Who’s to blame for the oil spill?
Why we get the oil spill we deserve. America, we deserve the oil spill now threatening the beautiful coast of Louisiana. This disaster is not natural, like the earthquake that…
Gulf oil spill could impact non-coastal songbirds
Even though they don't stop over in the Gulf of Mexico, many migrating songbirds could be impacted by the catastrophic oil spill in the area, warns the American Bird Conservancy…
Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico heading towards full-scale environmental disaster
With the news that the amount of oil leaking from below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico could be as much as five times the original estimate put forward…
150,000 turn out for climate rally in Washington DC
A rally in support of strong action on climate change drew some 150,000 people to the National Mall in Washington DC according to organizers. The rally—which also celebrated the 40th…
US moves talks forward in Copenhagen with pledge of 100 billion fund, now it’s China’s turn
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought some much need good news to Copenhagen with her. In an announcement this morning, Clinton announced that the United States was ready to join…
Obama on global warming and forest protection
President of the United States, Barack Obama, was in Oslo, Norway this morning accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, which he won in part for promising to bring the United States…
Obama administration about to declare carbon dioxide a danger to the public, allowing regulation
The day before talks start in Copenhagen on a new international treaty to combat climate change, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United…
Has Canada become the new climate villain (yes, that’s right, Canada)?
Is Canada really worse than the United States, China, India, and Indonesia on climate change? In 2007 American delegates to a climate summit in Bali were booed outright for obstructing…
World leaders falling over themselves to show up at Copenhagen
If you’re a world leader and you won’t be in Copenhagen next week you might feel out of the loop. Currently 98 heads of state have agreed to attend the…
The US will set emissions target, but is this a turning point for success at Copenhagen?
Today may mark a turning point for a successful negotiation at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen or it may just be another blip in the up-and-down news cycles that…
Obama slower than Bush in protecting America’s endangered species
In George W. Bush's eight years as president, he placed 62 species under the protection of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), an average of eight species per year. While, Bush's…
Fake Obama makes climate change top priority
In an effort to push the real President Obama to attend the UN Summit on Climate Change in December, a fake Obama took over on Friday. Speaking from the US…
Environmental disappointments under Obama
New center for studying temperate rainforests announced in Alaska
Temperate rainforests will soon have a new center in Juneau, Alaska. It is hoped that the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center (ACRC) will instigate new research and educational opportunities. The center…
Scientists call on Obama for ‘maximum personal leadership’ to combat global warming
Twenty leading scientists have called on President Obama “to exercise maximum personal leadership” in tackling the threat posed by climate change. In a letter composed by some of the world’s…
Obama administration overturns rule that weakened Endangered Species Act
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that the Obama administration will reverse an Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulation that allowed federal agencies to go ahead with actions that may impact…
New lichen named after Obama
A California researcher has named a new species of lichen after President Barack Obama. Kerry Knudsen from the University of California-Riverside (UCR) named the lichen Caloplaca obamae. "I discovered the…
One third of US birds endangered
Ken Salazar, the nation's new Secretary of the Interior, today released the first comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States. The findings are not encouraging: nearly one third…
When it comes to global warming Americans trust scientists most, family and friends second
A new poll released today by Yale and George Mason Universities finds that Americans trust scientists most when it comes to information on climate change. Second to scientists is family…
Over 90 percent of Americans support action on climate change in midst of financial crisis
A new poll released today by Yale and George Mason Universities finds that Americans overwhelmingly—92 percent—support action to reduce global warming. However opinions vary as to how much effort should…
Mr. President, it is time for a speech on climate change
Largest US protest on climate change today
Could America’s 700 billion stimulus have saved life on earth?
Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation
Obama blocks offshore oil drilling for now
Obama pushes for better mileage standards
Obama pick supports ‘Green Jobs’ initiative to rebuild economy
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
- Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
- Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Amazon Conservation
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
Land rights and extractives
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
- New FPIC guide designed to help protect Indigenous rights as mineral mining booms
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
