Tag: wildlife
While America focuses on tax bill, Congress quietly tries to open...
“The oil industry and its allies in Congress may think they can sneak this past the American people...”
Massive fracking on Nevada public lands sought by Trump administration, conservation...
The protest says the BLM has violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act by failing to analyze the risks of drilling for oil and fracking with dangerous chemicals on such a massive scale.
Trump budget undercuts US commitment to global wildlife conservation
For the planet’s most spectacular and endangered wildlife, public participation in the seemingly mundane wrangling over budgetary priorities has never been more important.
Mass Consumption Is Causing Mass Extinction. Can We Stop Ourselves?
A new report finds that humans are largely responsible for a 58 percent plunge in animal populations since 1970.
Red Wolf Faces Extinction at Hands of Protection Agency
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's red wolf protection plan "will no doubt result in extinction of red wolves in the wild."
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Global outrage after Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters
With activists from 10 countries aboard, including Greta Thunberg and a member of the European Parliament, Israel’s armed interception of the Madleen is being condemned as piracy and a violation of international law.
Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.
New poll shows Medicaid cuts could cost GOP senators support—even from their own base
As Republicans push a bill that could strip healthcare from millions, new polling reveals deep concern among GOP voters, including Trump supporters, about slashing Medicaid to fund tax breaks.
Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and...
Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables—all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public
New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics
Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."