"Never before had so much lumber been denied entry at a U.S. port on evidence that it was harvested illegally. Houston customs agents, acting on intelligence from their Peruvian counterparts, halted 1,770 metric tons of Amazon rainforest wood — enough to cover three football fields."
"Conservationists have lodged a formal request for the US government to list giraffes as endangered in a bid to prevent what they call the “silent extinction” of the world’s tallest land animal."
"What’s more amazing than kissing a frog and getting a handsome prince? How about scraping off a bit of the mucus layer that covers his skin and finding in it a potent weapon against influenza?"
"A big march in Washington this month will get headlines, but the real action, green groups believe, needs to make waves on election days."
"Gov. Rick Snyder praised the city of Flint’s plan to sign a long-term deal with Detroit's water system after the city's departure from it four years ago set in motion one of the nation’s worst drinking water crises."
The meeting, in Oxford, UK, will feature presentations from front line environmental defenders, sharing their experiences of threats, physical violence or criminalisation, and we aim to bring together a wide range of expertise – including security specialists, environmental and human rights groups, researchers, funders, media representatives and lawyers to share their work, and develop strategies to address the increasing levels of violence against environmental and land defenders.
"The Trump administration is considering whether to repeal or revise two major Obama administration regulations limiting air pollution from large sources."
"There's an unplanned experiment going on in the northern Rocky Mountains. What's happening is that spring is arriving earlier, and it's generally warmer and drier than usual. And that's messing with some of the fish that live there."
"Thinning and suppression aren't working, and fire scientists now say we need to let fires burn to help landscapes adapt to climate change - while controlling development in the red zone to limit damage."
"With most of Washington focused on fights over government funding, Obamacare and Russian meddling, a few congressional aides and outside advocates are quietly preparing for what could be an epic battle over the Endangered Species Act."
