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Government-commissioned report says proposed site at Sambor reach is the ‘worst possible place’ for hydropower due to impact on wildlife

Oil extraction in Alaskan wilderness area would be an ‘irresponsible business decision’, trillion-dollar investors say

The discovery of a new great ape species – the Tapanuli orangutan – has not stopped a Chinese state-run hydropower company from clearing forest for a planned dam...

Stiegler Gorge dam on the Selous park, a world heritage site listed as ‘in danger’, will cause irreversible damage, say conservationists

Organisers hope march from the capital to the heritage-listed mangrove forest will persuade Bangladesh’s government to drop backing for the power plants

Company wins the right to move 262 koalas and destroy their habitat if $1.2bn Watermark coalmine in New South Wales goes ahead

WWF finds 31% world heritage sites at risk from fossil fuel exploration and mining, including Great Barrier Reef and Africa’s oldest national park

Three French banks say they will not invest in Rampal power plant in Bangladesh. As the plant struggles for funding, a report says it is non-compliant with minimum environmental and social standards

Conservation charity, which is one of UK’s biggest landowners, to reverse effects of intensive farming and decimation of wildlife under £1bn plan

Norway’s pension fund may withdraw investment from a coal plant to be built with Indian partner on the edge of Sundarbans mangrove forest, citing threat of severe environmental damage

Conservation group says proposal to take up to 700,000 megalitres of water to supply Galilee basin will have a ‘hugely negative impact’ and won’t prevent depletion of groundwater by mines as claimed

Government backdown means Indian owners won’t be required to replace razed critically endangered habitat until two years into the project

Environmentalists fear ships could collide, spewing coal into world heritage-listed waters, disturbing fisheries and turtles

AlertNet: Giant solar power project may touch on Sambhar Lake wetlands protected under the international Ramsar Convention

Scuba divers recently uncovered an incredible ancient Cypress forest buried deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Spanning an area of 0.5 square miles, the underwater landscape has been protected by layers of sediment...