‘Policy of Death’: Amazon Guardians Sue Ecuador’s President Over Oil, Mining Decrees

BREAKING: Indigenous Peoples File Lawsuit Against #Ecuador’s President @LassoGuillermo To Halt New Extractive Conquest in the Amazon, Threatening Indigenous Sovereignty & Our Climate

Read the press release 👉https://t.co/qHE9D2CfXS #WhoShouldDecide @confeniae1 @CONAIE_Ecuador pic.twitter.com/9zkIukUmuh
— AFrontlines (@AFrontlines) October 18, 2021

Stop the Deforestation Madness

Since the late 1970s I’ve been actively involved in issues that relate directly to protecting forest ecosystems in the Northern Rockies bioregion. I still

Source: Stop the Deforestation Madness – CounterPunch.org

Infrastructure Bill Would Help Protect Bees and Butterflies

The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators—and help people and wildlife in the process.

Source: Opinion | Infrastructure Bill Would Help Protect Bees and Butterflies | Malia Libby

Wildlife Defenders Cheer Restoration of Migratory Bird Protections Gutted Under Trump

“The world is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction,” said the director of one advocacy group. “Enforcing conservation laws like the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is vital.”

Source: Wildlife Defenders Cheer Restoration of Migratory Bird Protections Gutted Under Trump

Joshua tree as a threatened species

“While we are grateful to the Court for this positive decision, we are very disappointed that the Biden administration failed at several junctures to do what’s right by these iconic Joshua trees." – Lindsay Larris, WildEarth Guardians #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/zwY6kgVFhJ
— WildEarth Guardians (@wildearthguard) September 22, 2021

‘It Has Come to This’: Ancient Sequoias Wrapped in Foil as Wildfire Threatens

Sequoias wrapped in foil against wildfires

“We can’t wait any longer to #ActOnClimate.”

Source: ‘It Has Come to This’: Ancient Sequoias Wrapped in Foil as Wildfire Threatens

America’s Largest Windfarm: an Environmental Disaster?

Recent news stories focus on how a conservation easement on a large ranch in northwest Colorado is blocking a major new transmission line, and therefore

Source: America’s Largest Windfarm: an Environmental Disaster? – CounterPunch.org

Vaccines against Lyme disease: What happened and what lessons can we learn? – PubMed

This article reviews events that led to the withdrawal of the only vaccine to prevent Lyme disease licensed in the United States. The primary issues that led to the vaccine’s withdrawal appear to be a combination of vaccine safety concerns, sparked by a molecular mimicry hypothesis that suggested th …

Source: Vaccines against Lyme disease: What happened and what lessons can we learn? – PubMed