Environmental News Network

California May Ban Conventional Lightbulbs by 2012
A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. >> Read the Full Article
USDA Seeks Land Reserve of 6,250 Acres in Arkansas
Federal and state officials will spend $9.4 million to enroll up to 6,250 acres of land in northeast Arkansas into a program to restore hardwood forests, boost animal populations, improve water quality and sequester carbon, federal officials said on Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Australian State Leader Says Drinking Water Must Be Recycled
An Australian state plans to introduce recycled sewage to its drinking water as a record drought threatens water supplies around the nation, a state leader said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Washington Lawmakers Considering Legislation for Biofuels Production Incentives
Plenty of farmers and others in Washington state love the idea of growing crops to make clean-burning vehicle fuels to cut pollution and the nation's reliance on foreign oil. >> Read the Full Article
Report Warns of Obstacles to Sustainable Biofuels Sector
The benefits of biofuel made from beets, sugar cane and other crops may be weakened if the sector continues to expand without controls and trade agreements, an environmental think tank said on Friday. >> Read the Full Article
New Suit Planned Over Brooklyn Oil Spill
An environmental group and several city politicians said Wednesday they plan to file a new lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. over its handling of a huge underground oil spill in Brooklyn. >> Read the Full Article
Australian PM Plans to Restore Parched Rivers
Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced plans on Thursday to spend more than A$10 billion ($7 billion) to restore the nation's ailing rivers, making dwindling water supplies his priority in an election year. >> Read the Full Article
Live-Fish Market Grows, Stripping Reefs
The appetite for live reef fish -- a status symbol for many newly rich Chinese -- has caused the populations of these predators to plummet around Asia as fishermen increasingly resort to cyanide and dynamite to bring in the valuable catch. Entire reef ecosystems, already endangered by pollution and global warming, are at risk. >> Read the Full Article
House Approves Fees, Taxes on Oil Companies; Plans to Use Money for Renewable Fuels
The House rolled back billions of dollars in oil industry subsidies Thursday in what supporters hailed as a new direction in energy policy toward more renewable fuels. Critics said the action would reduce domestic oil production and increase reliance on imports. >> Read the Full Article
One Word: Solar -- A Guest Commentary
In a world where the gravest threats to the future are no longer characterized as merely an ethos, but as a planetary physical transformation, global climate change now trumps the comparatively mild worries faced by the baby boomers of the sixties. >> Read the Full Article