This past weekend, the Japanese headed to the polls to take part in the first election since the catastrophic nuclear disaster. But the election results have anti-nuclear critics across the country shocked and baffled. Many of them are struggling to understand how the Liberal Democratic Party not only won, but [...]

Until recently: If you were a Brazilian landowner who broke the law by clearing your land of native forestry, planting trees was your punishment. But Brazil has reportedly turned to the digital world to make things right in the environmental realm. According to the Associated Press (AP), the country has [...]

Residents in Fiji are still scrambling after a powerful cyclone ripped through the country this past weekend. Cyclone Evan triggered severe flooding in the south Pacific nation, wiping out homes, bridges and power lines. There have been reports of extensive damage, but no deaths so far. More than 3,000 people [...]

The Canadian government has pledged funding to clean up contaminated sediment at Randle Reef in the Hamilton Harbour. Environment Canada says it will lead the cleanup project in partnership with various regional governments — including the provincial government of Ontario, the City of Hamilton, and the Hamilton Port Authority. Speaking [...]

In Nepal, a wild elephant responsible for killing four people in three months is on the loose, triggering a desperate hunt by soldiers there. Reuters reports that the elephant strayed into villages in the southern part of the Himalayan nation. In one instance, the animal pulled an elderly couple from [...]

If all goes according to plan, Quebec could become home to the largest national park in eastern North America. This week, Quebec’s Environment Minister Yves-François Blanchet confirmed that the provincial government will establish the Tursujuq National Park. “The Parc national Tursujuq has an area of over 26 000 km, equivalent [...]

Parts of Indonesia were left rattled Monday, following an earthquake off the eastern island of Sulawesi. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centred 119 kilometres northeast of Luwuk, in Central Sulawesi province, at a depth of 18.5 kilometres. It measured a powerful 6.1 magnitudes on the Richter scale. [...]

A new study says an explosion of car use in booming Asian cities is now the world’s fastest growing cause of death. A major study of global diseases was conducted by a consortium of universities in partnership with the UN. The findings, published in The Lancet, found that more than [...]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is predicting that coal will likely rival oil as the world’s biggest source of energy in the next five years. And the agency warns this could trigger potentially disastrous consequences for our climate. The Guardian reports that one of the biggest factors behind the rise [...]

A spunky cereal named ‘Holy Crap’ has achieved an accomplishment that’s literally out of this world. The cereal is just one of 12 Canadian foods that won the Canadian Space Agency’s Snacks in Space contest. And here’s the prize: Holy Crap will be proudly available on the food menu for [...]