Kazakhstan authorities have confirmed around one-third of the endangered saiga antelope population has mysteriously died off in the last few days. Kazakhstan’s agriculture ministry confirmed Friday that the number of saiga that have died may […]
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Japanese Fisheries Minister Thinks Endangered Dolphins Should Be Hunted To Extinction
Out of touch Japanese fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed ‘hope’ that the controversial dolphin slaughter known as Taiji will continue despite Japanese aquariums’ yielding to international pressure and stopping the procurement of the marine mammals […]
California Oil Disaster Just Keeps Getting Worse
The California oil spill from a ruptured onshore pipeline continued to foul beaches and threaten wildlife along a majestic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean and officials said over 105,000 […]
New Research Shows Surprising Age Of Dog Human Friendship
A newly discovered ancient wolf bone suggests that man’s best friend may have been our friend much longer than we originally thought, according to new research. A DNA analysis suggests dogs diverged from wolves 27,000 […]
Santa Barbara Oil Spill Five Times Worse Than Originally Thought
When energy companies tell you an oil spill is “just a few barrels” its safe to assume its much worse than that. Estimates for the Santa Barbara oil spill have gone from a few barrels, […]
UN Finds 90 Percent Of E-Waste Dumped Illegally
Your used iphones and ipods aren’t just an environmental hazard; they’re also big business for criminals, according to a new UN study. A United Nations report released Tuesday details a burgeoning multibillion-dollar criminal business where […]
Rich White Man Kills Endangered Black Rhino For Fun
Meet Corey Knowlton, a serial murderer of protected wildlife who arrived quietly in Namibia to hunt the famed black rhino on May 13th. Yesterday, he accomplished his goal and killed the magnificent creature. All for […]
Another Massive Ivory Shipment Stopped From Going To China
China’s never-ending demand for endangered elephant ivory remained unfulfilled Tuesday as a shipment from Kenya, declared as tea leaves, was found to contain about 3.7 tonnes of illegal ivory, making it the second largest seizure […]
ExxonMobil Pipeline Spill Leaks Oil Onto Santa Barbara Beaches
A four-mile-long sheen of oil extended about 50 yards into the waters along Refugio State Beach in Goleta, Tuesday afternoon. Emergency officials and ExxonMobil found the cause to be a ruptured pipeline that was leaking […]
Millions Of Spiders Rain Down On Australian Town
An area in Australia recently has millions of baby spiders raining down from the sky in Southern Tablelands, an area near Sydney, New South Wales. Webs fell from the sky and covered entire houses and […]
New Technology Lets You Charge Your Phone From Any Plant
Green energy is coming in all different shapes and sizes – solar, wind, road energy and now plants! Chilean company E-Kaia’s charging solution captures energy from plants via a “biocircuit board,” though further details on […]
Hawaii Votes To Use 100% Renewable Energy… By 2045
In a symbolic first for a U.S. state, lawmakers in Hawaii passed legislation last week, by a 74-2 vote, requiring the state to generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy. Yet it won’t […]
Ebay Refuses To Stop Selling Puppy Mill Dogs Online
Ebay has a dirty little secret. While its flagship Ebay marketplace runs a tight ship, it also runs a Canadian-based classified website, Kijiji, that allows the trafficking of animals. The site takes no step to […]
Shell Receives Permission To Drill In Pristine Arctic
In a highly controversial decision global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell won approval from the U.S. Department of Interior to drill for oil in the Arctic in Monday. The approval is not a final permit […]
High Tech Algae Canopy Produces As Much Oxygen As A Forest
EcoLogics Studio demonstrated a revolutionary blend of architecture, biology and digital technology in Milan, Italy, last week. The strange contraption, dubbed an ‘Algae Canopy’, generates as much oxygen per day as 400,000 square feet of […]
Brazil To Nationalize Rainforest In Sweeping Protection Measure
Brazil is taking firm measures to protect its magnificent rainforests and would effectively nationalize them under a draft bill being considered by the country’s MPs. The proposed legislation would recognize Brazil’s sovereignty over the Amazon’s […]
Europe’s Last Virgin Forest Under Siege By Loggers
A new report by a major environmental advocacy group said Monday that Romania, home to Europe’s last unlogged timber forest, is also the country experiencing the most illegal logging. “In terms of biodiversity, in terms […]
Sophisticated Poachers Step Up War On The Rhino
The latest rhino-poaching statistics released by South African Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa yesterday paint a grim picture for the iconic rhinoceros. The rhinos barely have a decade left due to how sophisticated these syndicates […]
Vampire Energy Drain Costing U.S. $19 Billion Annually
We live in an increasingly connected, always-on world. Our phones talk to our fridges and our washing machines email us. Yet all this connectivity is coming at a huge cost, thanks to the hidden power […]
Study Reveals 90% Of Air Polution Caused By 25% Of Vehicles
Everyone’s seen the smoking car driving along as if nothing is wrong when it actually looks like its fully on fire. A recent study looked into such “poorly maintained” cars and trucks and found these […]
Fish Farm Induced Sea Lice Could Kill Millions Of Salmon
Independent researcher Alexandra Morton claims a sea-lice infestation off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, will kill “hundreds of thousands if not millions” of wild salmon this spring. The controversial biologist, who in 2001 sounded […]
Tornadoes and Flooding Rocks Oklahoma And Kansas
Severe weather roared through the Midwest on Wednesday, unleashing tornadoes, rain and golfball-size hail. It also shut down the main airport in Oklahoma City. Flooding and heavy winds were reported in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas […]
Sunday’s LA Earthquake Shows Nepal Isn’t An Isolated Event
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake that shook the Los Angeles area early Sunday morning shows that what happened in Nepal two weeks ago could happen here at home. Many LA residents were awoken to rattling right […]
Wildlife Decline May Lead To Empty Landscapes
Approximately 60% of giant plant eating animals, including rhinos, elephants and gorillas, are at risk of extinction, according to new research. Analysis of 74 herbivore species, published in the journal Science Advances, saw poaching and […]
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Puts On Rare Lava Show
The lake of lava at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been rising over the past week and, sometimes, overflowing in a spectacular show. Janet Babb, a lead geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, […]
Starbucks’ Ethos Water Actually Comes From Drought-Ridden California
Celebrities like Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio have advocated for Starbucks’ Ethos Water, those bottles in the cold case that are supposedly help alleviate the world’s water crisis. But beware celebrities pitching quick fix solutions […]
FOIA Request Exposes Keystone Pipeline Failures
According to documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Request parts of TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline show an alarming rate of corrosion. A mandatory inspection test has revealed a section of the pipeline’s wall corroded […]
New Study Suggests Air Travel Greener Than Cars
A new analysis from Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, offers a surprising conclusion about which is a greener mode of transport: airplanes or cars? Notably, Sivak found that driving today […]
7 Year Old Discovers Turkey Sized T-Rex That Ate Plants
Scientists in Chile are puzzled by the discovery of a diminutive new vegetarian dinosaur which, they say, was closely related to the infamous meat-eating Tyrannosaurus rex. The finding is particularly notable for the vegetarian discovery, […]
Game Consoles Get Exemption From Tough EU Power Regulations
Games console manufacturers have arranged a deal with the European Commission that lets them off the hook for tough new rules on energy efficiency, Americans.org has learned. Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have all persuaded the […]