Environment
STATEMENTS: INTIMIDATION TACTICS IN LOUISIANA WON’T SILENCE OPPOSITION TO FORMOSA PLASTICS
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NATIONAL FOREST WATERSHEDS, IMPERILED WILDLIFE, RURAL COMMUNITIES POISED FOR A MUCH-NEEDED BOOST
Cold, clean streams are prime habitat for the threatened bull trout, whose historic range has shrunk by half.
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Conservation International and Timor-Leste Partner on Whale, Dolphin and Dugong Watching Guidelines to Benefit Marine Life and Coastal Communities
Conservation International and the Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have partnered to establish safety guidelines for the commercial and recreational watching of whales, dolphins and dugongs. The guidelines were developed to help to ensure the health and safety of more than 26 marine species and their protected habitats while encouraging sustainable tourism practices that will benefit local communities.
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Mexican Highway Sinkhole Reveals Fossil-Filled Cave
A sinkhole on a Mexican highway has exposed a water-filled cave teaming with fossils of sea life and rock formations dating as far back as 2.5 million years.
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EPA settles with Pacific Seafood – Westport, LLC, over alleged Clean Water Act violations at Washington seafood processing facility
Pacific Seafood – Westport, LLC, has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over federal Clean Water Act violations at its Westport, Washington, crab and shrimp processing facility. Pacific Seafood – Westport, LLC, is part of a major global seafood processing operation that employs more than 3,000 people at 41 facilities in 11 states, including several offshore locations.
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“Do the same in Europe”, the European Wildlife conservation organization stated in its call to Renault
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Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Trump Administration’s Denial of Protection for California Spotted Owl
A California spotted owl in the Stanislaus National Forest.
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Water supply and demand management
UK government must take more concerted action now to prevent parts of southern England running out of water within 20 years, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published on March 25,2020.
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WWF Statement on Cambodian Government’s Decision to Suspend Hydropower Dam Development on the Mekong River
The Director General of Energy at Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy through a phone call on March 19,2020 confirmed with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that Cambodia’s newly approved 10 years energy master plan 2020-2030 does not include any hydropower dams on the Mekong mainstream.
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‘Ticking time bomb’ in Antarctic as fishing vessels fail safety checks
Fishing cargo vessels operating in pristine Antarctic waters are failing a majority of their safety inspections, Greenpeace International analysis of Port State Control inspection records has found. The 26 refrigerated cargo vessels (or ‘reefers’) recorded transferring catch from fishing boats in the Antarctic in the period 2017-2019 failed 70% – 119 out of 168 – of their environmental and workers’ safety inspections in the same period.
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