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Power Companies Focus on Clean Energy Deals	Environment-friendly regulators and lawmakers have acquisitive power companies wary of potential policy changes on greenhouse gas emissions.
New Development Brings Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) to 37 More Developing Nations	The United Nations Environment Program, Yale University, International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers, and over 340 international publishers and prestigious scientific societies and associations announced on November 6, 2007, the launch of the second phase of ‘Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), a global development consortium that was founded in October 2006 to provide developing countries access to one of the world’s largest collections of environmental science research online, and for little or no cost.
New Web Portal Connects Tropical Disease Research	A Web portal to help people identify and use vital information related to infectious diseases was launched on 30 October, 2007 at Forum 11, the annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research.
Germany to Use CO2 Funds to Help Developing Nations	Germany will use part of the proceeds it gets from selling carbon permits to industry from 2008 to help support the fight against climate change in developing nations, Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.
New Reserves In Vietnam To Protect Saola, One Of The World's Rarest Animals	The provincial People’s Committees of the central Vietnamese provinces of Thua Thien Hue and Quang Nam endorsed a set of conservation actions on September 28, 2007, that will help ensure the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) will survive in Vietnam.
Possible Moonlight Trigger Found for Annual Mass Spawning of Corals	An international team of Australian and Israeli researchers has discovered what could be the aphrodisiac for the biggest moonlight sex event on Earth.
Flood-tolerant Rice Offers Relief for World's Poorest Farmers	Farmers should soon have access to a new strain of flood-resistant rice, say scientists.
UNEP Response to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore Jointly Winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize	The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has today made it clear that combating climate change is a central peace and security policy for the 21st century.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) and Al Gore Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007	The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
Production of Cars Using Ethanol-based Fuels Spurred by Sweden Use of Biofuels	The world’s car makers are racing each other to produce powerful new models that run on ethanol-based fuels for the booming Swedish market.