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    Alarming ‘Salmon Extinction Act’ Passes in U.S. House

    Alarming ‘Salmon Extinction Act’ Passes in U.S. House

    A small group led by Republicans in Congress spearheaded a bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. If the bill becomes law, it could lead to the eventual extinction of wild salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers—iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that the federal government is required by law […]

    Boycott Factory Farm Foods: But Don’t Forget the Fish

    Boycott Factory Farm Foods: But Don’t Forget the Fish

    By Ronnie Cummins Factory farming and fish production are now a multi-trillion-dollar monster with a growing and devastating impact on public health, animal welfare, small farmers and farmworkers, rural and fishing communities, ocean marine life, water quality, air pollution, soil health, biodiversity and last but not least, global warming. Worldwide, two-thirds of all farm animals […]

    Pebble Mine Threatens One of the Last Great Salmon Rivers

    Pebble Mine Threatens One of the Last Great Salmon Rivers

    By Brendan Jones Since 2004, Alaska Natives, fishing councils and locals in the town of Dillingham have formed a rare alignment against a proposed gold mine near Bristol Bay and the headwaters of two of the last great salmon rivers on Earth. If Pebble Mine were to proceed, Northern Dynasty Minerals, a Canadian company, would […]

    California Court Ruling Ends Decades of State Pesticide Spraying

    California Court Ruling Ends Decades of State Pesticide Spraying

    A judge has ordered the California Department of Food and Agriculture to stop using chemical pesticides in its statewide program until the agency complies with state environmental laws. The injunction, issued late last week, is a sweeping victory for 11 public-health, conservation, citizen and food-safety groups and the city of Berkeley. The coalition sued the […]

    Emergency Order Aims to Protect Resident Orcas

    Emergency Order Aims to Protect Resident Orcas

    Canada is losing a lot of its wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund’s 2017 Living Planet Report Canada found half the monitored mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish species declined from 1970 to 2014. Threatened and endangered species continue to disappear despite federal legislation designed to protect them and help their populations recover. What’s going wrong? […]