by Beth Holmes | Jul 25, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Resources, Sustainability
Old growth and mature forests are the focus of a new executive order by President Biden, to identify and protect them as a part of climate conservation. The order, signed Thursday, directs the National Forest Service (NFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to...
by Beth Holmes | May 2, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Resources, Sustainability
Petroecuador confirms that a ship carrying nearly 2000 gallons of diesel has gone down just off one of the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands, which belong to Ecuador, are one of the most ecologically valuable places in the world. Volcanic, isolated by currents...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | Environmental hazards, Resources, Sustainability
Contaminated groundwater puts thousands at risk as the U.S. Navy refuses to cease operations at a perpetually leaking fuel storage facility on water-poor Oahu. The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility was built in the middle of WW2, inside the ridge of a dead volcano...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 6, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation, Resources
Fungi may be a large key to understanding what can be done about the climate change we are already facing, according to researchers working on a massive project to map the fungal networks of the world. When most of us hear fungus or fungi, we think of mushrooms. But...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 23, 2021 | Conservation, Resources, Sustainability
ConocoPhillips’ large oil drilling project in Alaska has been blocked by a federal judge, after approval by both the Biden and Trump administrations. The oil drilling project by oil giant ConocoPhillips, slated for Alaska’s North Slope, would potentially...
by Beth Holmes | May 14, 2021 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Resources
Seven percent of all renewable fresh water in the world is in Canada, twenty percent if you include sources considered non-renewable like glaciers and underground aquifers. For scale, Canada has about half of one percent of the world’s population. So there is...
