Dot Com Bee stocks continue to fall due to weather, mites The province's beekeepers are reporting a 30-per-cent loss of their winter hive stocks and the rate is expected to increase because of colder-than-normal temperatures... (photo: Public Domain / -) Ecology Farm Nature Photos Weather |
Lexington Herald-Leader HOW TO HELP KEEP BIRDS COMING BACK Declines in some species of migratory birds are a big problem, but experts say individuals can help fix that. Here are... (photo: Creative Commons / Moxfyre) America Birds Environment Nature Photos |
All Africa Nema Chief Accused of Abetting Wetland Destruction THE National... (photo: GFDL / Leonardolo) Authority Ecology Environment Nature Photos |
NZ Herald Campaigners to pounce on steel firm Steel giant ArcelorMittal will be accused of leaving a trail of environmental destruction in its wake this week when campaigners descend on Luxembourg to protest at its... (photo: Public Domain / Werneuchen ) Company Environment Photos Pollution Steel |