Environmental News Network

NYC Proposes Fee on Cars Entering Manhattan To Reduce Congestion and Pollution
Driving into the most congested half of Manhattan could become an expensive privilege under a wide-ranging city program unveiled Sunday to cope with the booming population and ease stress on the environment. >> Read the Full Article
China Says Global Warming Threatens Development
Global warming could devastate China's development, the nation's first official survey of climate change warns, while insisting economic growth must come before greenhouse gas cuts. >> Read the Full Article
Greening the Hotel Industry One Eco-Property at a Time
With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel and hospitality industry. These days however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn't necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is definitely an option. >> Read the Full Article
Greening the Hotel Industry One Eco-Property at a Time
With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel and hospitality industry. These days however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn't necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is definitely an option. >> Read the Full Article
Lights Out in Ontario for Incandescent Bulbs
The Canadian province of Ontario will ban the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2012 as part of a broader effort to cut energy use, provincial officials said on Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Al Gore Gets Approval To Install Solar Panels at His Tennessee Home
Former Vice President Al Gore's upscale neighborhood granted the environmental activist approval Tuesday to install 33 solar panels on the roof of his mansion. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Developer To Build Hotels in Congo National Park
Congo Republic has signed a deal to allow a U.S. developer to build hotels and casinos in a natural park that is home to several endangered species, a source at the Forestry Ministry said on Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Mongolia Reindeer Herders Threatened by Modern World
North of nowhere and high above the pristine, alpine Khovsgol Lake in the forests of northern Mongolia, the Gansukh family sits in their teepee home while their reindeer graze outside. >> Read the Full Article
UNEP Says Greener Buildings Could Slow Global Warming
Better architecture and energy savings in buildings could do more to fight global warming than all curbs on greenhouse gases agreed under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, a U.N. study showed on Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Mercury in Energy-Saving Bulbs Worries Scientists
There's an old joke about the number of people it takes to change a light bulb. But because the newer energy-efficient kinds contain tiny amounts of mercury, the hard part is getting rid of them when they burn out. >> Read the Full Article