Environmental News Network

Researchers Probe Fossilized Rain Forest
Standing on the wind-swept flatlands of southern Vermilion County, you might think you'd have to drive the 180 miles to Chicago's Field Museum to find the nearest fossilized tree trunk from the Pennsylvania Age, 300 million years ago. Nah, just drill straight down. >> Read the Full Article
California Assembly Committee Calls for Phase-Out of Incandescent Lights
A California state Assembly committee voted Monday to phase out the incandescent light bulb, agreeing that one of Thomas Edison's most famous creations is outdated and inefficient. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Architects Announce 10 Best Green Buildings
The best environmentally friendly buildings in the United States include a visitor center in Texas, a water treatment plant in Connecticut and a house in California, U.S. architects announced Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Scientists Equip Narwhals as Arctic Oceanographers
Scientists have enlisted some supremely qualified recruits to retrieve important data on one of the most remote and inhospitable places on Earth. And all these recruits want is a nice fish dinner. >> 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
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
Smithsonian Accused of Altering Exhibit
The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum. >> Read the Full Article
Energy Producers Capture Speedier Wind
New technology is allowing energy producers to capture speedier wind that environmental activists say has the potential to provide 20 percent of the state's electricity within 10 years. >> Read the Full Article
Astronauts Recall View Before Earth Day
The rarest view in humanity -- Earth from afar -- moves many of the lucky few observers to tears and gives them a new appreciation of that blue marble we all call home. For Earth Day this year -- at a time when perhaps some perspective is needed -- The Associated Press asked space travelers to recall what it's like to see Earth from above. >> 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