"SCOTUS Rejects Lobster Union Plea To Undo Whale Protections" [1]
"The nation’s highest bench today [Friday] rejected lobstering groups’ call to unwind fishing restrictions designed to protect endangered whales off the coast of Maine."
Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
"The nation’s highest bench today [Friday] rejected lobstering groups’ call to unwind fishing restrictions designed to protect endangered whales off the coast of Maine."
"INNER FARNE -- “This is what it’s all about,” said Richard Bevan, beaming. “To see this many seals when 10 years ago there would not have been any.”
"In a bid to secure the future of the near threatened species, 30 animals have been driven, flown and finally rehomed in Akagera national park"
"Getting stuck into the in-flight wine wasn’t an option for the 30 passengers flying overnight from South Africa to Rwanda. Crew members instead worked to keep the first-time air travellers placid and problem-free. The last thing anyone wanted was a 1.5-ton rhino on the rampage aboard a Boeing 747.
"The North American species is seeing an exponential increase in California, but the population is far short of normal".
"Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous".
"Environmentalists on Monday accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of imperiling hundreds of vulnerable species when it expanded hunting and fishing on 147 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries under President Donald Trump."
"Albatrosses, some of the world’s most loyally monogamous creatures, are “divorcing” more often – and researchers say global heating may be to blame."
"Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes."
"The fact that these age-old varieties survived — the fact that Pawnee corn exists at all in 2021 — is a story of tribal perseverance, cutting-edge horticulture and good, old-fashioned cooperation".
"An examination of Brazil’s immense tannery industry shows how hides from illegally deforested ranches can easily reach the global marketplace. In the United States, much of the demand for Brazilian leather comes from automakers."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scotus-rejects-lobster-union-plea-undo-whale-protections
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[9] https://www.eenews.net/articles/lobster-fishermen-urge-supreme-court-to-undo-whale-protections/
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/phenomenal-farne-islands-seal-numbers-expected-reach-new-high
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe
[12] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/02/it-is-phenomenal-farne-islands-seal-numbers-expected-to-reach-new-high
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-rhinos-flown-s-africa-rwanda-largest-translocation
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa
[16] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/29/white-rhinos-flown-from-south-africa-to-rwanda-in-largest-single-translocation
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/monarch-butterflies-thriving-after-years-decline-it-comeback
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico
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[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nurdles-worst-toxic-waste-you-ve-probably-never-heard
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
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[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lawsuit-takes-aim-trump-era-rule-expanding-hunting-grounds
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[32] https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/lawsuit-takes-aim-trump-era-rule-expanding-hunting-grounds-2021-11-29/
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-crisis-pushes-albatross-divorce-rates-higher-study
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[35] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/24/climate-crisis-pushes-albatross-divorce-rates-higher-study
[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/australia-s-barrier-reef-erupts-color-corals-spawn
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania
[38] https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-australia-queensland-corals-pacific-ocean-c5cde56d25643a8501a639cdc30ccfa7
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[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[42] https://flatwaterfreepress.org/long-thought-extinct-a-native-corn-re-emerges-in-the-heartland/
[43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-us-yen-leather-luxury-suvs-worsens-amazon-deforestation
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america
[45] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/climate/leather-seats-cars-rainforest.html
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