Tag: ecosystem
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.
How a bird flu outbreak wiped out a generation of seals...
An unprecedented avian flu outbreak in Argentine Patagonia devastated a stable elephant seal colony, highlighting the rising threat of infectious disease to wildlife in a warming world.
Local ordinances grant legal rights to native stingless bees in Peruvian...
This marks the first time insects have received legal rights to exist, thrive, and be defended in court in the Satipo province and Nauta town.
Asia warms faster than rest of world, impacts continent
The report said that the warming trend between 1991–2024 was almost double that during the 1961–1990 period.
Nanonplstics not just in seafood, new study finds small plastic particles...
The study confirmed that humans and animals are consuming nanoplastics not just through seafood and water sources, but now through agriculture.
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species...
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
Removing hydropower dams can restore ecosystems, build climate resilience, and restore...
Hydropower dams, initially celebrated as feats of engineering, are now scrutinized for their negative environmental and societal impacts.
Mountain Valley seeks early start amid unfinished safety measures and environmental...
As environmental advocates rally against the premature operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, concerns mount over safety violations and the impact on vulnerable ecosystems.
Green group slams EPA failure to curb ‘dangerous levels of air...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opted to maintain the existing secondary national ambient air quality standards for sulfur and nitrogen oxides.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.