Vanuatu Environment News

The extent of the disaster known as 3 Gorges Dam is beyond belief.

Rape and being beaten was not sufficient, it took 80 lashes, ordered by the local leaders, to kill the rape victim.

The contractor admits to knowing the concrete was faulty in the Deepwater Horizon oil well

Toxic spills take place a lot more frequently than people really want to believe.

Deaths rose in Russia’s capital as high temperatures and wild fires swamped Moscow in a deadly smog.

No one wants to take responsibility for the live World War11 ammunition divers discovered in the waters around New York.

When it comes to getting black bears out for suburban trees, only those with very strong nerves need apply.

Zoo keepers were taken by surprise to find their oldest chimp in captivity was pregnant.

The long term effect of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is far from over.

In the worst plague in 25 years, millions of locusts have laid waste vast tracts of Australia.

The tiny South Pacific 80 island archipelago is home to many giants, including the never before seen horned turtle.

BP is at odds with the Obama administration over the sealing of the Deepwater Horizon well.

The hydro electricity Three Gorges dam project could grind to a halt under the mountain of rubbish.

A second oil spout has been spotted in the Gulf Area.

China’s worst ever ecological disaster and the first death, had closed its busiest port.

Only limited information is available on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Once contracted to BP. Adam Dillon now spills the beans on the real truth.

There are some monkeys that simply refuse to stay in confined areas.

People are still using beaches that are full of contaminating substances.

When a robot bashed into a vent on the beleaguered Deepwater Horizon oil rig, BP was forced to remove the cap.

Scandinavia sees its first giant herring for 130 years.

800 clean up workers were sent back to shore when toxic fumes escaped on a natural gas platform.

Lethal sinkholes are a worldwide phenomenon.

Active volcanoes are lighting up the skies from Iceland to Costa Rica in South America.

Unconscious and stuck firm up a tree, was the fate of a black bear in an suburban neighbourhood.

Unwelcome visitors pour over the state line as thousands of flying foxes migrate south.

BP says it will bear the cost of the cleanup, but will they?

The Golf Coast threatened in the face of the world’s worst oil spill in decades.

Scientists have sent two ships to explore the plastic soup that is twice the size of New South Wales in Australia.

One day there may truly be solar –powered planes, if the success of the inaugural flight is any indication.

With over 40 sightings of oar fish the people of Japan are waiting nervously to see if it is the sign of a major earthquake.

Hundreds flee rising waters, while huge ash clouds strands hundreds of thousands of travelers. Thrill seeking tourists flock to see the erupting volcano.

How many lives will be lost before something serious is done about the horrendous conditions at the Commonwealth Games venues in India.

How much of the Great Barrier Reef will have to be destroyed before the authorities get serious about fining and stopping commercial shipping from using the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as a short cut?

Weather patterns are chaotic, as the United States shivers it way out of the coldest winter in 25 years and Canada experiences the warmest winter on record.

Travelling in opposite directions to each other, Tropical Cyclone Tomas and Ului continue to lash the South Pacific ocean.

Dam waters disappear as flooded church rises up once more to dominate the landscape.

American company ECO2 to plant thousands of kiri trees in the tropical island of Vanuatu.

The Triangle of Life may prove to be a killer not a savior, in the event of a major earthquake.

Analysts are already beginning to look at the differences between the earthquake in Haiti and the quake in Chile.

Mafia haunted by poison ships they sunk in the 1980s and 90s

Life on the edge is when you can’t turn on a tap and drink or shower in the water from the tap.

Blackwater has many people in hot water in Washington.

Not many people have seen, let along been able to capture on film, lightning that climbs into the stratosphere.

It would be a long slippery ride to be in a multi-storey building as it slid to the ground.

Schools of killer calamari threaten the peace of the shallow waters off San Diego.

How many birds and ocean mammals will be killed before someone decides to do something about the globe’s gigantic rubbish dump?