Environmental News Network

State, Advocates Look to Give New Yorkers a New Beach
It's been decades since industrial waste flowed into the Hudson River and the city has worked to clean up the once-industrial west side of Manhattan with grassy parkland for joggers and bicyclists. >> Read the Full Article
China, India, Brazil Could Slash Energy Use, Report Says
China, India and Brazil could reduce energy use by a quarter with simple efficiency schemes but banks have been sluggish to lend to such projects, an international study said on Monday. >> Read the Full Article
E.U. Urges Europeans to Act Locally to Help Stop Global Warming
The European Union launched a new awareness campaign Monday urging its citizens to help stop global warming, adding that just the smallest changes to everyday routines, like turning down the thermostat by a degree, can make a difference. >> Read the Full Article
Poorly Mapped and Policed, Amazon Rain Forest Suffers from a Settler Influx
Izidio Orlando de Brito used to walk for hours down a jungle path hauling his manioc, beans, corn and rice to market, thinking how much easier life would be if there was a road to his village. >> Read the Full Article
Where the Buffalo Roam a Sore Topic in Montana
Buffalo once thundered across this vast river valley in southwest Montana but now the only evidence of the animal that symbolizes the untamed American West is its image on a national park sign. >> Read the Full Article
Chesapeake Bay Underwater Grasses Rebound
Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay were more plentiful again last year, with the important habitat-providing plants now covering about double the acreage they did when the survey began in 1984. >> Read the Full Article
Giant Dams on Great Untamed River Spark Fears of Human Rights Abuses, Ecological Harm
They prayed separately but then joined together, Buddhist and Christian villagers, in vowing to fight the damming of their great untamed river which they fear will not only flood their native lands but draw violence, forced labor and relocation at gunpoint. >> Read the Full Article
Drug Trade, Land Grabs Threaten Guatemala Rainforest
The ancient Mayans abandoned their monumental cities in Central America's jungles over a thousand years ago, and many blame their civilization's collapse on massive deforestation. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. House Votes for Oil Drilling in Alaska Refuge
The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday approved a plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. >> Read the Full Article
Report Says Tropical Timber is Better Protected, Not Safe
Developing nations have got far better at protecting rain forests over the past two decades but are a long way short of doing enough to save the crucial global resource, a new report said on Thursday. >> Read the Full Article