By Austyn Gaffney Wayne Brensinger, 63, has spent his entire life exploring Deer View Farm in eastern Pennsylvania. From an early age, he hunted squirrels and deer, drank clean spring water, and meandered down game trails through 500 acres of Northern Appalachian woodlands, with just 25 acres cleared for corn and soybeans. The property, in […]
By Malavika Vyawahare Giant tortoises and flying foxes once roamed La Réunion, a volcanic island off the eastern coast of Africa. Then humans arrived and decided to stay. Within 150 years of their appearance, large fruit-eating animals like the giant tortoises (Cylindraspis indica) and flying foxes (Pteropus niger), a type of bat, were wiped off […]
It seems like such a simple, straightforward, empowering idea: plant trees — a lot of trees — all over the world, and watch the planet’s temperature fall. Who doesn’t love a tree or two, even far more — the right tree in the right place? Along with the refreshing shade they provide on hot days, […]
Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered state-owned oil company, Pemex, to build an $8 billion oil refinery. So, the company has followed orders and razed protected mangrove trees to clear way for the controversial project, according to Quartz. Satellite images posted on Quartz show the cleared land to accommodate the construction. Mangrove forests, which […]
Tesla can continue clearing a forest outside Berlin in order to build a new Gigafactory factory, a German court ruled Thursday. The company is planning its first European electric car and battery factory in the town of Gruenheide, but local environmental groups opposed the tree clearing necessary to construct it, Reuters explained. The court had […]
As President Donald Trump prepared to give his third State of the Union Address Tuesday night, nine conservation groups considered the state of the nation’s environment. Their consensus? “Donald Trump has been the worst president for our environment in history,” the groups wrote in a statement released Tuesday. No matter what we hear during #SOTU […]
Australia‘s iconic koalas cannot catch a break. Nearly one third of the koalas in the state of New South Wales may have died in the country’s devastating wildfire season, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). And now, reports have emerged that dozens of the animals were killed at a timber plantation in the state […]
By Gurvinder Singh Jamini Mohan Mahanty is out for a morning walk every day. At 91, he is hale and hearty. A resident of Jharbagda village in Purulia district, West Bengal, Mahanty thanks the “green mountain” in his village for having added some extra years to his life. “I could have died long ago but […]
President Donald Trump told a crowd at the Davos World Economic Forum Tuesday that the U.S. will join the Forum’s 1t.org initiative to restore and conserve one trillion trees around the world, according to The Hill. For the most part, his speech touted his administration and the strength of the U.S. economy. He described the […]