Environmental News Network

Off-Road Vehicle Advocacy Group Wins a Battle for Access to Utah Public Lands
An off-road vehicle advocacy group has won one and lost one in an ongoing battle to maintain motorized access on Utah public lands. >> Read the Full Article
Couple Finds Attractive Way to Recycle Shopping Bags
The reactions are usually shock, then disbelief, then a thorough inspection and finally a quick feel when the Morins tell people the material of their crocheted handbags. >> Read the Full Article
North Carolina 'Tinkerer' Recycles Automotive Antifreeze, Sells it Back to Shops
All but worthless in itself, used motor oil became valuable enough 20 years ago that a network developed to link auto repair shops with re-refiners who turned waste oil into fuel or an ingredient in asphalt. >> Read the Full Article
'Hero of the Planet' Engineer Puts 'Green' Mark on Building Design
William McDonough is trying to change the way the world works. McDonough calls "cradle to grave" the Industrial Revolution model of extracting natural resources for products destined for the landfill. >> Read the Full Article
Congress Acts to Preserve Money for Environmental Farming
The House voted Monday to protect aid to farmers who convert to environmentally sound practices. >> Read the Full Article
EPA Projects Hazardous Waste Sites Growing in Number and Cleanup Costs
At the current pace of cleanup work, it could take up to 35 years and $280 billion to fix most of the nation's existing and yet-to-be-discovered hazardous waste sites, the government said Friday. >> Read the Full Article
As Tech Trash Piles Up, E-Junk Recycling Still in its Infancy
When Office Depot, Inc. stores ran an electronics recycling drive last summer that accepted everything from cell phones to televisions, some stores were overwhelmed by the amount of e-trash they received. >> Read the Full Article
New York Recycling Company Pitches Ideas to Bahamian Government
Taylor Recycling is going global. Company founder and Chairman Jim Taylor welcomed a delegation from the Bahamas to the company's headquarters yesterday. >> Read the Full Article
Poverty, Graft at Root of Philippine Tragedy
Saturnino Monreal remembers when there were more large trees than people around his village on the eastern Philippine coast, close to where hundreds have died in floods and landslides this week. >> Read the Full Article
Once-Cozy Company Town Divided on Plan to Sell Water to Nestle
It's fitting that the snowcapped crown of Mount Shasta looms over this old lumber town like spring water promotion -- two major bottling plants are located at its base and a third is on the way. >> Read the Full Article