• Little fish, BIG opportunity

    from Care2: The Bottom Line: Big Opportunity for Pacific Fish Note: This is a guest post from Lee Crockett, Director of U.S. Fisheries Campaigns at the Pew Environment Group. Our nation’s West Coast is known worldwide for the rich and iconic marine life that can be found off its shores. In fact, countless tourists travel […]

  • Sharks……

    yet more reasons to STOP putting them in soup!!! From Care2: Sharks Have Brains Like… Ours After five shark fatalities in the past year, the Western Australian government announced a plan to hunt and kill great white sharks, an endangered species, in September. Conservationists have harshly criticized the new “shark mitigation plan to protect beach […]

  • Go First Nations!

    From Care2: First Nation Challenges Shell’s Proposed Tar Sands Expansion Shell Oil’s plans to expand the Jackpine tar sands strip mine near Alberta, Canada have come to a head today, as environmentalists from across North America stand united with the people of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) against Shell’s proposed expansion. The Jackpine expansion […]

  • When do we get to talk about Climate Change, people????

    E. Fudd

  • Stop Killing Rhinos!

    From Care2: 100 Rhinos Slaughtered In Less Than Two Months 100 rhinos have been killed in less than two months in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. AFP reports that this “surge” in rhino killings by poachers means that the number of the endangered animals killed this year could surpass the total of 381 killed last […]

  • If only….

    E. Fudd

  • A current assessment of ocean health – not good!

    From Care2: World Ocean Health – A Failing Grade and from the source article in Nature (entire article avail. for purchase at link with higher-res images included of course): E. Fudd

  • Ocean Kill-Free Zones: 6 of the Biggest Marine Reserves

    from Care2: Ocean Kill-Free Zones: 6 of the Biggest Marine Reserves E. Fudd

  • Keep Cats INDOORS, people!

    We’ve learned that lesson – so can you! E. Fudd

  • while the world burns…..

    E. Fudd