by Admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Conservation
A dispute has arisen in Scotland, not for the first time, about declining raptor populations and what’s behind them. Ian Thomson, head of the investigations being performed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland, noted that data from 77 tagged...
by Admin | Aug 16, 2017 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
A new study from Newcastle University in the UK found that the level of noise in the oceans—from drilling and piling activities, among others—is stressing and confusing European sea bass. “Over the last few decades, the sea has become a very noisy place,” said lead...
by Admin | Aug 9, 2017 | Conservation
Gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region will remain on the endangered species list after a unanimous ruling from the Washington, D.C., appellate court. The back story is this: in 2011, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said that the gray wolf population...
by Admin | Aug 2, 2017 | Conservation
Most of the time, environmental debates are framed as being “green versus jobs.” But as a project to save the Belize coast proves, environmental efforts can save both nature and human jobs. And the proof comes in the form of new research showing that environmentalists...
by Admin | Jun 28, 2017 | Conservation
On June 14, federal judge James Boasberg ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to adequately study the potential environmental consequences of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This was the first legal victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their...
by Admin | Jun 7, 2017 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
As news of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change spread, many states and cities immediately had a message for the president: even if you don’t believe in climate change, we see the reality, and if you won’t do...
