The world's smallest porpoise is fast heading to extinction, writes Aron White thanks to Mexico's failure to ban the use of gillnets in its range, and China's illegal imports of totoaba fish swim bladders, used in Chinese medicine. Without urgent and effective action the vaquita will soon disappear for good.
… Mammals Oceans Fishing Mexico China USA Extinction … world's smallest porpoise is fast heading to extinction, writes Aron White thanks to … in Mexico, stands today on the very edge of extinction. Almost half those remaining were …
The Southern Resident Orcas of Puget Sound have plenty of problems, writes Kathleen Haase. But as the film 'Fragile Waters' makes clear, there's a common thread: us. Whether it's over-fishing Chinook salmon or polluting the ocean with toxic chemicals, we are driving them to extinction - and if we don't soon mend our ways, it will be too late.
… must stop starving Southern Resident Orcas to extinction Kathleen Haase | 24th November 2015 Reviews Cetaceans Films Extinction Fishing Oceans USA Toxics … with toxic chemicals, we are driving them to extinction - and if we don't soon mend our …
Thanks to herbicide use on GMO crops in the US and Canada, Monarch butterfly numbers have crashed - the milkweeds the larvae feed on now survive mainly in 'conservation reserve' land and roadsides - and there's a 5% chance the Monarch will be extinct within 100 years.
… use on GMO crops raises Monarch butterfly extinction fear John Pleasants | 10th June … factors playing a minor role. A 5% chance of extinction within 100 years With population … The model puts the chance of population extinction in the next century at a low but …
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has done pioneering conservation work to save North America's endangered Red Wolf, under threat from shooting and inter-breeding with coyotes. But now federal budget cuts are putting all that - and the Red wolf itself - at risk.
… Red wolf extinction fear as US budget cuts bite Joseph … from its natural environment to save it from extinction. The long-term objective to return …
It's been another disastrous year for North America's Monarch butterflies, with the insect's population down 27% in a single year. The sudden decline is blamed on severe winter storms in Mexico, and the impacts of GMO crops, herbicides and insecticides on US farms.
… year The Ecologist | 10th February 2017 News Extinction Insects Biodiversity Farming … well-known butterfly is at ongoing risk of extinction. This year's drastic decline is … decline to such low levels that they face extinction. Researchers estimate the …
North American buffalo are officially 'vulnerable to global extinction', writes Louise Willcox, yet the US National Parks Service and Montana are intent on their wholesale slaughter. In place of a complete ecosystem with wild-roaming buffalo and grizzly bears, wildlife managers are systematically favoring the over-abundant elk that drive the politically powerful hunting industry.
… buffalo are officially 'vulnerable to global extinction', writes Louise Willcox, yet the US … of Yellowstone's buffalo from the brink of extinction is one of the greatest wildlife … Bison bison as 'vulnerable to global extinction'. Our current policies that led to …
Greta Thunberg sets sail for New York under a patchwork of blue sky and grey clouds.
… News Greta Thunberg Climate Breakdown USA Extinction Rebellion Change Makers … the harbour were a group of supporters from Extinction Rebellion. Among them was Ben …
Ample peer-reviewed science says that the number one threat to condor survival is lead poisoning from eating bullets and pellets in carcasses, reports Dawn Starin. But the powerful NRA is fighting hard against bans on lead ammunition.
… their evolutionary distinctiveness and global extinction risk. At number three on the list … the species' numbers to the point of near extinction. A third of condors suffer from …
With Monarch butterfly numbers down by 90% in 20 years - largely as a result of GMO crops in key feeding areas - the US Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing the insect's status with a view to granting it legal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
… Attorney for Center for Food Safety. Path to extinction propelled by GMO crops The …
The 3,100km concrete wall Donald Trump plans to build along the US-Mexico border would be a disaster for the border zone's ecosystems, writes Shonil Bhagwat. Among the species at risk: ocelots, bears, Bighorn sheep, the US's last wild jaguars facing genetic isolation north of the border, and the Bald eagle, the US's national bird.
… 2017 Comment Ecology Politics USA Mexico Extinction notice-cut.jpg The 3,100km concrete … the movement of animals and plants will drive extinctions and the emergence of new species. …
With California's wild Coho salmon populations down to 1% of their former numbers, there's growing evidence that beavers - long reviled as a pest of the waterways - are essential to restore the species, writes Maria Finn. In the process, they raise water tables, recharge aquifers and improve water quality. What's not to love?
… endangered Coho salmon all the way to extinction. Salmon spend their first one to … areas. Beavers, which were almost hunted to extinction in California during the 1800s, can …
How, and why, does the US Right and its evangelical 'Christian' wing campaign for mal-education, ignorance, corporate dominance, and the profligate consumption of fossil fuels? J P Sottile explores an alien planet ...
