(EnviroNews World News) — Well, humans have done it again. That is, successfully wiped another species clean from its home in the wild. That was the news handed down to the public on April 6, 2016, concerning the fate of the Indochinese tiger in Cambodia. The country had…
(EnviroNews World News) — Białowieża is considered by many ecologists to be Europe’s last standing primeval forest — and all of it is protected as a nature park. But Poland’s government has just given the green light to loggers to harvest some 180,000 cubic meters of timber, in…
(EnviroNews Wyoming) — Pavillion, Wyoming — A new study published on March 29, 2016, by authors from Stanford University, has linked the practice of hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. “fracking,” to pollution of underground sources of drinking water (USDW) in Pavillion, Wyoming — a connection those same researchers say is…
(EnviroNews World News) — PETITION WATCH: On March 3, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) made an announcement that left many wildlife and nature enthusiasts stunned: the Service rolled out a proposal to remove the iconic Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) grizzly bear from the Endangered Species…
(EnviroNews California) — Monte Rio, California — Sonoma County, California is considered one of the most progressive, green and environmentally friendly counties in the United States, but a community Easter egg hunt that went down on March 26, 2016, called the area’s green reputation into question. EnviroKids correspondent…
(EnviroNews World News) — Chornobyl, Ukraine — As the 30-year anniversary of the catastrophic nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl rapidly approaches, the site still remains a huge threat to Ukraine and bordering Belarus, but also to the planet at large, though many people remain very unaware of that ominous…
(EnviroNews World News) — A video published recently by the non-profit animal rights advocacy group Mercy for Animals is blowing people’s minds across the internet — including apparently, that of Hollywood megastar and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio. Though published in December of 2015, the video got a huge…
(EnviroNews World News) — Nazareth, Peru — Two large oil pipeline spills have been reported in Peru near the boarder of Ecuador since late January of 2016. Viscous black crude has made its way into the headwaters of the mighty Amazon River, and more threatens to do so…
(EnviroNews Wyoming) — Missoula, Montana — In a move that has angered environmentalists and wildlife enthusiasts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed on March 3, 2016, to strip the iconic Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) grizzly bear of its protected status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA),…
(EnviroNews World News) — Nearly five years after the tsunami and subsequent triple nuclear reactor meltdown that rocked Fukushima Daiichi in eastern Japan, for the first time, criminal charges have been filed, in what is still unfurling as arguably the worst manmade environmental disaster in history. Three former…
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