Environmental News Network

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
Home Wind Turbines Turn Fashionable in Britain
A mere breath of a breeze disturbs the quiet of autumn in south London and the wind turbine on the gable of Donnachadh McCarthy's home turns lazily. >> Read the Full Article
Poor Weather Forces Alaska Pipeline, Prudhoe Bay Offline
The nation's largest oil field and the trans-Alaska oil pipeline were shut down Tuesday after poor weather at both ends of the 800-mile pipeline caused havoc. >> Read the Full Article
Coast Guard Defends Plan for Live Fire Exercises at Great Lakes
The U.S. Coast Guard's proposal to periodically close 2,500 square miles (6,400 square kilometers) of the Great Lakes for live machine-gun firing exercises is vital to maintaining its ability to protect America, commanders said Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Expensive Stream Restoration Failures Will Diminish Our Nationâ€™s Appetite for Restoration
As one of the â€œold guysâ€ in this new industry of stream restoration Iâ€™ve been preaching for years against simplistic cookbook approaches to complex ecological problems, and the need for better industry standards when it comes to assessment and monitoring. >> Read the Full Article
GAO Says Bush Administration, Not Lawsuits, to Blame for Oregon Logging Losses
A government study blamed the Bush administration, not lawsuits by environmentalists, for adding to the cost of a logging project in which the government spent $11 million to salvage less than $9 million in timber from a wildfire. >> Read the Full Article
Nicaragua Seeks New Canal to Link Atlantic, Pacific
Nicaragua wants to build a waterway like the Panama Canal that would link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at a cost of $18 billion, President Enrique Bolanos said Monday. >> Read the Full Article
More Than One Quarter of Yangtze Water Undrinkable
More than one quarter of the water in the Yangtze River is so polluted it cannot be treated to make it drinkable, Xinhua news agency said on Monday. >> Read the Full Article