Category: Animal Rights & Environment

Derek Zoolander and Hansel: Cockfighting Survivors Find Home, Safety, and Family at Farm Sanctuary #AnimalRescue

November 8, 2016 Animals of Farm Sanctuary Animal Rights & Environment, Farm Sanctuary

It was Super Bowl Sunday this past February when authorities were alerted to something amiss in Modesto, CA. When they[…]

Iraq’s skies darken as Isis torches oil #Isis #Oil #Environment

November 8, 2016 Kieran Cooke Animal Rights & Environment, Climate News Network

With many civilians likely to die in the conflict in Iraq and Syria, the fighting also threatens the environment as[…]

Bycatch Targeted to Save Whales #IWC #Bycatch

November 8, 2016 Audrey Payne Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) agreed to establish a dedicated bycatch mitigation initiative to address the accidental entanglement of non-target[…]

Sierra Club Applauds New England States for Wind and Solar Selection in Clean Energy RFP #CleanEnergy #BeyondCoal

November 8, 2016 presseditor Animal Rights & Environment, Sierra Club

Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have selected approximately 460 megawatts (MWs) of new wind and solar projects for the New[…]

How Sensible BLM and EPA Methane Rules Can Mean Millions to Tribal Communities #LeakingProfits

November 8, 2016 adamse Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense

With oil and natural gas production, it’s not only the industry that benefits monetarily. Mineral rights holders (the people who[…]

On whaling, Japan continues to swim against the tide #AnimalRights #Whaling

November 8, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Our fight to save whales from commercial whaling continued after a proposal to establish a South Atlantic sanctuary for whales[…]

US faces megadroughts and superstorms #ClimateChange

November 7, 2016 Tim Radford Animal Rights & Environment, Climate News Network

New studies warn that megadroughts and superstorms could become regular events in the US if burning fossil fuels continues. Climate change makes it[…]