Today in eco-history: World Health Day founded
World Health Day is seen as an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.
Japan ordered to end whale hunt
Currently, Japan's whaling program is killing about 1,000 whales a year under the guise of "scientific purposes."
Bolder action needed on climate change, air quality, health
The third National Climate Assessment report confirms both the role of human activities in causing climate change and the broad range of adverse health consequences that climate change brings.
Today in eco-history: Michigan struck by deadly F5 tornado
Known as the Hudsonville-Standale Tornado, it was part of a large, deadly outbreak of 49 tornadoes that affected the Great Plains, parts of the South, and the upper Midwest.
Today in eco-history: Richmond food riots
Thousands of people, mostly women, broke into shops and began seizing food and other items before the militia arrived to stop them.
Obama administration unveils plan to cut methane emissions
The new strategy aims to reduce the output of methane, which reportedly has 20 times the effect on global warming that other gases, like carbon dioxide, have.
Today in eco-history: Ruins of Pompeii discovered
"The excavation of Pompeii brought to light not just individual buildings and artifacts, but an urban fabric."
