Conservation

EU Announces $3.71 Billion Investment in Ocean Sustainability

EU Announces $3.71 Billion Investment in Ocean Sustainability

In a series of 40 action-based initiatives, the European Union is investing $3.71 billion to advance ocean sustainability and conservation in 2024, the bloc’s environment commissioner said. The announcement was made at the Our Ocean Conference in Greece and is the largest pledge by the EU since the conference began a decade ago, a press […]

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    A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet:  A Conversation With Peter Singer

    A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet: A Conversation With Peter Singer

    Humans have an enormous impact on planet Earth, but from both an animal welfare and an environmental perspective, perhaps nothing is more important than our diets. In 2022, more than 82 billion livestock animals were slaughtered for meat, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, with the majority of those animals […]

    Florida Lawmakers Pass Ban on Intentional Balloon Releases

    Florida Lawmakers Pass Ban on Intentional Balloon Releases

    State lawmakers in Florida have passed a bill, HB321, to ban intentional balloon releases and charge intentional balloon releases as littering infractions. The bill passed with overwhelming support in the state’s House of Representatives and Senate in March. Now it awaits signing into law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. “What goes up must come down, […]

    New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future

    New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future

    The PBS documentary series A Brief History of the Future was an idea whose germination accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Right around the time that the pandemic was hitting us, I realized that most of the narratives and stories about the future were based in doom and gloom, right?” said Ari Wallach, co-executive producer and […]

    NOAA Launches Emergency Rescue of Critically Endangered Sawfish in Florida Keys

    NOAA Launches Emergency Rescue of Critically Endangered Sawfish in Florida Keys

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching an emergency response in Lower Florida Keys waters after reports emerged of smalltooth sawfish displaying abnormal behaviors such as spinning and whirling. In addition to the abnormal behavior reported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), as of March 24 there were more than […]

    Rewilding 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Rewilding 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Is ‘Rewilding’? It’s no secret that modern humans have ravaged the planet. We have decimated ecosystems to make way for monocrop agriculture, the raising of beef cattle and development. Ecosystems that had maintained a delicate balance for millions of years have been turned into ecological wastelands with cascading negative effects on […]