Dead mice laced with painkillers are about to rain down on Guam’s jungle canopy. They are scientists’ prescription for a headache that has caused the tiny U.S. territory misery for more than 60 years: the …

National Zoo officials say two rare Guam rail chicks have hatched there. The birds are extinct in the wild.
The small, flightless birds hatched March 3 and 4. The total population of the birds is now …

Just posting this picture as a reminder for me and just because it’s a beautiful snake.

Could a volcano devastate Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the same manner Clark Air Base, Philippines, was destroyed by Mount Pinatubo in 1991?
That is the question a joint team from the U.S. Geological Survey …

The U.S. military is working with the Environmental Protection Agency to address concerns raised when the agency sharply criticized plans for a military buildup on Guam.
The pressure is on to figure out how to meet …

(12/08/09) HONOLULU – Eight facilities in Guam reported an eight percent increase in toxic chemicals released into the air, land and water in 2008 when compared to 2007, according to new data released today by …

Guam Navy has donated more than 200 plants of the endangered cycad to the Tinian Department of Land and Natural Resources. The plants were propagated and grown in the Navy-funded Tinian plant nursery managed by …

The Navy has awarded a contract worth nearly $14 million to a company to upgrade the wastewater collection system at Naval Base Guam.
The Naval Facilities Engineer Command Pacific at Pearl Harbor said Tuesday that antiquated …

Recovery Act funding to expand weatherization assistance programs, create jobs and weatherize approximately 29,200 homes
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department of Energy is providing more than …

The University of Guam has completed the establishment of a conservation planting of Guam’s endangered fadang tree on the island of Tinian. Guam Navy has funded the entire project and provided access to their lands …

Guam could be home to four U.S. Navy windmills under a proposal by naval engineers on the island.
The $16 million proposal includes installing four turbines on Naval Magazine, a military base in the middle of …

Potentially defective Chinese drywall was imported to Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 20,000 sheets of Chinese-made drywall made their way on to those islands in …

Research at WPTRC is as diverse as the agencies that fund the many projects geared toward protecting the environment, helping farmers and studying the ecosystems of the island and the region.
Greg Wiecko heads the WPTRC. …

The dirty-energy economy has brought pollution and poverty to too many. But a clean-energy economy can bring opportunity, health, and wealth to struggling communities. Clean-energy jobs such as weatherizing homes, installing solar panels, and manufacturing …