SeaWorld is still taking a dive two years after the release of the gripping documentary Blackfish, about the company’s treatment of killer whales in captivity. Most recently, renowned conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall has delivered a scathing statement about the theme park. Her sharp words followed Mattel’s announcement that it will no longer produce SeaWorld-branded […]
Community activists from Cajamarca, Peru appeared at the annual shareholders’ meeting of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation this week to deliver a petition bearing 150,000 signatures protesting the company’s practices in the region, and demanded that it live up to its own goals for human rights and sustainability. Representatives of Earthworks, EarthRights and Grufides delivered over […]
African elephants may be gone in as little as 10 years as a result of organized crime syndicates, rebel groups, militias and insurgents. That’s the findings from a new program, Illicit Ivory, from the critically acclaimed series Earth Focus. The program, which will air on May 28 on Link TV, investigates this insatiable demand for ivory. […]
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we are still gauging the full impact of contamination in the Gulf of Mexico. Many at the grassroots level are demanding answers from BP, which wants everyone to believe the Gulf is fine. Michael Brune recently said the event was not an accident, but a crime. In this captivating video by Perrin Ireland, leading […]
There are many different ways to get the message out about the environmental crisis. Some people turn to making a doomsday video. Some photograph the beauty of what we are trying to save—whether they be the ocean’s waves or a national park. Others use surreal images to show the toll humans have taken on the […]
The Goldman Environmental Foundation announced today the six winners of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots environmentalists. Every year since 1989, the foundation has chosen an environmental hero from each of the world’s six inhabited continental regions. Just as in past years, this year’s winners persevered in the face of extreme adversity. […]
Can the fast fashion industry ever truly be sustainable? Earlier this month, H&M released its 110-page Conscious Action Sustainability Report, its 13th annual review of its green practices and efforts towards fair wages within its factories. Although many of its figures and initiatives are commendable (e.g. its in-store recycling program brought in around 13,000 tons […]
The number of U.S. domestic fishing stocks listed as overfished or threatened by overfishing declined to the fewest number since 1997, according to the 2014 Status of U.S. Fisheries report to Congress from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA has only been compiling the report since 1997, so that’s the lowest number yet, which indicates significant […]
On April 20, 2010 BP’s offshore oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers, causing the largest oil spill ever in U.S. waters and the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. It impacted wildlife and people, caused health problems from exposure to oil and dispersants, and decimated oyster, shellfish […]
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