Environmental News Network

Green Your Thanksgiving, from Travel to Turkey

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:43:00 EST

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday – I show up, stuff myself with some of my favorite foods, help clean up a little, and then lay on the couch and watch TV. No agonizing over the perfect gift, no holiday crowds…I don’t even have to cook. But all of that gluttony does have a price that’s paid by the environment. From travel to turkey and beyond, there are many ways that this wonderful holiday can be more eco-friendly.

Rangers return to Congo gorilla park after a year

Reuters — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:40:00 EST

GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - Park rangers returned to a reserve that is home to nearly a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas Friday, more than a year after fighting forced them to abandon the area, a park chief said. Armed Tutsi rebels loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda occupied the gorilla sector of Virunga National Park in September 2007, forcing rangers to leave.

Canadian hunters killing narwhals trapped in ice

Reuters — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:38:00 EST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian hunters in a remote Arctic community have started killing a large number of narwhals -- small, white whales best known for their long tusks -- that are trapped by ice, a federal official said on Friday.

China's crops at risk from massive erosion

Reuters — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:15:00 EST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Over a third of China's land is being scoured by serious erosion that is putting its crops and water supply a risk, a three-year nationwide survey has found. Soil is being washed and blown away not only in remote rural areas, but near mines, factories and even in cities, the official Xinhua agency cited the country's bio-environment security research team saying.

Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes

http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanluisobispo.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:15:00 EST

With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.

China And U.S. Cooperate On Renewable Energy

China+CSR — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:10:00 EST

The Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has signed a memorandum of understanding with the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory for collaboration on the technology of photovoltaic electricity generation.

Thousands join bluefin tuna boycott

WWF — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:07:00 EST

Marrakech, Morocco: Close to 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have signed up to join numerous restaurants, retailers and chefs in boycotting Mediterranean bluefin tuna – until stocks have recovered and the fishery is properly controlled and managed.