Environment

Conserrvation Groups Call On Trump Administration To Honor Sage-Grouse Agreement

On April 30, the conservationists filed suit in U.S. District Court in Montana against the Bureau of Land Management and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to demand that the administration uphold the deal made to save the greater sage-grouse and its...

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New Barclays policy to protect World Heritage sites: a welcome first step

Barclays has announced their first public policy that will prevent the bank from financing projects in World Heritage sites and Ramsar Wetlands, following WWF’s call for the world’s banks to stop financing damaging activities in the planet’s most...

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Livelihoods at risk as freshwater species in Africa’s largest lake face extinction – IUCN Report

Seventy-six percent of freshwater species endemic to the Lake Victoria Basin, including many species important to local livelihoods, are threatened with extinction, a new IUCN-led report has found.

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Interior Moves To Erode Key Protection Standard On Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling

Only a week after the anniversary of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the Department of the Interior, on April 27, announced its intended rollback of protection standards enacted to prevent another Deepwater Horizon tragedy.

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