International Fund for Animal Welfare Report Reveals Impact of Global Warming on Arctic Marine...
Washington, D.C. (January 17, 2008) —Today the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) released On Thin Ice: The Precarious State of Arctic Marine Mammals in the United States Due to Global Warming, a comprehensive...
2008 IUCN Red List surprise: Greater one-horned rhinos ‘not’ endangered
The greater one-horned rhinoceros is no longer 'endangered', according to the 2008 IUCN Red List update. This, despite the fact that a single epidemic could wipe out about three quarters of the world's population...
Deepwater horizon incident (Update 10)
Unified Command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. More than 1,000...
CEC Secretariat Launches Independent Study on the Environmental Hazards of Transborder Lead Battery Recycling
The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has begun an independent examination into the environmental and public health issues associated with the transboundary movement of spent lead-acid batteries across North America. This...
Mexico sets the pace with ambitious RE targets
Gland, Switzerland: Mexico’s plans to increase its renewable energy supply from 15% to 25% of total energy supply by 2018, sets the pace globally for a much needed increased ambition towards the UN climate...
60% of Australians do not support the processing of gas in the Kimberley
The Australian Greens said today that 60% of Australians do not support the processing of gas in the Kimberley.
Speaking today at the announcement of the Sea Shepherd’s visit to Broome and the Kimberley Senator...
Groups Oppose Pollution Reporting Exemption for Factory Farms
Family farmers, environmental advocates in 27 states object to toxic gas reporting loophole
Washington, DC -- More than 70 groups from 27 states are objecting to a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency that would...
Mass whale stranding in Far North
The Department of Conservation (DOC) in Kaitaia received a call from a member of the public at approximately 10.30am this morning advising of a mass whale stranding on Karikari Beach (a remote beach on...
Pioneers for responsibly farmed pangasius recognized
Vietnam’s pangasius sector will achieve its target to certify ten per cent of the country’s pangasius production under the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard by the end of 2012.
Vietnam’s pangasius sector will achieve its...
Californians at Risk of Fracking Pollution Because of New Fracking Law
Oakland, CA — An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled that a 2013 law put a stop to a lawsuit designed to force the state of California to examine the environmental effects of the...
Bleak future for Mediterranean mammals – IUCN
The latest assessment of Mediterranean mammals shows that one in six is threatened with extinction at a regional level, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
The study, which assesses the status of...
Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation
An overview of the Smithsonian’s Symposium: “Will the rainforests survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis”
Nine scientists dusted off their crystal balls Monday at the National Museum of Natural History in...
