Environmental News Network

West Virginia Wood-products Company Accused of Endangered Species Violations
A coalition of six conservation groups has filed a "notice of violations" letter charging Allegheny Wood Products with violating the terms of the Endangered Species Act by logging and road-building in threatened bat and snail habitat in its new Cheat Canyon holdings. >> Read the Full Article
Intel Tops U.S. Government List of Best Commuter Benefits
Intel, Fannie Mae, and Cisco Systems top the U.S. government's list of Fortune 500 companies that have the best commuting benefits for their employees. >> Read the Full Article
Largest Supplier of Construction Materials to Pay Record $373,000 Fine
The world's largest supplier of construction materials paid a record fine this week to settle claims it illegally mined sand out of San Francisco Bay. >> Read the Full Article
Bush, Kerry energy policies vary by matter of degree
As oil prices soar, so does the importance of energy as an issue in the presidential campaign. >> Read the Full Article
California OKs Toughest Auto Emissions Rules
California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers. >> Read the Full Article
California Classic Car Lovers Dismayed by New Law
Lovers of California's classic cars, celebrated in the Beach Boys song for "fun, fun, fun," worried that a new state law could take their T-birds and little deuce coupes away. >> Read the Full Article
Students' Bus Powered by Vegetable Oil
It's not unusual for the students traveling cross-country aboard an old school bus to get a craving for fried chicken. Or popcorn. Or french fries. That's because their vehicle is powered by vegetable oil, and the used oil they put in their tank can carry the telltale odors of the restaurant it came from. >> Read the Full Article
Environmentalists Press to Extend Federal Coal Tax for Strip-Mine Reclamation
Environmental advocates, labor groups and their supporters in Congress are racing against a Thursday deadline to extend a federal coal tax that reclaims abandoned strip mines and defrays health care costs for thousands of retired miners. >> Read the Full Article
Japan Official Orders Kansai Electric Power Co. to Shut Down Nuclear Reactor
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa on Monday ordered Kansai Electric Power Co. to suspend operation of the No. 3 reactor at its Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture until the reactor is confirmed to meet government standards, following Japan's most deadly nuclear power plant accident in August. >> Read the Full Article
Bellingham, Wash., Vehicle Institute Works to Develop 'Biogas'-powered Car
Eric Leonhardt knows how many cows there are in Whatcom County (66,000). But it's not the cows that interest him; it's the manure. >> Read the Full Article