Environmental News Network

Climate To Push Up Australian Power Costs, Study Shows
Electricity prices could rise by up to 75 percent from 2020 if Australia's government refuses to take strong climate change action and set up a carbon trading system, Australia's Climate Institute said on Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Trouble Brews in Germany as Biofuel Boom Jacks Up Price of Beer
In the last two years, the price of barley has doubled to euro200 (US$271) from euro102 per ton as farmers plant more crops such as rapeseed and corn that can be turned into ethanol or bio-diesel, a fuel made from vegetable oil. >> Read the Full Article
Global Experts Urge Joint Efforts To Find New Energy Sources for Vehicles
International car manufacturers and energy experts on Thursday urged increased global efforts to find new sources of renewable energy for vehicles -- including advanced biofuels -- in a move to reduce the speed of global warming. >> Read the Full Article
The Coral Sea Vista Opened Up By British Judges
In a decision handed down by the law lord in charge of appeals, the Master of the Rolls Sir Anthony Clarke, flanked on his dais by two equally grave judges, it was decreed the British government had abused its power when it evicted the Chagossians four decades ago. The Chagossians could go home. >> Read the Full Article
Cool Hand Nuke: Paul Newman Endorses New York Nuclear Power Plant
Call him Cool Hand Nuke. Paul Newman weighed in Wednesday on the Indian Point nuclear power facility in the New York suburbs, pronouncing it safer than military bases he had visited. >> Read the Full Article
A U.S.-Mexico Commission Fears Border Fence May Flout 1970 Treaty
A planned, much-debated fence along the U.S.-Mexico border designed to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Rio Grande river could skew the border and violate a 1970 treaty, a binational commission said. >> Read the Full Article
Billions in Forest Damage Caused by Campers Transporting Insect-Infested Firewood
The U.S. Forest Service and state forestry agencies around the country say transporting firewood lets tree-killing insects hitch a ride into the woods, contributing to billions of dollars in damage and needless work each year. >> Read the Full Article
Congress Considers Changing U.S. Water Pollution Law
U.S. House Democrats said Tuesday they want to change a major water pollution law to answer a recent Supreme Court decision and make clear the law applies to all of the country's water. >> Read the Full Article
Malaysia on PR Campaign over Rainforests, Wildlife
Malaysia's palm oil industry, stung by global criticism over the environmental impact of rapidly expanding plantations, has launched a campaign to tell the world that it cares for forests and wildlife. >> Read the Full Article
Agency Aims to Improve Habitat for Sheep
In a state known as the least-forested in the nation, the U.S. Forest Service wants to fell hundreds of juniper trees in North Dakota's Badlands to improve the habitat for transplanted bighorn sheep. >> Read the Full Article