Thursday, April 25, 2024

Changes to National Environmental Policy Act increases logging in national forests

The new rule will "authorize logging and other activities without following NEPA’s public notification and environmental review requirements."

New report reveals plastic crisis affects on marine mammals and sea turtles in oceans

"While there may never be a complete account of the fate of all marine animals impacted by plastic, this report paints a grim picture."

President-Elect Biden: Time for YOU to follow the science

A president can do a lot in battling climate change, without Congressional approval, through executive orders and EPA regulations. Obama’s record was mixed and hesitant. Biden will need to do many times better.

Minnesota Permits for Line 3 Pipeline approved. Indigenous and Climate Leaders are left outraged

Environmental and Indigenous groups say this construction threatens the water where Native Americans harvest wild rice and also would be a factor in increasing climate change.

As climate crisis rages, the world’s public banks gathered at first-ever summit and chose...

"There is no excuse for the continued funding of billions of dollars in coal, gas, or oil projects. This must stop now."

TD Bank joins other major financial institutes to commit to ambition climate action plan

The Group's commitment to a global climate action plan makes them the latest major financial institution along with Morgan Stanley and Barclays.

A historic victory for gray wolves in Colorado election

“These are things that signal the fact that all is right ecologically, that wildness has returned.”

Widely used pesticide re-approved by EPA said to harm more than 1,000 endangered plants...

"This alarming assessment leaves no doubt that this hideously dangerous pesticide should be banned in the U.S., just as it is across much of the world."

Shell Oil asked what YOU are willing to do to reduce climate change, enraging...

“I'm willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when you secretly knew the entire time that fossil fuels emissions would destroy our planet.”

Saving our planet is our responsibility

If, and it’s a large ominous if, humanity is to reverse the damage, education and widespread environmental/social responsibility are essential.