Open for Business: Lands Stripped From Utah Monuments

BRADY McCOMBS / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2018 For $212, anyone can stake a claim to land cut from federal protection by President Trump in December. But so far, there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Move That ‘Could Alter the Course of American Land Conservation’

Kristin Miller / Moyers and Company Dec 6, 2017 The plan to shrink Bear Ears National Monument in Utah is only one crisis the National Park Service is facing under the Trump administration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Geo-Engineering Unlikely to Work, Conservation Group Says

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 3, 2016 Attempts to limit climate change by using the novel technologies known as geo-engineering are very unlikely to work, leading biologists say. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Berniecrats Are Making More Progress This Election Than Skeptics Expected

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2016 Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution movement is prolonging the Vermont senator's legacy; we should be more concerned with the decline in wild animal populations, not solely with extinction; meanwhile, a journalist delves into the reasons behind the explosion of the bottled water business. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘A Victory for Elephants’: World Governments Call for Closure of Ivory Markets

By Common Dreams Staff Sep 12, 2016 After fierce debate, disagreements and walkouts, the motion was adopted on the final day of the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Young American Reminds Us How Badly We Are Failing Children on Climate Change

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 23, 2016 Fifteen-year-old Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh is among a group of youths who are suing the U.S. government for failing to put the brakes on global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Does David Attenborough Get Depressed?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2016 The veteran BBC naturalist has aged into the role of noble elder of the conservation movement. How does he cope with the fact that ecology is in retreat all around us, asks George Monbiot, Guardian journalist and fellow Brit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Does Very Little to Protect Fish and Wildlife

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2015 Of 88,000 actions and developments considered potentially threatening to the nation’s endangered species over the past seven years, a study finds that not one has been halted by the U.S. government. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Leaked Map Reveals Big Gas Is Setting Its Sights on the Most Biodiverse Place on Earth

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2015 A private energy corporation based in Argentina is eyeing Manú National Park in Peru’s Amazon, where the biodiversity “exceeds that of any other place on earth.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why California’s New Mandatory Water Restrictions Aren’t Enough

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 2, 2015 Gov. Jerry Brown has announced a historic executive order to reduce the state’s water usage by 25 percent -- but one expert has doubts about its potential for real impact without stricter measures for agriculture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

To Solve California’s Water Crisis, We Must Change the Nation’s Food System

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 20, 2015 California's terrifying drought is putting one-third of the US produce market at risk, but fixing the problem will require a shift from industrial farms to local ones California's terrifying drought is putting a third of the U produce market at risk, but fixing the problem will require a shift from industrial to local farms . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Wilderness Act Turns 50

By William deBuys, TomDispatch Sep 29, 2014 The Wilderness Act of 1964 embodied a revolutionary act of justice. It legislated compassion toward the planet by insisting that we humans must stop and leave certain lands alone and not take anything more from them. It made a down payment on giving Earth its due. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )