Tag: wildlife
We’re just starting to learn how fracking harms wildlife
In January 2015 North Dakota experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in its history: A pipeline burst, spilling nearly 3 million gallons...
Drought and border wall endanger Arizona’s wildlife
The public has long supported a state program to provide water for wildlife, but now human threats, including border-wall construction and climate change, are making a bad situation worse.
The federal government’s cruel war against wildlife
USDA’s Wildlife Services will no longer use “cyanide bombs” to kill animals, but that’s just one of the inhumane weapons in their arsenal.
We ignore thousands of threatened plant species at our own peril
Kokia drynarioides is a small but significant flowering tree endemic to Hawaii’s dry forests. Native Hawaiians used its large, scarlet flowers to...
Endangered wildlife are getting dosed with rat poisons
Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.
Polar bear ‘invasion:’ How climate change is making human-wildlife conflicts worse
Unfortunately, climate change is only going to make these negative interactions between humans and wildlife more common.
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations in the last...
We are the 'last generation' that can save our planet.
Under Trump, federal agencies halt reviews of toxic pesticides that endanger...
Scientists say pesticides from nearby farms are pushing them closer to extinction.
US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services becomes multi million-dollar federal wildlife-killing...
"The Department of Agriculture needs to get out of the wildlife-slaughter business."
Trump administration to build ‘road to nowhere’ through Alaska wildlife refuge
“The Trump administration has approved an unprecedented and illegal proposal to sell out Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...
California officials accuse Trump administration of targeting blue states after Medicaid funding freeze
Federal officials cite fraud concerns while California leaders warn millions could lose access to critical healthcare and in-home support services.
Butter (and schools), not guns (and warfare)
The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away).