Project supports navigation locks of the Panama Canal and
water supply and flood protection for Panama City

MWH Global announced a $4.4 million (USD) contract with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to provide preliminary and final design services for a new Gatun Lake spillway. The spillway controls water levels of Gatun Lake, which in addition to providing water supply for Panama City and critical flood protection, is instrumental in the operation of the navigation locks of the Panama Canal.

The government has made it difficult to judge whether promises are being met by refusing to define environmental tax

The government is refusing to provide a definition of what it counts as a "green" tax, in a move that campaigners fear denotes political meddling, an influential group of MPs warned in a report on Monday.

Green taxes have become highly contentious, as free-market thinktanks and sections of the media have seized on them as a soft target. George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, has criticised the taxes as "costly", cheered by Tory MPs.

The new mood is in stark contrast to the Conservatives' pre-election promise to increase the proportion of government revenues coming from green taxes, as a way of both helping to cut down on environmental damage, and shifting the tax base away from taxes on work and income.

A very small number of Plant collectors are responsible for the discovery of most of the world’s known plant species, scientists have found. Research has revealed that more than half of the world's plant species have been discovered by just two per cent of plant collectors, or more accurately, plant explorers. The research was carried out by scientists from Oxford University, Earthwatch, Natural History Museum, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Missouri Botanical Garden.

Staff at the Cairngorms National Park say it is 'very likely' birds such as the golden eagle are being hunted and killed illegally.
Rare birds are disappearing from the skies above a Scottish national park at a "very worrying" rate, experts have said.Two golden eagles, two hen harriers and a peregrine falcon disappeared from the Cairngorms National Park in 2010.

Staff at the park say it is "highly likely" that the birds of prey are being hunted and killed illegally.
Last year a peregrine, a hen harrier and a hobby also were lost from the park.
Staff have been tagging raptors in an effort to track their movements and learn more about their habits.