Published by the Environmental News Service CHENGDU, China, October 22, 2018 (ENS) – China is preparing to launch the world’s first artificial moon to increase light on city streets at night. By 2020, China plans to place an illumination satellite that will act an artificial moon in orbit above Chengdu, a city of 14 million […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, October 19, 2018 (ENS) – Blurring the line between the public and private sectors, the Trump administration is pondering the use of West Coast military bases to ship U.S. fossil fuels to Asia under the guise of strengthening national security, despite opposition from coastal states. Read the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Wildlife rangers are one of the planet’s first and last lines of defense. As pressures on nature, grow, the survival of endangered animals like rhinos, elephants and tigers and their habitats depends in great part on these men and women. It’s never been an easy job. But now a newly-released […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Palm Beach County officials found traces of Red Tide on their beaches earlier this week, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties will conduct testing on their beaches, and the west coast of Florida is still awash in dead fish. Florida’s red tide crisis seems to be getting worse by the day, and it requires […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 3, 2018 (ENS) – A 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday, killing at least 1,234 people. Many more casualties are expected as rescuers have yet to reach the epicentre of the disaster. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/10/03/nightmarish-indonesian-earthquake-tsunami-kill-1234/
Published by the World Wildlife Fund China made it illegal to buy and sell elephant ivory at the end of last year, and the law is already producing positive results. Among 2,000 people surveyed across 15 Chinese cities with ivory markets, those who previously said that they’d either bought ivory products in the past and planned […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Following the D.C. government’s weather advisories ahead of Hurricane Florence earlier this month, Ocean Conservancy postponed our flagship International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) event to October. It’s hard to describe how disappointed we were that we couldn’t suit up in t-shirts and work gloves (or silly ocean costumes for that matter) to clean […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In an amazing show of progress for wildlife, Nepal is on track to become the first of the world’s countries to double its wild tiger population since 2010. According to results from the country’s most recent tiger survey, there are now an estimated 235 wild tigers, nearly twice the number […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd returns to the Sea of Cortez to resume patrols protecting the critically endangered vaquita porpoise for the fifth season. San Felipe, Mexico – August 20th, 2018 – Sea Shepherd vessel the M/V Farley Mowat has arrived in the Upper Gulf of California in order to start Operation Milagro early this year. In […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was put together by Louie Porta and Susan Ruffo. Louie Porta is vice-president of operations for Oceans North. Susan Ruffo is Managing Director for International Initiatives for Ocean Conservancy. Canada’s G7 Presidency will conclude this week with a meeting of environment ministers in Halifax, Nova Scotia from September 19 to 21. […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Japan lost so the moratorium stands. Despite bribing nations and insidious tactics, the proposal by japan to overturn the 31 year moratorium on commercial whaling has failed by a vote of 41 to 27 with 2 abstentions. The Proposal with the misleading title: The Way Forward was in fact an attempt […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Renewed hope to save the critically endangered vaquita porpoise as Sea Shepherd crews work tirelessly to repair newest addition to the fleet in anticipation of net retrieval operations in the Upper Gulf of California. Fernandina Beach, FL – Sep 6th, 2018 – Sea Shepherd has received a generous vessel donation from philanthropist Benoit Vulliet which […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Chefs know food. Maybe better stated, chefs know good food. Notably, chefs are learning more about sustainable food. And now, chefs from coast to coast are emerging as new, but powerful, advocates for sustainable U.S. seafood—a message my colleagues and I heard loud and clear at two recent chef events in the […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Angela landed in Osaka the night of August 29th. She was detained and interrogated in a small room for over five hours. During the questioning her body and luggage was searched. Angela has participated in the Cove Guardian campaign on two previous occasions, with the more recent in 2015 as […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Whale sharks are one of my favorite marine species. They are some of the most majestic and beautiful creatures in the sea. And while our team at Ocean Conservancy celebrates these gorgeous animals on a regular basis, I’m happy to bring you some fin-credible facts just in time for #InternationalWhaleSharkDay! 1 – […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund They may not be household names, like the Amazon rainforest or the Great Barrier Reef. But these forests, grasslands, savannas, and other ecosystems are just as vital to the health of our planet. They support an incredible range of plants and animals, as well as millions of people and their […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The news and photos of the massive red tide this month in southwest Florida are absolutely heartbreaking. As a seasoned conservation biologist (Baldera) and a native Floridian (Brooker), we have never seen a red tide event as severe as this with such far-reaching and appalling fish kills. We have received reports of […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For the first time in recorded history, the Arctic’s oldest, thickest ice is starting to break up this summer, exposing open water north of Greenland—a region that normally remains frozen year-round. And it broke up not just once, but twice this year. This globally unique habitat was presumed to be the strongest […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 21, 2018 (ENS) – Indonesia’s Lombok island, a popular holiday location that is home to 3.3 million people, was hit by two new quakes on Sunday, part of a series of quakes that started July 29. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/08/21/earthquakes-shake-indonesia-to-the-core/
Published by the Department of the Interior Tara Mac Lean Sweeney was sworn in as the Department’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, making her the first Alaska Native and only the second woman in history to hold the position. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/history-made-alaskan-leader-tara-mac-lean-sweeney-becomes-first-female-alaska-native