Environmental News Network

Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight
The world is nudging closer to nuclear or environmental apocalypse, a group of prominent scientists warned Wednesday as it pushed the hand of its symbolic Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. >> Read the Full Article
Bush Readies Speech on Ethanol, Climate Change
President Bush's annual speech to Congress next week is likely to call for a massive increase in U.S. ethanol usage and tweak climate change policy while stopping short of mandatory emissions caps, sources familiar with White House plans said Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Federal Judge Delays Trial Over California Auto-Emission Rules
A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the trial over a lawsuit seeking to block a California law that would implement the world's toughest vehicle-emission standards. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Planet-Monitoring Satellites Need Upgrade
The U.S. satellite system that monitors Earth's environment and climate needs an urgent upgrade or scientists will lose much of their ability to predict events like hurricanes, according to a report released by the National Research Council Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Environment Ministers Lack Clout on Global Warming
Environment ministers lack power to lead a fight against global warming at a time when ever more governments portray climate change as one of the biggest threats to the planet, experts say. >> Read the Full Article
In New England, Questions Swirl over Mild Winter
This winter, which has been unusually warm on top of the mountain and across the U.S. Northeast, New Hampshire's Mount Washington Observatory is having some trouble with some of its systems, which just aren't designed for mild weather. >> Read the Full Article
Canada Auto Union Alarmed by Tough Emissions Talk
Canada's largest private sector union said on Thursday that thousands of jobs in the auto industry could be at risk if a left-leaning opposition party succeeds in persuading the government to quickly introduce binding emissions standards on vehicles. >> Read the Full Article
Warm Europe Winter Has Pollen Lingering
Europe's unseasonably mild winter is nothing to sneeze at. Or maybe it is. Experts warned Austrian allergy-sufferers on Wednesday that some species of trees are already flowering and about to release pollen. >> Read the Full Article
Mountaintop Meteorology Mixes High, Low-Tech Tools
Jim Salge is one of a team of four observers who man the Mount Washington Observatory. Every hour, every day, they brave the elements to record weather conditions outside their station, 6,288 feet above sea level. >> Read the Full Article
Warm December Pushes 2006 to Record Year
Last year was the warmest on record for the United States, with readings pushed over higher than normal by the unusual and unseasonably warm weather during the last half of December. >> Read the Full Article