“There’s now no question that neonicotinoids play an outsized role in our heartbreaking extinction crisis,” said one advocate. The EPA must “ban these pesticides so future generations don’t live in a world without bees and butterflies and the plants that depend on them.”
Source: EPA Report on Neonics Proves US Has ‘Five-Alarm Fire’ on Its Hands, Green Groups Say
There are 2.5m of these tiny creatures for each human and they play a big role as ecosystem engineers, as well as providing insights on everything from the climate to ageing
Wetland protection, ailing amphibians and rising sea levels among issues likely to have global impact
“Many of my colleagues and I believe that our global civilization is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, one that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse… Our global situation is incredibly challenging today because of the adoption of the western economic model (e.g., materialism, consumerism, and throw-away mentality) throughout much of the developed and developing economies of the world.”
Source: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s ‘State of the Planet’ Message Revisited – CounterPunch.org
“It’s long past time for the EPA to take meaningful action to protect our most imperiled wildlife and put protections in place for endangered species before approving use of toxic pesticides on millions of acres of crops,” said one advocate.
Source: ‘Huge Win’: Court Finds EPA Approval of Bee-Killing Sulfoxaflor Unlawful
Provision allows Maine’s lobster industry to continue using fishing gear that maims the species, often fatally, until 2028
Source: Animal activists say Senate omnibus bill condemns right whale to extinction | US news | The Guardian
1848+: The End(s) of History 