(EnviroNews World News) — Two new species of poisonous bird have been identified in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Scientists from the Natural History Museum of Denmark made the startling discovery during a recent expedition to the mountainous jungle region of the Saruwaged Range. The team of…
(EnviroNews World News) — A critically endangered flightless parrot is making a miraculous recovery thanks to artificial insemination. Conservation workers have for three decades been working tirelessly to boost the bird’s population, and have finally made a giant breakthrough. New Zealand’s treasured Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) — the world’s…
(EnviroNews World News) — Fukushima Prefecture, Japan — Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has formally endorsed a controversial plan by TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) — the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant — to start dumping more than a million tons of radioactive wastewater from the…
(EnviroNews World News) — Chinese scientists have reportedly completed the prototype for a “particle beam cannon” being touted as a technological breakthrough that will recycle the dangerous radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors. The technology is said to enable a new kind of reactor that will recycle spent…
(EnviroNews California) — Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California — Almost 200 years ago, herds of tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) roamed freely along the California coast. However, as American expansion pushed westward, their numbers plummeted drastically as they were hunted for their meat and hides….
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(EnviroNews California) — Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California — Bonnie-Jill Laflin is one of America’s favorite female sports sweethearts. But for more than a decade, she’s been using her popularity and celebrity appeal in a quest to save an American icon: the country’s wild horses….
(EnviroNews World News) — A new study suggests Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) are willing to help other group members without receiving an immediate reward – an extremely rare trait in nature. Scientists at Australia’s University of the Sunshine Coast were hoping to observe magpie movements using tracking devices…
(EnviroNews California) — Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California — Bonnie-Jill Laflin may be one of the most recognized women in men’s sports, having gained notoriety in both the NBA and NFL. She holds the distinction of being the first NBA female scout and first NBA female…
(EnviroNews World News) — In 2020, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) left the world stunned when the NGO reported that due to human activities, the world had lost 68% of its wildlife in only 50 years. The organization grabbed headlines across the globe again in January 2022, but…
(EnviroNews California) — San Francisco, California — Bonnie-Jill Laflin has six championship sports rings — spanning two men’s sports: five NBA rings and one NFL Super Bowl ring. She earned those as a cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL, and as an executive in the…
(EnviroNews World News) — Kingston, Jamaica — Critics including a slew of environmental NGOs, scientists and governments, as well as large manufacturers like Microsoft, Samsung, BMW and Volvo, are all calling for a moratorium on deep-seabed ocean mining operations that could be enabled by the International Seabed Authority…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Orick, California — As part of a three-state tour, on Aug. 11 2021, Secretary of the Interior (DOI/Interior) Deb Haaland and White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory took a journey into Northern California’s Redwood National and State Parks with…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Orick, California — As part of a three-state tour spanning Washington, California and Wyoming, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairwoman Brenda Mallory accompanied Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to meet with Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA), Yurok Tribal leadership, Save the…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Orick, California — On Aug. 11, 2021, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited California’s Redwood National and State Parks as part of the Biden Administrations America the Beautiful initiative. Haaland addressed members of the press and met with officials from the National…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Educational Editorial: Editor’s Note: The following news piece represents the seventh in a 15-part mini-series titled, Nuclear Power in Our World Today, featuring nuclear authority, engineer and whistleblower Arnie Gundersen. The EnviroNews USA special encompasses a wide span of topics, ranging from Manhattan-era madness to the continuously-unfolding…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Rising temperatures, devastating droughts, terrifying wildfires, warming oceans and melting polar ice caps: scientists warn it’s hard to ignore the signs the planet is changing, and climate disruption caused by humans is the culprit. It’s a topic EnviroNews…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Breathing the air during just one pollution spike for just one day can cause catastrophic health issues — even death, according to top medical experts on the topic. And seasonal air pollution, often driven by West Coast wildfires,…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Taking a bold stand against new fossil fuel development on federal lands, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) said he wants to ban it for good. Those comments came during an exclusive on-camera sit-down interview with EnviroNews this spring. Weeks…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — California is burning yet again. Wildfires have been a persistent, growing and fast-moving threat in the state and scientists predict climate change will only cause the number of blazes to steadily increase. To make matters worse there’s currently…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Restoring all the protections for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (ESA/the Act) that the Trump Administration dismantled might be like trying to glue a broken mirror back together. The looming question: can it be done? It’s a…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — What do snail darters, whooping cranes, and the iconic northern spotted owl have in common? They all had close calls with the so-called “God Squad.” The God Squad? The group’s existence and power even surprised EnviroNews Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry when Representative Jared Huffman…
(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — At the end of former President Trump’s only term in office, his administration worked to dismantle the Endangered Species Act (ESA/the Act) on several fronts. One of those rollbacks changed the rules and allowed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
(EnviroNews World News) — PETITION WATCH: ForElk.org has created a petition at change.org to get three people fired for negligence in their work at Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) where the largest herd of tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) was decimated over the summer of 2020. The Tomales Point…
(EnviroNews World News) — Calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, an iceberg the size of New York City, about 490 square miles (1270 square km), has detached and fallen into the ocean. On Feb. 26, 2021, the North Rift, a crack that became active in November 2020,…
(EnviroNews World News) — A dispute between a uranium company and a Canadian First Nations group in Saskatchewon heated up when a crew from the company was found surveying tribal lands about 600 miles northeast of Saskatoon in early February. “First Nations” is the term used by the Indigenous…
(EnviroNews World News) — Uttar Pradesh, India — A vicious act of animal abuse was caught on camera on December 31, 2020, and posted on social media by onlookers. The video, which has since gone viral, has led to the arrest of some of the attackers with the other still…
(EnviroNews World News) — Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia — Kamchatka, Russia, one of Earth’s biological marvels, supports an abundance of wildlife thanks to its 160 volcanoes. On land, it’s known for its Kamchatka brown bears, Eurasian forest reindeer, elk, moose, wolves, and mountain sheep. In the air, Steller’s sea eagles…
(EnviroNews World News) — PETITION WATCH: As the worldwide race to find a COVID-19 vaccine continues, one conservation group worries 500,000 sharks could die as a result of the process. Shark Allies says squalene, a compound harvested from shark liver oil, is used in many vaccines as an adjuvant…
(EnviroNews World News) — The United Nations (UN) has sounded the alarm for developing countries all over the world. According to a study published on July 27, 2020 in The Lancet – a peer-reviewed medical journal, the toll for hunger and malnourishment over the first year of the COVID-19…
(EnviroNews World News) — Yamal Peninsula, Siberia — Since 2014, scientists have been faced with the mystery of spontaneously emerging craters in the Siberian permafrost. They’ve been blamed on everything from UFOs to missile tests to methane and cryovolcanism. But evidence suggests these massive craters form instantly in an…
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