Environmental News Network

Panel Says New Great Lakes Water Deal Needed
A U.S.-Canadian pact to clean up the Great Lakes has run its course after more than three decades and should be scrapped in favor of a more effective, modern strategy, a binational panel said Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Official Says Tibet Water Diversion Not Feasible
A controversial scheme to channel water from Tibet to the parched Yellow River in western China is unnecessary and anyway not feasible, China's top water resources minister said on Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Brazil Bus Company Begins Using Biofuel to Combat Pollution, Oil Dependence
A Brazilian bus company on Thursday said it has begun powering its fleet in South America's largest city with a new mix of biofuels and diesel in an effort to curb emissions and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. >> Read the Full Article
Nigeria Scheme Would Turn Pollution to Profit
If the U.N. oversight board approves, the Nigerian government stands to reap hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of emissions credits for shutting down a huge source of carbon dioxide _ its burning of natural gas pumped up with petroleum at its Ovade Ogharefe oil field. >> Read the Full Article
Drought in Southern China Leaves 520,000 Short of Water
A severe drought in a region of southern China has left 520,000 people short of drinking water and damaged crops, a news report said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Fungal Disease Killing L.A. Palm Trees
The city's palm trees -- as much a symbol of L.A. as the automobile, movie stars and the beach -- are vanishing. The trees are dying of old age and a fungal disease, disappearing one by one from parks and streets. >> Read the Full Article
Soaring Water-Use Fees Prod California Farmers, Ranchers to Seek More Control
In a state where water disputes often have played out like old Sunday morning Westerns, Kevin Taylor is one of those who tries to keep the peace. >> Read the Full Article
North Sea Herring, Hake Stocks Good, but Cod, Flatfish Still Depleted
Norwegian herring has reached healthy levels and the Northern hake is making a comeback, but stocks of flatfish, cod and sand eel are still depleted in the North Sea, an international marine research group said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Approves Montana Mine after Long Ecology Fight
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cleared the way for a silver and copper mine in northwest Montana Friday that has been mired in controversy for more than two decades. >> Read the Full Article
Task Force Finds Puget Sound Needs Billions
It will take billions of dollars and targeted efforts to restore dwindling habitat and reduce pollution if Puget Sound's biggest problems are to be solved by 2020, a state task force said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article