18 Lethal Consequences Of Hunting (tags)
A blood sport involving guns, bows and arrows, sometimes alcohol, boats, etc. often has lethal karmic blowback.
Botswana Minister supports highest level of protection for African lions (tags)
Tsekedi Khama appealed for countries to support CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Proposal 4
International Community Rallies to Protect a Monkey Species for the First Time in 30 Years (tags)
“The endangered Barbary macaque could get a new chance at survival at CITES CoP17”
International Primate Day September 1st: Moby teams up with ADI to ‘Back the Macaque’ (tags)
Moby Teams Up With ADI To Back The Macaque And Help Endangered Primates
China's Human Organ Snatchers Ordered by Chinese Government to Save Worlds Elephants ! (tags)
We applaud Chinese leaders for deciding to send their countries human organ transplant specialists out into the International elephant community to install all of them with artificial tusks preventing future poachers from killing them for ivory profit$..
Obama's War on Press Freedom (tags)
fascism
9th Circuit Court Enables Ruby Pipeline Construction (tags)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the emergency request by Center for Biological Diversity to temporarily halt construction on the 670 mile Ruby Pipeline being constructed by El Paso corporation through four western states. Some of the Ruby Pipeline's future customers include BP, in a rush to regain their losses from the Gulf Oil Spill. This could be some of the reasons for skipping critical components of the public review process and purchasing verbal consent from two prominent environmental organizations, WWP and ONDA.
ACT NOW TO END WHALE SLAUGHTER (tags)
Sea shepherd calls for action
GOP Launches Vicious Attack on Endangered Species (tags)
In the GOP's latest hellish vision (bills S.2112 and HR 3824), the lives of living organisms would be bartered, traded, and thrown away like so much monopoly money in a "credit system. "
Why we need the Endangered Species Act (tags)
Critics want the act gutted, claiming it protects "unimportant" species and halts development, but can you imagine America without the bald eagle?
Bush administration's terrible plan for endangered animals! (tags)
The Bush administration wants to allow import of endangered animals for use as pets and leather!!!
The Conservative Assault on our Environment (tags)
Fitzsimmons, a free-market policy analyst and former libertarian and conservative think tank consultant, contends that ecosystems exist only in our imagination -- thus, federal policies should not be used to manage or restore the environment.
Bush challenged on 3.2M acre desert off-road plan (tags)
Bush Administration Faces Legal Challenge to 3.2M Acre California Desert Off-Road Plan BLM?s W. Mojave ORV Plan would reduce conservation; harm wildlife and air quality
Republicans will gut Endangered Species Act to Protect Pentagon (tags)
Despite two reports from the congressional General Accounting Office stating environmental protections have not harmed US military readiness, Representative Richard Pombo (Republican/Libertarian) is on the hunt.
War with Syria planned if Bush re-election in doubt. (tags)
"If Bush's re-election in 18 months should be endangered by the poor economic situation, his advisers could consider a new confrontation useful to get the voters back behind the commander-in-chief in the White House,"..
Activists Convince Staples to go Old-Growth Free (tags)
After feeling pressure from more than 600 protests at Staples stores nationwide, tens of thousands of letters and calls to the company's CEO, and news coverage across the country, office-supply giant Staples, Inc. announced Tuesday that it will meet the demands of the Paper Campaign and move towards forest friendly paper sales
Pacifica Radio Moves to Save Nation's Oldest Public Radio Archives (tags)
In an effort to save and restore more than 47,000 historic tapes that span half a century of radio programming, the five-station Pacifica Radio network will broadcast a national on-air fundraising benefit on Tuesday, November 19, featuring rare recordings from the endangered archives.
Bush Administration Works to Weaken Endangered Species Act (tags)
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Bruce Hamilton, conservation director with the Sierra Club, who discusses the impact these proposed changes could have on threatened and endangered species, and what his organization is doing to fight back.