The UN body is especially worried about Australia's decision to allow dredging and dumping of 3 million tonnes of dredge spoil in reef waters, as part of a coal port expansion.
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is developing a new, energy-friendly mechanism to suck smog out of the air and transform it into diamonds, to be tested in Beijing.
Investors were uneasy Monday after it was revealed that the cash-strapped company is no longer asking for permission to immediately begin uranium operations in Sotkamo, eastern Finland.