from The Center for Biological Diversity WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency released final biological evaluations today confirming that three widely used neonicotinoid insecticides likely harm roughly three-fourths of all endangered plants and animals, including all 39 species of amphibians protected under the […]
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Call to Mobilization: World Environment Day, June 05, La Via Campesina
from La Via Campasina This World Environment Day, La Via Campesina calls for actions to protect Mother Earth and demand the urgent implementation of the UN Declaration for the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Life Over Profits […]
Continue readingWashington: The Fight for the Wild Is on at Chameleon Blockade
by Chameleon Blockade October 8, 2020, The Capitol State Forest, WA: Early Wednesday afternoon just as the fog melted off, a convoy of trucks from at least four different law enforcement agencies parked on a logging road for an unannounced raid on […]
Continue readingBlackRock’s $400m Stake in Amazon Meatpackers Defies Sustainability Cred
by Fernanda Wenzel, Pedro Papini, and Naira Hofmeister / Mongabay Wall Street fund manager BlackRock administers 2.2 billion reais ($408 million) in shares in the three largest Brazilian meatpackers operating in the Amazon today. The cattle purchase and slaughter operations of JBS, […]
Continue readingStop the Unregulated Wild Release of Genetically Engineered Chestnut Trees
by The Campaign to Stop GE Trees On 18 August the long-awaited public comment period regarding possible deregulation of the genetically engineered (GE) American chestnut tree opened. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving the public until October 19th to comment […]
Continue readingHow Mexican Communities are Helping to Save a Fir Forest
by Agustín del Castillo / translated by Sarah Engel / Mongabay The future of an endemic tree and the ecosystem where it’s found depends, to a large extent, on stopping illegal logging and the expansion of avocado crops in southern Jalisco. The […]
Continue reading‘They Took It Over by Force’: Corruption and Palm Oil in Sierra Leone
by Victoria Schneider SAHN, Sierra Leone — The day they came, Margaret Fascia was in her forest garden of cocoa trees, pineapple plants, palms, ferns and cassavas. Like most days of the week, she was working, looking after the crops that feed […]
Continue readingMillions of US Farm Animals Being Killed for Disposal
CW: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ANIMAL VIOLENCE AND DEATH
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