Bald eagle habitat destroyed for wind turbine construction
Greener Ideal NextEra Energy Canada, a subsidiary of an American energy company, has destroyed a bald eagle habitat in Haldimand County in Ontario, Canada for wind turbine construction on Saturday. The...
View ArticlePacific bluefin tuna population plummets 96% from overfishing
Greener Ideal The Pacific bluefin tuna, a popular ingredient by sushi lovers, has seen a 96 percent decline in its population, making it a species that could face extinction this year. The reason...
View ArticleUPDATE: Trapped killer whales free at last!
Greener Ideal UPDATE (Thursday, January 10th, 10:40am ET): Canadian media outlets are reporting that the trapped whales off the coast of northern Quebec are free at last. There are reports that the...
View ArticlePhthalates Are Contaminating Ants
Greener Ideal A new study by Alain Lenoir, a researcher at François Rabelais University in Tours, France, has found the presence of phthalates, a plastic additive, in ants. This finding is significant,...
View ArticleFrom brownfield to eco-park at ReVenture
Greener Ideal If all goes to plan, the city of Charlotte, NC will one day be home to an ambitious environmental initiative called ReVenture Park. The project could also become a model for innovative...
View ArticleKenyan Elephants Dying At Rising Rate
Greener Ideal A 14-year study has shown a bleak future for Kenyan elephants—the study of nearly 1,000 elephants in Kenya found the death rate amongst big-tusked males to have accelerated in recent...
View ArticleEFSA Study: Pesticides Harming Bees
Greener Ideal On January 6th, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that crops attractive to honeybees (in particular the European Apis mellifera) cannot contain chemicals from the...
View ArticleGreat Whites Population Decline
Greener Ideal A five-member panel in the California Fish and Game Commission has voted unanimously to recommend that the great white shark be protected under the state’s endangered species laws. This...
View ArticleHunter Or Hunted? The Fate Of The Great White Shark
Greener Ideal The great white shark is fabled as a remorseless killer to the extent that it is almost the stuff of legends. The reputation of the species was not greatly enhanced by the “Jaws” series...
View ArticleObama Legislation Prevents Polar Bear Preservation
Greener Ideal On February 19th, the Obama administration officially declared that greenhouse gas regulations are outside the scope of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), stating that activities outside...
View ArticleIs Killing An Invasive Species Animal Cruelty?
Greener Ideal When the US government announced a new scheme to control the population of invasive brown tree snakes in Guam, it didn’t take long for PETA to object. It’s easy to understand why the plan...
View ArticleFat Safari: If Animals Ate McDonald’s
Greener Ideal A new animation short making the web rounds this week demonstrates in a cheeky way what it might look like if animals consumed fast food with the same insatiable gumption as us humans....
View ArticleBeauty Brand Shiseido Ends Animal Testing
Greener Ideal Japanese makeup company Shiseido has banned animal testing for its products and vows to only test on animals on the off chance that an ingredient is deemed unsafe, according to Women’s...
View Article100 Million Sharks Killed Annually, Report Says
Greener Ideal When most people think of sharks, they think of a human predator but the reality is quite different—humans are the shark predators. While the media reported 12 shark deaths, according to...
View ArticleAt Risk: Penguins in Antarctica
Greener Ideal Antarctica’s landscape is changing and there’s no denying it. Most recently, a study by a Texas A&M University researcher, the melting rates of glaciers in Antarctica are accelerating...
View ArticleIvory Trade Endangering African Elephants
Greener Ideal At the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), conservation organizations warned illegal ivory trade is responsible for the decline of the...
View ArticleThe Morality of Waste vs. the Ethics of Value
Greener Ideal I distinctly remember my outrage after reading an Associated Press clip just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, sometime near the late 80’s. It was a tiny press clip about an inch by two...
View ArticleFrance’s Beauval Zoo To Recycle Panda Poo Into Gas And Electricity
Greener Ideal Saint-Aignan’s Beauval zoo has plans to recycle panda poop (and other animal feces), and turn it into gas and electricity, according to Agence France-Presse. The AFP states: The zoo...
View ArticleRussia considers sport hunting ban
Greener Ideal If a recently introduced bill is passed by the Russian government, the country would join Costa Rica and a few other African nations in making killing animals for fun, AKA hunting,...
View ArticleAre We Really Ready for the Dawn of the De-extinction of Our Species?
Greener Ideal I recently listened to an enthusiastic TED Talk lecture given by Stewart Brand; uniquely entitled, “The Dawn of De-Extinction. Are You Ready?” (watch the full video below) It was an...
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