(EnviroNews Polls) — Houston, Texas — The remaining five Republican presidential candidates squared off for the last time before Super Tuesday, on February 25, 2016, in Houston, Texas. The forum was hosted by CNN and moderated by Wolf Blitzer in front of a pumped up crowd. Blitzer was…
(EnviroNews World News) — A new photo released this week starkly demonstrates how severe the radioactive water storage crisis on the ground at Fukushima Daiichi really is. Published in The Asahi Shimbun, the aerial photo shows a scene resembling that of a “giant integrated circuit board” comprised of…
(EnviroNews World News) — There can be little dispute: the world is in a plastic conundrum — and the oceans are being hardest hit. Being filled with plastic bags, water bottles, lighters, milk cartons, and countless other plastic consumer items at a flabbergasting pace, things aren’t looking good…
(EnviroNews World News) — African grey parrot numbers have plunged by 99% in the west African country of Ghana a new in-depth census has shown. The dreadful data indicates the species is now critically endangered in the country. With the estimated intellectual capacity of a 5-year-old child, no…
(EnviroNews Polls) — The kid mitts came off on February 13, 2016, as multiple blows, and low-blows, were exchanged in myriad directions at the final Republican presidential debate before the South Carolina primaries. The event was hosted by CBS at the Peace Center Performing Arts Center in Greenville,…
(EnviroNews World News) — Milwaukee, Wisconsin — On February 11, 2016, at a vibrant Democratic presidential debate, hosted at the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin, acclaimed journalistic duo Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff of PBS News Hour made history by becoming the first-ever, all-female presidential debate moderation team. Behind the…
(EnviroNews Polls) — A Democratic debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went down at the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin on February 11, 2016 in front of an enthusiastic crowd. The event was moderated by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff of PBS’ News Hour. The moderators were…
(EnviroNews Polls) — In a stunning turn of events, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said last friday night, that she wants to put a halt to fossil fuel extraction on federal lands. Clinton made the announcement at a campaign event when pressed by an activist/citizen-journalist concerned with climate…
(EnviroNews World News) — Advocacy group Environment America has “crunched the numbers” in an effort to reveal who the largest polluters of American waterways are. The culprits that crack the top-15 list may very well surprise you. If you ask people on the street who America’s biggest water…
(EnviroNews World News) — The environmental advocacy group Environment America has released an analysis that concludes meat manufacturer Tyson Foods is a bigger polluter of American waterways than Exxon, Dow, Koch and pretty much anyone else — with the sole exception of AK Steel Holding Corp (and AK…
(EnviroNews Polls) — While Democratic presidential debates typically center on issues such as foreign policy, the deficit, or social inequality, little is usually said by moderators to press candidates on their voting records as it pertains to climate, renewable energy and the environment. So, just who is the…
(EnviroNews Polls) — In December of 2015, several environmental groups, spearheaded by WildEarth Guardians, won a pivotal lawsuit against Wildlife Services, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agency, for its wolf-killing program in Washington State. On February 3, 2016, WildEarth Guardians, in concert with four other groups, filed…
(EnviroNews World News) — A petition has been gathering steam online, imploring President Barack Obama to intervene in the all-out giraffe debacle, underway on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The petition titled, “Save the Last 38 Giraffes in Congo” has accrued nearly 24,000 signatures…
(EnviroNews World News) — A video has been going viral on Facebook, racking up nearly six million views so far, of a massive wind turbine exploding, catching fire, and crashing and burning to earth, with a long seemingly slow-motion tumble — like a mighty giant falling slowly to…
(EnviroNews World News) — An American bald eagle smacked Donald Trump upside the head in August of 2015 when he was prepping for a TIME Magazine cover story. To be clear, the eagle bashed him in the hair not once, but several times — real quick like —…