by Beth Holmes | Oct 1, 2023 | Conservation, Uncategorized
Logging old-growth forests in Oregon and Washington under Trump-era rules violates several other laws, according to a federal judge. On Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman ruled that the U.S. Forest Service violated many other laws when it amended...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | Conservation, Profiles, Sustainability
Marina Silva, Amazon activist, is President-elect Lula’s choice for Brazil’s new minister of environment. Marina Silva grew up in the Amazon, working as child labor on a rubber plantation. As an adult, she has worked hard to undo the damage of the kind of...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
An Okefenokee mine in Georgia is the center of a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over lax oversight. Twin Pines Minerals intends to move ahead with mining titanium dioxide near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, a large nature refuge in Georgia. The...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 10, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Australia intends to set aside nearly a million square miles of land to protect endangered species. This summer, an environmental report card by the Australian government showed the country as one of the worst for species decline. They’ve lost more mammal...
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...
