The Bush administration says it will use its authority to bypass environmental laws so it can finish building 670 miles of the U.S.-México border fence. Environmentalists believe the fence may push several endangered species closer to extinction.

The ALAS foundation says they are not planning a Live Earth Latino event for 2008, as previously reported.

The Earth's "health" is declining due to unsustainable meat and seafood consumption as well as increased carbon emissions, according to a report by the Worldwatch Institute.