LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — In an ongoing effort to increase recycling in California, support environmental education and keep litter out of our waterways, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today joined LA City Councilman Ed Reyes and repre…
Privately run tiger farms are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat’s bones and skin, World Bank warns 13-nation tiger summitChina and other Asian nations should shut privately run tiger farms as they are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat’s bones and skin, the World Bank said today.The call came [...]
Protecting the Chagos archipelago is a rare opportunity for the UK to create a conservation area as important as the Galapagos islands or Great Barrier ReefIn 1995 the British government published a new biodiversity strategy that was, in many ways, a world-leading document. It set out how the UK would implement the Convention on Biological [...]
This is a weekly email briefing from environmentguardian.co.uk, bringing you the best news, analysis and debateSign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inboxClimate science under fire• UK’s top scientist urges care among climate scientists• IPCC denies claim that it overstated costs of natural disasters• Bob Ward: IPCC critics are digging up old [...]
Community leaders invited to attend to learn about region’s Conservation Landscape Initiative
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Community leaders from throughout the South Mountain region are invited to a summit in February to discuss…
HENDRY COUNTY, Fla., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — The endangered Florida Panther’s habitat in southwest Florida received crucial land preservation restoration with the federal approval of the 4,000-acre Panther Passage Conservation Bank in rural Hendry Coun…
• Shell paid $2.2bn for leases to drill for oil off Alaska• Groups claim US government skimped on review of dangersRoyal Dutch Shell’s controversial plans to drill for billions of barrels of oil in the Arctic’s environmentally sensitive frozen waters face a potentially damaging legal challenge.An alliance of conservation and Alaskan indigenous groups has filed [...]
You don’t have to be a Jacques Cousteau to help conserve the coral reefs on the Musandam peninsula – even novice divers can do their bitI was six metres under the sea when Dr Matthias Hammer tucked me firmly under his arm. I wasn’t about to argue – mainly because I couldn’t speak – but [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy and Larry Selzer, president and CEO of The Conservation Fund, gathered today on the shores of the Anacostia River to sign a memorandum of unde…
Concerns grow over dramatic drop in numbers of mysterious creatures that migrate across the AtlanticEel populations in the river Thames have crashed by 98% in just five years, scientists warned today.The eel, which has been a traditional east London dish for centuries, now appears to be vanishing from the capital’s river, according to researchers from [...]