Category: #Environment
Platypus habitat shrinks by almost a quarter as scientists warn species now ‘threatened’
Recent droughts, reduced rainfall and intense fires linked to climate change playing role in loss of rivers and streams where duck-billed mammals forage for food…
Leading conservationists unite in unique summit, ahead of G20, to step up the fight to protect wildlife
The Wildlife Conservation 20 will be the first time the conservation sector has convened to try to agree a single declaration of recommendations to present…
Florida ‘rights of nature’ amendment protects ecosystems and the right to clean water
Chuck O’Neal of the Florida Rights of Nature Network and Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights joined TRNN on Election Day…
Ben & Jerry’s commits to ‘economic justice’ for cocoa farmers
Exclusive: Ice-cream manufacturer to increase amount paid to suppliers in industry where child labour is rife and farmers barely make enough to get by Source:…
Climate crisis: Arctic sea ice freezing at latest date on record
Slow formation of ice north of Siberia comes after record-breaking heatwave earlier this year Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/arctic-sea-ice-siberia-temperature-climate-change-b1723810.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it…
Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands
When a lone beaver dies, its dam soon collapses Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wolves-preying-on-beavers-in-minnesota-reshape-wetlands-minnesota-beavers-wolves-wetlands-wolf-b1722702.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was…
Gretchen Whitmer orders shut down of Great Lakes oil pipeline for ‘violating public trust’
‘Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy…
‘Most remote island’ creates massive marine protection zone
Tristan da Cunha, an island with 245 permanent residents, has created a marine protection zone to safeguard wildlife in an area of the South Atlantic…
San Francisco Just Banned Natural Gas In New Buildings
San Francisco is banning the use of natural gas in any new buildings, requiring them to rely on the electric grid instead. That makes it…
New species of critically endangered monkey with spectacle-like eye patches discovered
Tree-dwelling primate found living in extinct volcano in Myanmar Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/monkey-species-discovered-popa-langur-endangered-b1720956.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was…
Colorado Is Getting Its Wolves Back After Voters Approve Historic Law
Voters in Colorado have approved Proposition 114, forcing the state government to reintroduce the gray wolf. It’s the first time in U.S. history that a…
Amazon forest fires continue to cause emissions years after burning out
Exclusive: Emissions from fires do not peak until four years after flames have stopped, according to new research Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/amazon-forest-fires-wildfires-emissions-bolsonaro-b1588041.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…
Humpback whale almost swallows kayakers whole in California
‘ I’m thinking, ‘I’m dead. I’m dead.’ I thought it was gonna land on me’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/humpback-whale-swallow-kayak-video-california-b1565511.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared…
The overlooked environmental impacts of the music industry
Over at The New Yorker, Alex Ross has a great review of Kyle Devine’s new book Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music. Here’s the book’s…
Alaska’s Coastal Permafrost Is More Vulnerable Than We Thought
Scientists have long assumed that a thick, solid mass of permafrost underpins all of Alaska like the sturdy foundation of a house, stretching from the…
A New Photo Book Shows America’s Last True Wilderness
If you’re a nature-lover in the U.S., you’re probably familiar with the National Park Service and how it protects landscapes. But a new book shows…
‘Trump is in an alternate universe’: Environmentalists react to president’s bizarre climate change remarks at debate
<p>Two-thirds of Americans think that the US government should do more on climate change as the candidates took their last shot at convincing voters 11…
By owning a pet, you are doing more damage to the environment than you might realise
<p>Truth-telling about pets can be a painful process but cats and dogs, particularly, are having a devastating impact on the planet</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/pets-uk-ownership-cats-dogs-carbon-environmental-impact-b1249610.html Droolin’ Dog…
Trump Has Overseen a Pollution Nightmare, Including in the Backyards of Members of Congress Overseeing the EPA
President Donald Trump’s environmental rollbackapalooza has been well-documented, as has the Environmental Protection Agency’s transformation into the Environmental Pollution Agency (please clap). But a new…
Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species
Environmental groups have asked a federal court to toss out the Trump administration’s assessment of how oil and gas activity could affect endangered species in…
Cat and mouse on the high seas: on the trail of China’s vast squid fleet
Huge foreign fleets gather 400 miles off South America’s Pacific coast attracted by giant squid. Peru’s coastguard must defend its territorial waters amid rising tension…
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