http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/KP_Qhjs3ViQ/ The European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Land, Wildlife ]]> 2013-04-29T15:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/eu_to_ban_pesticides_in_bee_scare/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/9CSQfI0aBjs/ Puerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the world's largest turtle, the leatherback. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Puerto Rico ]]> 2013-04-14T19:05:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_law_to_protect_puerto_rico_leatherback_turtles/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/mkUidgfN9SI/ The Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that conservationists hope with protect a core population of western lowland gorillas, a critically endangered species, as well as other threatened species, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Rep. of the Congo ]]> 2013-02-02T17:57:47+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gorillas_to_be_protected_with_new_congo_national_park/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/4XEOJwzXgOM/ In the 19th century the Northern Pacific Elephant was thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered on an island of Baja California in 1892. Since then, the species has staged a remarkable comeback which was greatly accelerated by protective measures adopted by the U.S. and Mexican governments. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2013-01-23T21:51:02+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/from_the_brink_of_extinction_elephant_seals_stage_remarkable_comeback/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/5UGqguYOOnQ/ On Friday President Obama announced the government would add almost 3,000 square miles of California coastline to the National Marine Sanctuary system, reports the Sierra Club. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2012-12-22T22:17:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/obama_triples_area_of_protected_california_coastline/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/3Oq3SpaNApo/ The Cook Islands has approved a shark sanctuary in its waters, making for the largest such sanctuary in the world. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Oceania, American Samoa, French Polynesia ]]> 2012-12-13T19:58:53+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/this_week_a_shark_sanctuary_the_size_of_australia_has_been_established/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/fvcUcrNmkaM/ Green campaigners on Friday hailed a decision by France that they said would create the world's biggest shark sanctuary. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Europe, France, Oceania, French Polynesia ]]> 2012-12-09T23:00:27+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/french_move_boosts_shark_sanctuaries/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/npZ9RuGnzkE/ The sale, possession and distribution of shark fin is officially banned in White Rock. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia ]]> 2012-11-05T16:10:12+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/another_city_in_bc_bans_shark_fins/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/_r3ZPsLoMso/ Every year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a percent of those. Yet mammal surprises remain: deep in the remote Peruvian Andes, scientists have made an incredible discovery: a rich cloud forest and alpine grassland ecosystem that may be home to no less than eight new mammal species. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Peru ]]> 2012-10-20T07:43:48+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_mammal_menagerie_uncovered_in_remote_peruvian_cloud_forest/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/UgX124bMWFM/ Costa Rica passed a blanket ban on shark finning, in which the fins are sliced off sharks, often while they are alive, before the fish are thrown back into the ocean to die. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica ]]> 2012-10-18T07:40:28+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/costa_ricas_shark_finning_ban_signed_by_president_chinchilla/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/74BJW66QCFM/ Employing a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Regions, North America, United States, Wisconsin ]]> 2012-10-09T20:13:38+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_water_treatment_process_could_help_bring_dead_zones_back_to_life/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/DDc4KCbnMHg/ Jaguar conservation has received a huge boost in the past few months both in Latin America and in the U.S. An historic agreement singed between the world's leading wild cat conservation organization Panthera and the government of Costa Rica in addition to a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal bring renewed hope to the efforts to revive the iconic jaguar in its current habitat and return the cats to the American Southwest. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica ]]> 2012-09-30T22:15:05+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/jaguar_conservation_gets_a_boost_in_north_and_central_america/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/v4bHvRSNOv0/ The City of Vancouver, BC will work with neighbouring municipalities to develop a ban on the sale of shark-fin products, mayor and council agreed Tuesday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia ]]> 2012-09-24T16:45:30+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/vancouver_council_makes_historic_move_toward_shark_fin_ban/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/NvRU8GtgZHc/ A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo ]]> 2012-09-13T01:23:35+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_monkey_species_discovered_in_africa/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/_NU86VEpHqs/ The Australian government Tuesday sought to change its environmental protection laws to prevent a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters amid concerns about the by-catch. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Oceania, Australia ]]> 2012-09-12T00:16:49+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/australia_acts_to_stop_super-trawler/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/5vlQb5mR9CI/ Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific says it will stop carrying shark fins as cargo, bowing to pressure from groups concerned about cruelty and possible extinctions as China’s appetite for the delicacy rises. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Business, Corporate social responsibility, Regions, East Asia, Hong Kong ]]> 2012-09-07T12:09:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hong_kongs_cathay_pacific_bans_shark_fins_as_air_cargo/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/umvQ5DtKCAE/ Last year, nearly 11,500 humpback whales were counted off the coast of Brazil -- a new record, the Baleia Jubarte Institute cheered Sunday in a report. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Brazil ]]> 2012-09-05T03:24:21+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_humpback_population_on_the_rebound/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/uTETU-cihIM/ Illegal logging in the forests of Mexico that are the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly has been virtually eliminated, according to a new study. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Mexico ]]> 2012-08-25T00:41:03+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/monarch_butterfly_sanctuary_saved_from_illegal_logging/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/HyjkK62krJ8/ Good news for lemurs: Officials in Madagascar have created the island's biggest protected wildlife park. Named Makira Natural Park, the area is larger than the state of than the state of Rhode Island, and it provides a habitat for the highest diversity of lemurs on the planet, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Land, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Madagascar ]]> 2012-08-17T22:45:51+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/madagascar_gets_biggest_lemur_park/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/EYoE/~3/EMZ_zYqaJLs/ B.C.’s anti-shark fin movement is gaining momentum as Nanaimo becomes the newest municipality to become fin-free. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia ]]> 2012-08-14T22:34:31+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nanaimo_latest_b.c._municipality_to_ban_shark_fin/?source=rss