Environmental News Network

Clean Energy Spending Can Curb Climate Change, WWF Says
The world can avoid the worst effects of climate change with investments in clean energy so long as the wholesale shift from fossil fuels starts within five years, the environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Scientists Urge Half of Canada Forest Be Protected
Canada's vast forests should be protected much more than they are now to preserve wildlife and water and to fight global warming, a group of 1,500 scientists from around the world said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Washington Utility to Build Solar Project
Washington state's oldest utility plans to start building the largest solar project in the region next month, and a municipal utility in a small city known most for its rodeo is enlisting residents' help to expand its energy generation through the sun. >> Read the Full Article
Democratic Presidential Candidates Prod Automakers on Fuel Efficiency
Democratic-controlled Washington stepped in to help save Chrysler nearly 30 years ago when the automaker was on the verge of bankruptcy due to lackluster sales of its fuel-thirsty vehicles. >> Read the Full Article
Climate Change Threatens California Water Supply
California's tallest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, may lose nearly all its snowpack by the end of the century, threatening a water crisis in the nation's most populous state, a leading scientist and Nobel laureate said. >> Read the Full Article
Worldwide Shift to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal-Fired Power Plants: A Guest Commentary
Switching light bulbs is an easy way of realizing large immediate gains in energy efficiency. A study for the U.S. government calculated that the gasoline equivalent of the energy saved over the lifetime of one 24 watt compact fluorescent bulb is sufficient to drive a Prius from New York to San Francisco. >> Read the Full Article
Green Group Urges Hong Kong Ban on Energy-Wasting Light Bulbs
Hong Kong homes are lit up by an estimated 4.2 million energy-wasting light bulbs, a conservation group said Thursday, urging the government to compel residents to use more environmentally friendly fluorescent bulbs. >> Read the Full Article
Environmentalists Say Low-Carbon Power Should Replace Coal Plants
Just 30 coal-fired power plants contribute a tenth of the European Union's yearly carbon dioxide emissions and should be replaced with cleaner alternatives to combat climate change, an environmental group said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Solar Boat Completes Fuel-Free Voyage
A Swiss-built solar vessel completed the first sun-powered crossing of the Atlantic Tuesday when it arrived at its final destination in New York, the group behind the project said. >> Read the Full Article
Environmental Groups Ask U.N. To Take Stand Against Appalachian Coal Mining
A coalition of environmental groups called on the United Nations Tuesday to take a stand against ecologically destructive coal mining practices in the Appalachians region of the U.S., saying that the federal and local governments were not paying attention. >> Read the Full Article