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More Elephants Are Being Tragically Poisoned With Cyanide To Fuel Ivory Trade
At the Hwange National Park in the African country of Zimbabwe, cyanide poisoning has led to the deaths of 22 more elephants. The news has been confirmed by the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management […]
Scientists Find That Antarctica’s Largest Glacier Is Melting From Below
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience determined that vulnerabilities exist in the large ice sheet of East Antarctica – in addition to those found in the western part of Antarctica. East Antarctica’s Totten Glacier […]
Greenland’s Melting Ice Is Destroying Atlantic Current
Earth has been particularly hot in 2015, as the planet has experienced its highest ever recorded surface temperatures in the first eight months of the year, dating back all the way to 1880. The National […]
Once Thought To Be Vegetarian, Study Shows Orangutans Eat Meat
The Bornean orangutan, long thought to have been strictly herbivore may in fact be an omnivore, according to a report published in the latest edition of Primates journal. The report written by University of Cambridge […]
Canada Just Cut Off Vital Water Supplies To Severely Curb Fracking
Canadian fracking firm Nexen had its water use license cancelled by the BC Environmental Appeal Board (BCEA )in a potentially precedent-setting decision. BCEA cited Nexen’s fundamentally flawed science and its failure to consult in good […]
For The First Time Ever Scientists Know Just How Many Trees Exist On Earth
While there are millions of trees on our planet an accurate estimate of the precise number has never been known. That is until a recent study published in Nature revealed that there are currently over […]
Renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking Backs $100 Million Search For Alien Life
The search for extraterrestrial life stepped up a notch today with the announcement from renowned Professor Stephen Hawking that he is backing a new initiative which will use sound in an attempt to answer the […]
Rich Chinese Man Caught Smuggling Illegal Shark Into Backyard. Twice.
China is known to be the world’s number one environmental abuser, from its factories to illegal fisheries to its love of endangered species for quack medicine. A new story emerged late Tuesday documenting just how […]
Monsanto, Syngenta Literally Above The Law, Get Patents For Everyday Plants Despite Not Being Patentable
Last month the European Patent Office’s Enlarged Board of Appeal, under the influence of big agribusinesses Monsanto and Syngenta, decided that naturally occurring plants, previously not patentable, should become patentable in Europe so that Monstano […]
California Is Giving Free Solar Panels To The Poor
In order to offset carbon emissions in excess of state quotas, big polluters are paying to install rooftop solar panels on the houses of the poor. It’s not charity, but public policy known as ‘cap […]