Greater Glider endangered status makes protection of Wombat Forest more urgent
Ongoing habitat destruction has landed Victoria’s Greater Glider on the endangered species list, but Victorian National Parks Association says until Wombat Forest is legislated as a national park Australia’s largest gliding mammal remains at...
Supreme Court Guts Clean Air Act
In the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 today to significantly narrow the scope of the Clean Air Act, causing a major setback for President Biden’s plan...
EPA Announces New Health Advisory Levels for Toxic “Forever Chemicals”
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set lifetime health advisory levels for PFOA, PFOS, PFBS, and GenX, toxic chemicals that have polluted water across the country. Health advisory levels are important for states and...
Draft conservation agreement for Ontario caribou weakest in Canada, says environmental groups
OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — A new draft conservation agreement for threatened boreal caribou in Ontario is the weakest ever proposed in Canada and falls alarmingly short of meeting legal...
Deepsea Mountain Mapped By RSV Nuyina
At 2500 metres high, 2900 metres wide and 4500 metres long, the seamount had been identified from satellites at about 50 degrees South, on the edge of the ‘Furious Fifties’.
While an earlier voyage had...
The December 2021 tornado outbreak, explained
The tornadoes that ripped across the central and southern U.S. late in the evening of December 10, 2021, were notable in many ways.
The thunderstorms and tornadoes they produced traveled far — sometimes far more...
Atlantic hurricane season shows no signs of slowing
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is well underway, and atmospheric and oceanic conditions remain conducive for an above-average hurricane season, according to the annual mid-season update issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division...
Mounting wildlife death tolls underscore NSW councils rejection of shark nets
Data released today by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (‘DPI’) shows a staggering 89% of marine animals caught in NSW shark nets during the 2020-2021 season were non-target species such as dolphins, turtles,...
Earth Overshoot Day creeps back to July 29
GLASGOW, UK — June 4th, 2021 — Earth Overshoot Day 2021 lands on July 29, Councillor Susan Aitken, the Leader of Glasgow City Council, announced today on behalf of Global Footprint Network and the...
First Tasmanian devil joeys born on mainland Australia in the wild in 3,000 years
The wilds of mainland Australia are experiencing a special kind of baby boom—one that hasn’t happened there in more than 3,000 years. Aussie Ark, in partnership with Re:wild and WildArk, are celebrating the birth...
Brands Back Call for Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining
Four leading global companies today announced their support for a global moratorium on deep seabed mining. Initiated by BMW Group and WWF, and signed by Samsung SDI, Google and Volvo Group, the companies join...
New Zealand continues to disregard biodiversity targets, lobbies for more bottom trawling
New Zealand is fast developing a reputation as a South Pacific vandal, says Greenpeace, as the government continues to fight against increased ocean protection.
At the upcoming meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management...
