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DiCaprio Teams With Mexican Government to Save World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal

DiCaprio Teams With Mexican Government to Save World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal

Today is World Oceans Day, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Leonardo DiCaprio and telecom tycoon Carlos Slim just signed a memorandum of understanding committing to conserve marine ecosystems in the Gulf of California and to save the vaquita porpoise—the most endangered marine mammal in the world. The region’s rampant overfishing has driven the native […]

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    Institutions Representing $5 Trillion Pledge to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    Institutions Representing $5 Trillion Pledge to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    The scope of global fossil fuel divestment has doubled over the past 15 months, with institutions and individuals controlling $5.197 trillion in assets pledging to divest. The announcement comes on the first anniversary of the Paris agreement on climate change. “One year after the adoption of the historic Paris climate agreement, it’s clear the transition […]

    Leonardo DiCaprio Meets With Donald Trump to Talk Green Jobs

    Leonardo DiCaprio Meets With Donald Trump to Talk Green Jobs

    Leonardo DiCaprio and Terry Tamminen, the CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), met with Donald Trump and his advisors including daughter Ivanka Trump on Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York to discuss how green jobs can revitalize the economy. “We presented the President-elect and his advisors with a framework—which LDF developed in consultation […]

    70 Giant Freshwater Stingrays Found Dead in Thailand River

    70 Giant Freshwater Stingrays Found Dead in Thailand River

    Scientists are trying to understand why 70 giant freshwater stingrays, some as big as a car, have been found dead in Thailand over the past few weeks. The die-off has been taking place in the Mae Klong River. The giant freshwater stingray is the largest freshwater fish in the world.Zeb Hogan Thai officials have found […]

    Mark Ruffalo Delivers Solar Panels to Camp Where Thousands Are Fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Mark Ruffalo Delivers Solar Panels to Camp Where Thousands Are Fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline

    [Click here for the latest on the Dakota Access Pipeline: 141 Arrested During Police Raid of Camp Halting Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.] [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1333980263281574/ expand=1] Actor Mark Ruffalo and Native Renewables founder Wahleah Johns presented Standing Rock Sioux tribal elders with mobile solar panels on trailers, bringing clean power to the protest encampment […]

    Exclusive Clip: DiCaprio’s Climate Doc Exposes Destruction of Rainforest for Palm Oil as Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

    Exclusive Clip: DiCaprio’s Climate Doc Exposes Destruction of Rainforest for Palm Oil as Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

    A new documentary produced and starring actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio premieres in Los Angeles today and will be broadcast globally in 45 languages in 171 countries on the National Geographic Channel starting Oct. 30, timed to air in advance of the November elections. The film highlights the critical role forest destruction plays in driving […]

    Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change Doc Online for Free

    Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change Doc Online for Free

    By now, you have probably heard that Leonardo DiCaprio has a new documentary about climate change. So how can you watch it? The Fisher Stevens-directed documentary will make its television debut on National Geographic’s channel in 171 countries and 45 languages on Sunday, Oct. 30. Additionally, in an unprecedented move, National Geographic also announced today […]