Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As reported in the Idaho Falls Post Register (subscription required): Compound 1080, a pesticide that is highly toxic to humans and animals and has no known antidote, is the poisoning agent in a rash of dog deaths in a two-block...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As sad as it has been to watch the spread of devastating white-nose syndrome among bats across the Eastern U.S., I’m even sadder to hear about the first confirmed case of WNS in Tennessee, in Worley’s cave in Sullivan County. ...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
About ten thousand dollars, according to this AP exposé published yesterday. That’s how much Alton Mine Development, LLC contributed to Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s campaign just before meeting with him to expedite approval of a controversial coal mine near Bryce Canyon...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Hello from beautiful Charleston, West Virginia! Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and Bobby Kennedy face off again tonight at the University of Charleston's Forum on the Future of Energy and I'll be there livetweeting the event right here. You can also...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
There is a fair amount of dismay out there over about the recently finalized commercial timber sale in a roadless area of the Tongass National Forest. (See, for example, posts at the Huffington Post and U.S. News and World Report.) People are asking why the Obama administration is approving logging...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Pick up a copy of this week’s New Yorker and see our ad calling for quick action to save America’s last remaining roadless forests. NRDC joined Earthjustice and a host of other allies in this direct appeal to President Obama....
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last week Michelle Obama put in a new, organic garden on the White House grounds. But that’s not all. White House carpenter (and hobbyist beekeeper) Charlie Brandts provided the impetus to include a working bee hive. The presidential hive fits...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On Friday, the NRDC Action Fund joined allied groups to deliver more than 100,000 public comments opposing the Bush administration's recent proposal to weaken key Endangered Species Act regulations. The administration refused to accept comments via e-mail or fax for...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A few weeks ago I wrote about a rash of honey bee thefts in California, triggered by a shortage of bees and commensurate rise in their dollar value as pollinators. Now it looks like bee theft is moving east. Some...
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I remember reading about ice-age musk oxen as a kid and being thrilled to learn that these strange, tough creatures still exist in a corner of the world. I would have been no more surprised to hear about live...
