by KP Dave Foreman, who advocated for, wrote about and fought for wild nature his entire adult life, died at 74 on Sept. 19 in New Mexico, where he lived. He left an enormous legacy of work and writings, and had a […]
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Category Archives: Wilderness
Alaska: Bear Saves Cubs, Kills Soldier
by Onion / Earth First! Newswire A heroic bear, acting in self-defense, attacked and killed a member of the US army who had stolen their land for the purpose of military training. The 30-year-old soldier, and another who received minor injuries, were […]
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Canadian Police Fatally Shoot Polar Bear
by Leyland Cecco / The Guardian Canadian police have shot and killed a polar bear that wandered into a Quebec community hundreds of kilometres south of the species’ normal territory, in an incident that experts warn could become more common as sea […]
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Finland, Sweden, and Norway to Cull Wolf Population
by Patrick Barkham / The Guardian Finland is joining Sweden and Norway in culling wolves this winter to control their population, as conservation groups appeal to the European Union to take action against the slaughter. Hunters in Sweden have already shot dead most of […]
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BlackRock’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, […]
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Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean Part One: Corrosive Seas
by Ian Angus / Climate & Capitalism Introduction. It is impossible to overstate the importance of the ocean to life on Earth. Covering 71% of the planet’s surface, it contains 97% of the world’s surface water and is central to the great biogeochemical […]
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Stop 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 […]
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Fires Surge in the Amazon as Deforestation Slows
by Rhett Butler / Mongabay Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon was more than 20 percent lower for the second straight month relative to the prior year according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. But forest loss in […]
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Ecuador Races for Emergency Infrastructure as River’s Collapse Threatens Dam
by Antonio José Paz Cardona / Mongabay The erosion has progressed at an accelerated rate and has reached other rivers, threatening a national highway and Indigenous communities. Studies commissioned by the Ecuadoran government call for emergency infrastructure to mitigate the erosion, which […]
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