by Admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam was the site of a massive climate protest Saturday, as activists blocked private jets from taking off. Over 500 protesters from Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion assembled at Schiphol Airport on Saturday afternoon, according to a press...
by Admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Maya Bay ruling, 22 years after the scenic Thai bay was featured in The Beach, requires the government to pay for environmental repairs. In 1999 and 2000, 20th Century Fox filmed The Beach at May Bay on Ko Phi Phi Leh in Thailand. The bay’s distinctive undercut...
by Admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Environmental hazards
The Piney Point industrial site in Manatee County, Florida, has never had a good track record for being eco-friendly. The first chemical plant there, Borden Chemical, had only been open for four years when it was discovered the company was dumping phosphate waste into...
by Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Conservation, Green Energy, Sustainability
In 2019, Scotland passed an amendment to its 2009 Climate Change (Scotland) Act (CCA), one which placed binding targets on reducing Scotland’s greenhouse gas footprint to net-zero by 2045. And it appears the country is making progress. According to Scottish government...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Conservation
In the late 1960s, a survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) found fewer than 500 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states of the United States. The bald eagle, which has been the national bird of the United States since 1787, nearly went...
