Animal Advocacy in a Globalized World
Tweet Maximizing Impact for Farmed Animals by Ken Swensen The global forces that promote the expansion of meat consumption and factory farming are growing more powerful every year. Their power crosses...
View ArticleAction Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society
Tweet — Each week the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) sends out a “Take Action Thursday” email alert, which tells subscribers about current actions they can take to help animals. NAVS is a...
View ArticleA War Won by a Bear
Tweet The Great Bear Rainforest Act and the “Panda” of British Columbia by Richard Pallardy The Kermode bear of British Columbia may not be able to forget about its worries and its strife quite yet,...
View ArticleCayman Turtle Farm Endangers Wild Turtles
Since it was first opened in 1968, the Farm claims to have released more than 31,000 captive-bred sea turtles back into the wild. However, according to the Department of the Environment figures, only...
View ArticleFlorida’s Slimed Waters Should Prompt National Wake-up Call
We’re hoping that the shocking images of fluorescent green slime coating Florida rivers and beaches, published worldwide over the Fourth of July holiday, will serve as a national wake-up call. Although...
View ArticleCorporate Sponsors at Yosemite?
The centennial of the National Park Service is inspiring an impressive amount of soul-searching about the agency and the lands for which it is responsible. This is timely and appropriate, as the NPS...
View ArticleCan Your Diet Help Keep Climate Change at Bay?
Every single one of us has an opportunity to take climate action, and it comes up about three times a day. (No, I’m not talking about social media, although that might be true!) I’m talking about the...
View ArticleTrump’s Holiday Bonus for Big Ag
A number of anti-animal politicians have been under consideration for cabinet posts in the Trump administration, but the president-elect has selected one of the very worst to lead the Environmental...
View ArticleSaving Coral Reefs From Death by Fossil Fuels
Around the world, coral reefs are flashing warning signs telling us that climate change is happening now and with frightening effects. Climate change is driven by greenhouse gas pollution, the largest...
View ArticleNeglected Dogs Steal Hearts at “Animal Kindness”
Southern Grenadines Animal Kindness cares for abandoned, neglected, injured, and abused dogs on Mayreau and Union Island in the Grenadines.
View ArticleStaying in the Paris Agreement Puts America, and the Planet, First
The Paris Agreement is a good deal for America, in part because it grows the global market for U.S. clean energy innovations and creates clean energy jobs at home.
View ArticleCanadian Activist Acquitted of Criminal Charges for Giving Water to Thirsty...
An Ontario court has acquitted Toronto animal advocate Anita Krajnc of all charges for offering water to overheated pigs on a transport truck bound for slaughter.
View ArticleTrump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Plans Ignore the Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon
The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and gas drilling operations safer after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
View ArticleTrump’s Push for New Offshore Drilling is Likely to Run Aground in California
The Trump administration’s effort to dramatically expand federal offshore oil production has reignited a battle with California that dates back nearly 50 years.
View ArticleThe Tragic Story of America’s Only Native Parrot, Now Extinct for 100 Years
Why did these birds go extinct? It remains a mystery. Given that parrots today are at greater risk for extinction than other major bird groups, is there anything scientists can learn from the Carolina...
View ArticleFDR’s Forest Army: How the New Deal Helped Seed the Modern Environmental...
The mission of the Civilian Conservation Corps, created 85 years ago this month, was to put unemployed Americans to work improving the nation’s natural resources, especially forests and public parks.
View ArticleMelting Arctic Sends a Message: Climate Change is Here in a Big Way
Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would be most pronounced in the Arctic, owing to climate feedbacks. As the Arctic warms, snow and...
View ArticleVegan Leather
Although being a vegan can be challenging, it has recently become easier, at least as far as clothing is concerned. That’s because a vegan alternative, “vegan leather,” is now widely available.
View ArticleEPA Staff Say the Trump Administration is Changing Their Mission From...
The EPA is undergoing a broad-scale takeover by the industries it is supposed to regulate.
View ArticleThirty Years Ago, Global Warming Became Front-Page News–and Both Republicans...
The polarization of U.S. public opinion regarding climate change is the result of a well-financed and sustained campaign by vested interests to develop and promulgate misinformation about climate...
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