April 17-23, 2010 - This Week's Top Eco News

Each week Green Guide Network puts the spotlight on the biggest, most interesting (to us), and the quirky environmental news stories that broke during the past week. Every Friday check back to see what went down that week in green news.

http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2010/04/22/kids-help-release-140000-bugs-at-disney/42049/

Move over Bug's Life, Disneyland has a new cast of bugs - 140,000 to be exact. The newly released ladybugs are expected to help maintain plant health within the park.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63I54520100419

In what may be the most extreme environmental cleanup, twenty Nepali climbers are attempting to clear the slopes of Mount Everest of debris left by climbers. In the past, the garbage was buried by snow; however, rising temperatures are leading to increased snowmelt and trash exposure.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2010/04/eighty-five-from-the-archive-rachel-carson.html

This Earth Day The New Yorker paid tribute to Rachel Carson's iconic Silent Spring. The magazine was the first to publish Silent Spring in June 1962. Carson's book is often credited with sparking widespread concern over pesticide use and pollution.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/science/20tier.html?ref=science

The New York Times lists seven rules all environmentalists should live by and understand.

http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/04/22/best_worst_environmental_developments/index.html

Salon reviews the best and worst environmental developments since Earth Day 2009 with this slideshow.

Danielle Stowe is a writer for GGN. She can be reached at daniellestowe@gmail.com