An Australian senator says he will defy the census law to start a test case for privacy.

60% of the coral in the Maldives has been hit by bleaching.

US farmers are planting wild prairie plants on some of their land to help it absorb rainwater and remove pollutants.

It is useful that the prairie resists soil erosion, but I don't see how it could reduce the rate of erosion on the land that is used for farming.

Brutal repression of gays is spreading in Africa: Tanzania is starting to persecute and censor them.

California is considering energy use standards for computers and monitors that could reduce their energy consumption by 50%.