Category: #Conservation

The Biden administration is moving toward protections for a major sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska — at the expense of a proposed gold and copper…

A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t…

As originally published by Kayla Higgins on Exclaim! Ready your listening ears: more than 200 musicians — including Beck, Animal Collective, Jeff Tweedy, Karen O,…

Announcement comes day after the world’s biggest producer of the key edible oil reverses ban on its export. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/5/20/indonesia-flags-sales-rule-after-ditching-palm-oil-export-ban Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…

Scientists believe site in Guangxi with trees up to 40 metres tall may contain undiscovered species An ancient forest has been found at the bottom…

The largest bird in North America, the California Condor, has taken wing over Northern California once again. Absent since the 1890s, endangered due to habitat…

Researchers have observed a unique behavior among the bottlenose dolphins that inhabit the northern Red Sea, off the coast of Egypt: The animals rub their…

Earlier this month, a group of fishermen in Cambodia accidentally caught a rare endangered giant stingray that was nearly 12 feet long and weighed in…

Intensified competition for food and water in dry season has resulted in conflicts among the animals, and with humans. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/6/in-zimbabwe-conflict-escalates-between-elephants-and-humans Droolin’ Dog sniffed out…

Between remote strikes on people and oil refineries in the Middle East, and multiple Black Mirror episodes, drones get a bad rap. But as their…

There’s plenty of column inches given to the environmental advantages of electric vehicles, like reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emission. But there’s a salty…

Enlarge Earth Day was April 22, and its usual message—take care of our planet—has been given added urgency by the challenges highlighted in the latest…

Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/earthship-homes-made-old-cans-bottles-tires-are-rediscovered-rcna26751 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…

Attorney general has launched an inquiry into fossil fuel companies’ role in causing global environmental crisis California’s attorney general has subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of…

Southern California officials declared a water shortage emergency for the first time ever and imposed unprecedented outdoor water usage restrictions on the roughly 6 million…

In a late Friday news dump this month, the Biden administration announced that it would restart oil and gas drilling on federal lands, offering leases…

NEW YORK — Mountains of trash are getting steeper as the nation’s largest city inches away from its ambitious goal of nearly zeroing out residential…

It’s been over 50 years since the first Earth Day, and boy, we really solved all those problems, huh? Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/vintage-earth-day-tv-ads-ranked-1848824590 Indie Brew…

Protests held in capitals across Europe and calls for end to Russian oil and gas imports. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/22/on-earth-day-climate-activists-rally-against-fossil-fuels Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…

Some facilities have been abandoned by their owners, with cities saying they cannot afford to tear them down. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/22/as-california-turns-to-renewables-who-will-clean-up-old-plants Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…

It’s still an open question to what degree our planet will remain habitable in the coming years. Elizabeth Cripps offers an urgent message in What…

Proposition 65 warning labels are bound to catch your eye when buying a new phone or other gadget. What does it mean? Will my shiny…