by Jaymi Heimbuch The deadliness of ocean plastic pollution for birds and other animals should come as no surprise. It is something biologists have witnessed for years, including among the albatross of Midway. But the rate at which seabirds are ingesting plastic […]
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Saving Salamanders and Ourselves, From Ourselves
by Tierra Curry / Center for Biological Diversity When you think of mountaintop removal coal mining, you probably don’t think of salamanders. But you should — because when coal companies use the cheapest and most destructive methods to blow off the top […]
Continue readingA Threatened Snail in the Path of Rosemont Copper Mine
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 […]
Continue readingVideo: Keystone Pipeline is a Toxic Frat-Boy D-Bag, and He’s Back
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Continue readingEgypt Resists Monsanto’s Genetically-Modified Maize
by Tafline Laylin When an insect feeds on Monsanto’s genetically-modified MON810 maize plant, it is in for a nasty surprise. Encoded within the seed’s DNA is an especially insidious insecticide called cry1Ab that causes the insect’s stomach to explode after ingestion. Given its brutal […]
Continue readingMonsanto Expanding its GMO Operations to Offshore Fish Nurseries
by David Quilty The GMO soy industry, headed by agriculture giant Monsanto, is expanding into aquaculture and its soy will used to feed farm-raised fish meant for human consumption. A new report from Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Europe […]
Continue readingEXXON CEO: Fossil Fuels Are Warming The Planet — But Don’t Worry, We’ll Adapt
NEW YORK (AP) — ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown. In a speech Wednesday, Tillerson acknowledged that burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, but said society will be able to adapt. […]
Continue readingTwo 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 readingThe Ecology of Disease
By Jim Robbins THERE’S a term biologists and economists use these days — ecosystem services — which refers to the many ways nature supports the human endeavor. Forests filter the water we drink, for example, and birds and bees pollinate crops, both […]
Continue readingSustainable Colonialism® in the Boreal Forest
by RUSS McSPADDEN / Earth First!News [The text of this work is free to share and distribute under the following Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND 3.0] What do you get when the world’s largest environmental organization and the world’s largest “sustainable” logging company […]
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