Published by the Environmental News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 19, 2020 (ENS) – “Major climate impacts and exorbitant costs have sounded the death knell” for one of the last new proposed coal-fired power stations in South Africa – Thabametsi power station in water-scarce Limpopo province, says the Centre for Environmental Rights, a firm […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I will never forget the first time I saw a manatee. I was staying with my grandmother and with a wide smile over breakfast she told me she had a surprise for me. She took me to a park where the water was warm and the manatees floated serenely below. We were […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A skull found in a South African cave suggests that the species went through a process of microevolution during a chaotic environmental shift. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/science/skull-south-africa-climate-change.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Hosted by Captain Paul Watson and the captains and crew of Sea Shepherd’s fleet, this new series provides exciting updates on Sea Shepherd’s worldwide direct-action campaigns. Sea Shepherd is pleased to announce the launch of Sea Shepherd – Ocean ACTION Reports, a new series that will debut on EarthxTV during […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For billions of people across the world, fish is an essential part of their diet and livelihood. Fish accounts for at least 13.8% of the animal protein intake of the human population and in many countries, the number is even higher. In Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, fish makes up […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Ghost gear is a problem with a common misconception: many people believe it’s a term for fishing gear that’s been recklessly discarded into the sea. The truth is that fishers don’t want to lose the expensive equipment that provides their income. Fishing gear is usually only abandoned intentionally in emergency situations or […]
How many Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists does it take to bungle a trade and environmental story about Kenya and irresponsibly wreak havoc in a country that fears its sovereignty is being threatened? Just one, unfortunately. But don’t cast all the blame on the reporter in question — save a majority of it for the primary source, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Faced with plunging profits and a climate crisis that threatens fossil fuels, the industry is demanding a trade deal that weakens Kenya’s rules on plastics and on imports of American trash. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-plastics-trade.html
Published by Ocean Conservancy One of our main concerns at Ocean Conservancy is climate change and its impacts on our communities, resources and wildlife. Bleaching corals are among the first signs of climate change impacts we have seen have seen in our ocean. And though climate change has been a stressor on most ocean wildlife, there’s […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The events of the past few months have been a wakeup call for us at Ocean Conservancy. We know that to create lasting, structural change for our ocean and the people that depend on it, we must tackle systemic racism. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Read the full article at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WWFStories/~3/b2rcM2uj-KY/updated-ivory-identification-tool-helps-to-combat-illegal-wildlife-trade
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment African-Americans are 75 percent more likely than others to live near facilities that produce hazardous waste. Can a grass-roots environmental-justice movement make a difference? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/magazine/pollution-philadelphia-black-americans.html
Published by Ocean Conservancy “I would love to free dive with great whites off the coast of South Africa one day.” That’s the kind of leisure activity you’d expect to hear from an NFL defensive lineman, who also happens to be passionate about the ocean. Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Khalid Kareem’s passion for the water started […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine, a published author, computer scientist, lecturer, mathematician, historian, columnist, preservationist, environmental justice advocate, environmentalist, film consultant and “The Art-ivist.” She is the founder of the premier advocacy organization for the continuation of Gullah/Geechee culture, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition. “De wata bring […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society As we at Sea Shepherd work to soon resume anti-poaching campaigns—especially joint at sea patrols led by West African governments and law enforcement—Sea Shepherd recognizes that illegal fishing disproportionately affects communities of color, throughout the world especially in the Global South. Their voices are actively excluded from the global fisheries […]
Published by the Environmental News Service FORT COLLINS, Colorado, June 9, 2020 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest, most spectacular and unheralded mammals are silently slipping away – species like Tibetan wild yaks and Patagonia’s huemul, Bhutan’s takin and Vietnam’s saola. Even Africa’s three species of zebras and wildebeest have suffered massive reductions over […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 26, 2020 (ENS) – Chimpanzees, Bengal tigers, wolves, wild dogs and lions are among thousands of endangered wild animals exported from South Africa to China, sometimes in contravention of regulations imposed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), often in shameful […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers said that by 2070 extreme heat could encompass a much larger part of Africa, as well as parts of India, the Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia and Australia. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/climate/heat-temperatures-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A delicate ecosystem was disrupted in the Comoros, off East Africa, when forests were cleared to make way for farmland. The consequences offer lessons for other parts of the developing world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/world/africa/comoros-climate-change-rivers.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society April 3rd, 2020 – Throughout almost half a century of campaigns on the high seas, our captains and crews have confronted continuous uncertainty, whether its the unpredictability of weather, dangerous ice conditions, or the attacks of poachers and whalers. We now confront a new adversary, invisible and deadly — the […]