Canada Says It Has No Plans to Pull out of Kyoto

Canada faces an uphill task meeting targets to cut greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol but it has no plans to withdraw from the U.N.-brokered pact, the head of the U.N. climate change secretariat said. >> Read the Full Article

EU Environment Chief Urges Member States Not to Undermine Emissions Trading Plan

The European Union's environmental chief on Thursday urged member states not to undermine Europe's emissions trading plan -- lauded as an international model for reducing pollution. >> Read the Full Article

Climate Change Melting Fabled African Glaciers

Climate change is melting a legendary ice field in equatorial Africa and may soon thaw it out completely, threatening fresh water supplies to hundreds of thousands of people, a climate expert said on Thursday. >> Read the Full Article

Millions in Asia Suffering from Lack of Water and Proper Sanitation

Two out of three people in South Asia lack basic sanitation, numbers that put the region on a par with sub-Saharan Africa, said a U.N. report issued Thursday that described the provision of toilet facilities as crucial to social and economic development. >> Read the Full Article

Mississippi Landowners Make Millions in Post-Katrina Land-Rush

Hurricane Katrina has turned some of Mary Rose's neighbors into instant millionaires, but the 70-year-old retiree is still waiting for her turn to cash in on the land rush generated by the Gulf Coast's booming casino industry. >> Read the Full Article

Scientists Say Millions Could Flee Rising Seas

Nations must make plans to help tens of millions of "sea level refugees" if climate change continues to ravage the world's oceans, German researchers said on Thursday. >> Read the Full Article

ENN Weekly: November 6th - 10th

ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news November 6th - 10th: Tree planting, glacier melt, a trash vortex, dolphin legs, and much more. >> Read the Full Article

November 6th - 10th

ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news November 6th - 10th: Tree planting, glacier melt, a trash vortex, dolphin legs, and much more. >> Read the Full Article

Coca-Cola Undertaking Africa Water Project, CEO Says

Coca-Cola Co. said Wednesday it would help to bring clean drinking water to parts of Africa in a plan to work with local communities on environmental issues like water management. >> Read the Full Article

Guard Seeks to End Ban on Lead Bullets

The Massachusetts National Guard wants to resume firing lead bullets at Camp Edwards on Cape Cod, nine years after such ammunition was banned because of fears that the toxic metal could contaminate drinking water supplies. >> Read the Full Article