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://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/eu_to_ban_pesticides_in_bee_scare/?source=rss 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/six_million_turn_out_for_global_garbage_clean-up/?source=rss More than six million volunteers from 96 countries collected an unprecedented 100,000 tonnes of garbage last year as part of a global, web-driven clean-up campaign, cyber-environmentalists said Friday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Land, Water, Regions, Europe, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Sweden 2013-01-11T19:40:15+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/swiss_parliament_passes_plastic_bag_ban/?source=rss Switzerland’s Parliament has approved a motion banning single-use plastic shopping bags. Both houses of the Swiss Parliament Thursday voted to forbid the distribution of the plastic bags. The next step is for the government to implement the ban. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Land, Regions, Europe, Switzerland 2012-12-20T15:25:41+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/johnson_johnson_announces_a_ban_on_harmful_chemicals_in_products/?source=rss Johnson & Johnson made the landmark announcement this week that it would ban harmful chemicals from their products. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Environment, Land, Water, Health, Business, Corporate social responsibility 2012-08-20T13:37:03+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/madagascar_gets_biggest_lemur_park/?source=rss 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/southeast_asias_largest_lowland_rainforest_spared_from_new_land_concessions/?source=rss Four economic land concessions have been cancelled in Cambodia's Prey Lang forest, known as the largest intact lowland forest in Southeast Asia, reports the Phnom Penh Post Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Land, Regions, South-East Asia, Cambodia 2012-08-06T23:33:52+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/company_designs_bottle_from_great_pacific_garbage_patch_debris/?source=rss Somewhere in the vicinity of Hawaii, a huge mass of plastic debris floats in the Pacific. And that’s just a fraction of the waste that’s bobbing around out there. Compared to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” one plastic soap bottle may not seem like much. But if that one bottle is mass produced by soap-maker Method, it could turn out to make a big difference. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Land, Water, Business, Corporate social responsibility, Regions, North America, United States, California, Hawaii 2012-08-04T18:30:06+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/human_rights_court_rules_in_favor_of_community_over_ecuadorian_government/?source=rss In a case that could have broad implications, the Kichwa community of Sarayaku, Ecuador, won a major battle on July 25, when the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the Ecuadorian government had violated its rights to communal property and cultural identity. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Environment, Forests, Land, Regions, South America, Ecuador 2012-08-01T05:24:52+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/quebecers_cut_plastic_bag_use_in_half/?source=rss Quebecers cut their plastic bag use by more than half in three years, Environment Minister Pierre Arcand said on Monday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Land, Regions, North America, Canada, Quebec 2012-07-24T17:09:57+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/scientists_develop_method_to_reduce_farmers_use_of_nitrogen_fertilizer/?source=rss Scientist at Michigan State University are putting the finishing touches on a program that would pay farmers to apply less nitrogen fertilizer in a way that doesn't jeopardize yields. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Land, Science, Scientific Discoveries 2012-07-23T15:14:58+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/10000_sq_mi_of_congo_rainforest_declared_world_heritage_site/?source=rss On Tuesday, the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the Sangha Tri-National Protected Area complex (TNS) as a World Heritage Site for its density and diversity of rainforest wildlife. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Land, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Rep. of the Congo 2012-07-02T18:15:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ten_african_nations_pledge_to_transform_their_economies_to_take_nature_into/?source=rss Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate 'natural capital' into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania 2012-06-14T16:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/toronto_joins_growing_list_of_municipalities_to_ban_plastic_bags/?source=rss What started off as a debate to get rid of an unpopular five-cent fee for a plastic bag has ended up with the largest outright ban on plastic bags in North America. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Land, Water, Regions, North America, Canada, Ontario 2012-06-07T14:31:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/netherlands_repair_cafes_curb_consumerism/?source=rss How awesome is the idea of a repair cafe? Very simply, it is a place you take your old, broken-down items, buy a cup of coffee and get your things fixed so that you can continue using them. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Land, Business, Corporate social responsibility, Regions, Europe, Netherlands 2012-05-25T14:49:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hawaii_first_state_to_ban_plastic_bags_at_checkout/?source=rss By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Hawaii 2012-05-18T04:40:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/indigenous_group_and_ngo_establish_crucial_corridor_in_vanishing_atlantic_f/?source=rss Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Land, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Argentina 2012-05-17T14:14:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/60_percent_reduction_in_acidity_of_delaware_rain/?source=rss Several decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, affecting crops and ecosystems statewide. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Land, Regions, North America, United States, Delaware 2012-05-12T14:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/california_public_to_vote_on_gmo_label_act_after_1_million_signatures/?source=rss The grassroots petition in California to mandate the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods has garnered almost double the amount of signatures needed to place the issue on the state ballot for the November 2012 election. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Land, Water, Health, Regions, North America, United States, California 2012-05-04T15:14:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/honolulu_city_council_backs_bill_to_ban_plastic_bags_at_store_restaurant_ch/?source=rss One by one, Hawaii’s counties have passed green-minded bills that ban businesses from distributing non-biodegradable plastic bags and non-recyclable paper bags. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Land, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Hawaii 2012-04-29T04:53:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ford_cuts_global_waste_by_100_million_pounds_and_counting/?source=rss Today the Ford Motor Company announced huge successes in cutting waste at its factories and has pledged to ramp up those efforts in the coming years. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Land, Business, Corporate social responsibility, Regions, North America, United States, Michigan 2012-04-24T22:27:00+00:00