(EnviroNews World News) — Washington, D.C. — On the morning of Saturday, January 16, 2015, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders called for the immediate resignation of Governor Rick Snyder (R) of Michigan over the ongoing lead poisoning scandal in the town of Flint. The town’s water supply…
(EnviroNews World News) — Flint, Michigan — In an stunning turn of events, the city of Flint, Michigan has resumed collections on residents who either can’t pay their water bill, or who refuse to pay, following revelations in October of 2015 that the city’s water supply had been…
(EnviroNews World News) — Legendary singer and actress Cher has called not only for the arrest of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R), but for his execution by “firing squad” — this, in response to recent revelations in the rapidly unfolding Flint, Michigan lead poisoning scandal. In December of…
(EnviroNews World News) — Uppanayakanahalli, Chitradurga — Karnataka, India — A group of villagers in India attacked and attempted to beat a bear to death with sticks on Wednesday, January 13, 2015. News9 of Bengalaru, India reported: In a horrific case, the villagers of Uppanayakanahalli in Chitradurga attempted…
(EnviroNews Idaho) — Boise, Idaho — A federal judge has ordered a stop to the haphazard trapping of Canadian Lynx in Idaho. Lynx canadensis, as it is scientifically known, is one of the rarest cats in the United States and has been captured multiple times in Idaho over…
(EnviroNews World News) — An incredible video has surfaced showing a wildlife encounter for the record books — a one-year-old male baby elephant who fought off, staved off, and downright outwitted not one, not two, but 14 attacking lions. The tenacious yearling has aptly received a nickname since…
(EnviroNews World News) — On November 6, 2015, environmentalists and ordinary citizens alike cheered as Secretary John Kerry rejected Canadian pipeline company TransCanada’s request to suspend its permit to build the fourth and final leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline. CNN reported Kerry’s decision was a move that…
(EnviroNews World News) — Albany, NY — Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) has made yet another bold move on behalf of the environment in his home state of New York — a proposed $123 million dollar increase to the state’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) for the 2016-17 fiscal year….
(EnviroNews World News) — Well, the header on this story pretty much says it all. It’s hard to imagine a bird, weighing less than one pound, and having legs only a few inches long, could either keep up with, or even beat Usain Bolt, the Jamaican track-and-field sprint…
(EnviroNews World News) — First a plastic straw, and now a large plastic fork. These are two of the objects removed from the nostrils of ancient endangered sea turtles this year by researchers. On December 6, 2015, Nathan J. Robinson, Field Director of The Leatherback Trust, was busy…