Environmental News Network

Southeast Asia Plans Wildlife Crime-Busting Units
Special wildlife crime-busting units will form the core of Southeast Asia's first coordinated effort against the multi-billion-dollar illegal trade in animals and plants, officials said on Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Subtropic Warming Could Mean Bigger Deserts, Study Shows
Earth's atmosphere is warming faster over the subtropics than anywhere else, which could mean bigger deserts and more drought from Africa to Australia to the Middle East, researchers said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
China Struggles to Stop Its Largest Lake Shrinking
Lake Qinghai, holy to ethnic Tibetans, is shrinking, hit by declining rainfall and desertification partly caused by overgrazing. Some also blame global warming. >> Read the Full Article
Sand Can Be Polluted Even with Clean Water
Beach sand can be teeming with bacteria even when the ocean water is clean, according to a study released on Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
China Rare-Tiger Center Expects 100 Births
More than 100 Siberian tigers, one of the rarest animals, are expected to be born this year at a breeding center in China's northeast, an official said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Tribe Seeks Greater Freedom to Kill Eagles
The Northern Arapaho Tribe and a man accused of shooting a bald eagle on the Wind River Indian Reservation say the federal government should make it easier for American Indians to apply to kill bald eagles for use in religious ceremonies. >> Read the Full Article
Report Says Ozone Hole May Disappear by 2050
The ozone hole over the Antarctic is likely to begin contracting in the future and may disappear by 2050 because of a reduction in the release of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting gases, according to a team of Japanese scientists. >> Read the Full Article
Gore in Movie Campaign to Protect Earth
Al Gore brushes aside talk of another run for the U.S. presidency and wages a new campaign to protect the Earth that he says must be won. >> Read the Full Article
Climate Expert to Lead Talks on Extending Kyoto Deal
A U.N. conference picked a veteran Maltese climate expert on Wednesday to lead talks about how to overcome deep policy splits on global warming and extend the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012. >> Read the Full Article
House Approves Bill to Speed Logging in Burned Forests
The House on Wednesday approved a bill to speed up the logging of burned forests and planting of new trees after storms and wildfires. >> Read the Full Article