By Samantha Bare / Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it will begin a yearlong review to determine whether the Sonoran talussnail is threatened, specifically by the proposed Rosemont Copper mine. The action is in […]
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Two New Wolf Packs Established in NM
Federal wildlife managers have designated two more Mexican gray wolf packs in New Mexico, bringing the number of packs in the American Southwest to 14. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been trying to return the predators to their historic range […]
Continue readingRadical Mycology: A Primer from the Spore Liberation Front
A zine from the Spore Liberation Front exploring the numerous uses for mushrooms and their implications for ecoactivists and other Earth friendly folk. From food to medicine to paper and dyes to the amazing new field of mycorememdiation (the use of mushrooms […]
Continue readingFarmers Stand up to Monsanto Seed Police
By R.T. Jones This just in from Wood Prairie Farm. . . Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a a brief today with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal […]
Continue readingThis Summer Is ‘What Global Warming Looks Like’
By AP / SETH BORENSTEIN (WASHINGTON) — If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. […]
Continue readingWhat Would A Real Transition To A Sustainable Society Look Like?
By Max Wilbert / Deep Green Resistance Climate scientists are clear that modern human societies are changing the atmosphere of the planet, mainly by clearing forests, grasslands, wetlands, and other natural ecosystems for the purposes of development and logging and by burning […]
Continue readingCan a Tiny Purple Desert Orchid Stop a Massive Open-Pit Mine
by the Center for Biological Diversity TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agency’s failure to protect Coleman’s coralroot under the Endangered Species Act. Coleman’s coralroot is an extremely […]
Continue readingPhotographs of Biodiversity and Extinction
by the EF! Journal Collective Joel Sartore is a photographer, educator and chronicler of the extinction crisis. Three of his recent collections describe, through vivid images, what we are losing, at a rate of 100 species every day. These are visual reminders […]
Continue readingFox Thought Extinct in Oregon Possibly Photographed on Mt. Hood
By Ian C. Campbell, The Oregonian With an invisible flash of infrared light across the snow, motion-detecting cameras in the mountains of Oregon may have snapped evidence of a nocturnal fox not seen in the state in decades. These new photos provide […]
Continue readingMore Than 24,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Protected for Western Snowy Plover
by the Center for Biological Diversity PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 24,527 acres (38 square miles) of critical habitat to protect the Pacific Coast population of threatened western […]
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