While Florida struggles with pet pythons released into the wild, Canada is facing a similar problem: Goldfish flushed down toilets have not only been surviving, but positively thriving in the underground sewer systems of a […]
Category: CULTURE1
Landmark Court Decision Forces Netherlands To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 25 Percent
The Netherlands’ government has been ordered by a Dutch court to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% as of 2020 in a landmark decision. Environmentalists, praising the ruling, hope this will motivate other […]
World Takes Note As Fully One Third of Europe’s Electric Energy is Now Renewable
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) reports that fully one-third of last year’s electricity in Europe came from renewable energy. At 24% four years prior, this means fewer fossil fuels are […]
EU Latest To Find Fracking Should Be Banned For Causing Health, Environmental Problems
A new study has found that fracking poses “significant” risks to people’s health and the environment and that the practice should be banned in the EU until reforms are made. It also warned that the […]
Food Giant Nestle Believes Every Drop of Water On Earth Should Be Corporate Owned
If you’re thirsty and want or need a drink of water you should have to pay for it according to the former CEO and now Chairman of Nestle SA, the largest food product manufacturer in […]
Wildlife Officials Crush More Than One Ton Of Elephant Ivory In The Middle Of Times Square
The world is increasingly getting angry with China and other Asian countries who, as we’ve covered before, continue to tolerate the illegal poaching and subsequent sales of endangered species derived products. To highlight the United […]
Researchers Find Sixth Mass Extinction Likely Underway
When the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago, the event is referred to by scientists as Earth’s fifth mass extinction, the fifth such event in our planet’s history. According to new research published in Science […]
New Study Shows Bees Are Worth Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars To Global Economy
The humble honeybee is one of the hardest working, least appreciated and most valued insects in nature, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. The study found that wild bee […]
China Will ‘Celebrate’ The Summer Solstice With Horrific Slaughter Of 10,000 Dogs
While China continues its push to be a world superpower its domestic policies continue to be some of the most crude and backwards of any reasonably developed nation in the world. One area where the […]
Thousands Of Red Crabs Invade San Diego Coastline
Thousands of bright red crabs are taking over San Diego’s coastline, from Ocean Beach the the way to La Jolla. For the past couple of weeks the small red tuna crabs have been washing up […]
Toymaker Lego Will Invest Over $170 Million To Find Sustainable Alternative To Plastic
Going green and using sustainable production methods and materials is creeping into every part of society – from hybrid cars, to LEED buildings and even now children’s toys. Famed Danish toymaker Lego announced on Tuesday […]
Tiny Pacific Islands Announce They’re Suing Big Western Polluters
While seven of the world’s wealthiest and supposedly most advanced nations met in Germany to discuss climate change and agreed to stop using fossil fuels by 2100, in the South Pacific a similar conversation was […]
Happy World Oceans Day 2015!
Monday, June 8th is World Oceans Day, a United Nations recognized event that looks to raise awareness of the importance of our oceans. Like “the heart of our planet, like your heart pumping blood to […]
World Outraged As Iceland Ships 1700 Tons Of Endangered Whale Meat To Japan
The international community strongly condemned Iceland and Japan on Friday after reports emerged that an Icelandic ship loaded with 1,700 tons of whale meat left for Japan on Thursday. The move prompted outrage from environmental […]
The EPA Uses Data From Big Oil To Conclude Fracking Isn’t Dangerous To Ground Water
In a truly bizarre report, which totally undermines the credibility of the agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims that fracking, where a toxic chemical slurry is poured deep into the ground, doesn’t contaminate drinking […]
Seven New Species Of Beautiful Tiny Frogs Uncovered In Brazilian Rainforest
Brazil’s rainforests are some of the most pristine, wildlife dense, jungles on the planet. They didn’t disappoint researchers recently, as they unearthed seven new species of brightly colored frogs. The delicate and extremely sensitive amphibians […]
Organic Food Found To Be More Profitable For Farmers
Whole Foods isn’t the only one selling organic fruits, vegetables and other products to hungry shoppers as it seems just about everywhere these days has shelves full of organic ingredients, even big corporations like Wal […]
China Has A Water Problem: Two Thirds Of Groundwater Unfit For Humans
China’s careless use of natural resources has already led to most of its fish stocks being depleted and it now looks as if the same fate could befall its water supply after a new study […]
Norway Launches World’s First Bumble Bee Highway
While it may seem like a cute story, the world’s bee population is a pressing issue. World bee populations are declining at a rapid pace which has huge knock-on effects for commercial farming. Without bees […]
California Proposes Tough New Pipeline Standards After Santa Barbara Spill
It seems California doesn’t trust big oil companies which perhaps has something to do with the massive spill late last month onto Santa Barbara’s pristine Refugio State Beach. In addition to being a big spill, […]
Putin’s Favorite Tigers Are Making A Comeback
In Russia, what dictator Vladimir Putin wants, Vladimir Putin gets. The increasingly erratic Russian leader is known to have a soft spot for the endangered Amur tigers, which call Russia home. These tigers are continuing […]
Mystery Oil Pollution Closes Even More California Beaches
The normally pristine beaches of California are under siege this summer, as a pipline spill mid-May closed a number if beaches in a protected sanctuary and new beaches were closed late this week because of […]
Residents Flee As Japanese Volcano Unexpectedly Erupts
Residents fled the sparsely populated Kuchinoerabu Island on Friday morning as a dormant volcano unexpectedly erupted, sending smoke and ash soaring into the sky. Mount Shindake, the island’s main peak, produced a plume over six […]
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 […]
Should The West Rescue Africa’s Animals? Mozambique Loses Half Its Elephants To Poachers
While Africans decry western attempts to help manage their rich set of endangered animals, the latest stats out of Mozambique suggest aggressive western intervention is necessary before the animals are extinct. The U.S. based Wildlife […]
Thousands Of Man Sized Jellyfish Swarm British Coast
Britain is seeing an invasion of massive, man-sized jellyfish off its coast this week that weigh up to 100 pounds each. Yet nobody knows why. The slimy creatures have tentacles up to six feet long, […]
Volcano Eruption On Pristine Galapagos Islands Threatens Rare Pink Iguanas
Sometimes nature, without any interference from humans, can destroy itself. That’s exactly what could be happening in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, as a volcano perched atop one of the remote islands erupted in the early hours […]
China Caught In Massive Illegal Fishing Operation Off Coast Of West Africa
China is known to have little regard for the environment and its neighbors in the international community while publicly stating the polar opposite. Yet new reports from Greenpeace show just how willing China is to […]