Environmental News Network

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
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
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
Newmont Positive on Indonesia Despite Legal Case
Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM.N) is positive about its Indonesia operations despite allegations of pollution that could bring legal charges against executives and a company unit, a Newmont vice president said on Thursday. >> 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
Reawakened Mount St. Helens is Washington State's New Top Polluter
Washington state's top polluter isn't a pulp mill, a power plant or refinery. It's the newly awakened Mount St. Helens. >> Read the Full Article
Builders Turn More Toward Environmentally-Friendly Products as Costs Fall
Construction companies, Bob Vila-types and architecture firms for years shied away from environmentally friendly products, citing high costs as a deterrent. >> Read the Full Article
Booming China Awash in 'Out of Control' Acid Rain
China's explosive economic growth is outpacing environmental protection efforts, leaving the country awash in "out of control" acid rain, the China Daily said Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Brazil Indians Grapple with White Man's Advance
When Indian leader Pirakuman of the Yawalapiti tribe thinks of the agricultural boom that has so delighted Brazilian exporters and politicians, he sees only a threat to his people. >> Read the Full Article