“Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something.”
President Barack Obama criticises North Korea’s rocket launch, claiming it violates UN resolutions. He also announced plans for a summit aimed at global reductions in nuclear weapons (The Wall Street Journal, 6 April)
“Why would small island states be happy with a level of ambition that is going to destroy their countries?”
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M. J. Mace, a legal adviser to the Federated States of Micronesia, explains why it and 42 other island states requested that developed countries aim to cut their emissions far beyond current goals (Reuters, 6 April)
“All these crimes are driven by money.”
A new “most wanted” list for individuals who violate environmental laws is growing fast as regulations tighten, according to Doug Parker of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal investigation division (The New York Times, 5 April)
“There are cases where children are egged on by people on websites so it is amazing to hear that being on a computer has saved somebody.”
Amanda Miles of charity Papyrus, on how a British teenager’s suicide note on Facebook sparked a rescue mission when it was spotted by a friend in the US. Three hours after posting the message, the boy was found alive (The Times, London, 5 April)
“It’s pretty much the one time of year where you get to see a lot of salamanders and it’s just really cool.”
Kaitlin Friedman of the University of Vermont describes the joys of being part of the “bucket brigade” that carry amphibians across busy roads on their annual journey to mate (AP, 5 April)
