Environmental News Network

EU States Give Formal Backing to New Chemicals Law
European Union governments gave their formal backing on Monday to a new law to reform the chemicals sector after EU lawmakers passed a compromise deal on the rules last week. >> Read the Full Article
Groups Urge Fish Consumption Advisory
The nation's largest gold-producing state is being asked to investigate whether mercury emissions from its mines are contaminating area fisheries. >> Read the Full Article
Thousands of Ducks Mysteriously Dying in Idaho
Officials scrambled Wednesday to determine what has caused the deaths of thousands of mallard ducks in south-central Idaho near the Utah border. >> Read the Full Article
Asian Leaders Call for Tougher Measures to Combat Air Pollution
Asia must impose tighter regulations on emissions and fuel efficiency standards to combat air pollution that contributes to some half-a-million premature deaths annually, Asian ministers and environmentalists said Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Climate Change Catching Voter Attention around World
Mainstream parties in Germany, Britain, France, Canada, the United States and Austria believe tackling climate change is a vote winner while established Green parties in Germany and Austria are experiencing a renaissance. >> Read the Full Article
Ebola Has Killed 5,000 Gorillas, Study Suggests
The Ebola virus may have killed more than 5,000 gorillas in West Africa -- enough to send them into extinction if people continue to hunt them, too, researchers said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Prince Charles to Use Commercial Flights
Putting his money where his environmentalist mouth is, Prince Charles is swapping gas-guzzling private planes and helicopters for commercial flights, train journeys and biodiesel cars. >> Read the Full Article
Experts Urge Fruit Growers to Use Pesticide Alternatives
Fruit growers are being urged to look for alternative pest controls as government regulators look to quash the use of insecticides deemed unsafe by farmworker advocacy groups. >> Read the Full Article
Glimmers of Hope Seen in Africa Bird Flu Gloom
With weak surveillance and grinding poverty, Africa is being declared the new frontier in the fight against bird flu, but some of its states should be able to control the disease, a top animal health expert said. >> Read the Full Article
EPA Cannot Verify Asbestos Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency cannot verify the effectiveness of its cleanup programs in a Montana town where residents have contracted asbestos-related illnesses in unusually large numbers, the agency's inspector general said Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article