… of climate change or the sixth mass extinction not only incidental, but even … of God's plan. Climate is part of God's Plan. Extinction is part of God's Plan. In fact, the …
Faced with the double crisis of global warming and the decimation of marine wildlife, what does the Obama administration do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write Ralph Nader & David Helvarg. But this assault on our climate and cetaceans can be stopped, as a 'Sea Party Rebellion' prepares to fight it all the way in forthcoming Presidential elections.
… ', states that human activities threaten mass extinction of marine life in the ocean. The …
The US Fisheries Service has repeatedly failed to give highly endangered Right whales adequate protection. Now wildlife groups are suing the Agency to demand a more than tenfold expansion of 'critical habitat' to protect the species along the US's Atlantic coast.
… the species faces a serious risk of extinction. "The National Marine Fisheries …
The return of the wolf to the USA's Northern Rockies has brought out some dark undercurrents in American culture and history. A spineless political establishment has fallen into line.
Wolf slaughter is un-American William Gibson | 4th November 2013 News Natural World Wolves Hunting KKK USA kkk-wolves.png The return of the wolf to the USA's Northern Rockies has brought out some …
Renewable electricity is already undermining the big energy utilities' business model, writes Emma Howard, breaking their monopoly and bringing down energy bills. But with the unfolding battery revolution, it's going to reach a whole new level as wind and solar powered families and communities become ever more self-sufficient, leaving utilities high and dry.
Battery revolution empowers consumers, unleashes renewables, imperils Big Energy Emma Howard Greenhpeace Energydesk | 15th July 2016 News Energy Renewables Green Economy Economics Technology UK USA …
A coalition of fishing, consumer, and environmental groups are suing the FDA for its 'unlawful' approval of Aquabounty's GM salmon, as it relied on treating the fish as an 'animal drug' under a 1938 law, and ignored serious risks to wild salmon and fishing communities.
… the Endangered Species Act and in danger of extinction. "The FDA has failed to adequately …
The cowboys and Indians are still there but there’s more to America’s 48th state than reliving the glory days of the Wild West. Home to seven different ecosystems, it is leading the way in conservation and green tourism. Ruth Styles went to find out more
Conserving the Wild West: Arizona’s green dream Ruth Styles | 29th May 2012 Ethical Living Travel America USA Arizona Ranching Eco Green Grand Canyon Monument Valley Navajo Nation Explore Sustainable …
The true nature of western civilization is hard to grasp from within, says Professor John McMurtry, because we perceive it through media whose primary purpose is not to convey the truth, but conceal it. What is actually playing out is a global war of empire and capital against the Earth and her people, backed up by the omnipresent threat of overwhelming force.
… story defines the common cause of the spasmic extinctions everywhere, the oceanic …
A welt of anti-wildlife 'riders' have been attached to essential legislation in the US Congress, writes Caeleigh MacNeil - aimed at stripping protection from endangered species and so grease the skids for industrial exploitation of wildlands against the wishes of the great majority of Americans.
… like oil drilling is more important than the extinction of individual species. …
Just as the chemical industry and its shills once proclaimed the safety of DDT, they are doing the same today with the herbicide glyphosate which has penetrated throughout the food chain, writes Evaggelos Vallianatos. And once again it is a toxic lie that threatens species, ecosystems and people. It's time to demand a new kind of agriculture, and a future free of all pesticides.
… pelicans, and bald eagles to the brink of extinction. DDT also killed many insects it … of the atmosphere and the seas, and the extinction of species. Resistance is now …
As tensions grow between US-dominated NATO and Russia, former cold warrior William R. Polk hears the echoes of the Cuban missile crisis - only this time, it's Russia that feels forced to fight for its vital strategic interests. We must hear the lessons of 1962 Cuba - and negotiate a just and durable peace, before we sleep-walk into a world-destroying war.
… biologists, would cause 'species extinction' among both plants and animals. … Hemisphere ... and the possibility of the extinction of Homo sapiens..." So to …
The image of the rancher in the rugged West is one of self-sufficiency and a tough defiance of government, writes George Wuerthner. But the truth is that ranchers, especially those using federal land, depend on a host of generous subsidies, both economic and ecological.
… value endangered species that are driven to extinction? How do you account for the real …
Yellowstone's Grizzly bears are facing multiple threats, writes Anna Taylor - from proposals to remove their protection under the US Endangered Species Act, and shortages of key foods caused by climate change.
… and push the bear back to the brink of extinction." "There's still a chance to … and push the bear back to the brink of extinction. …