“Humanity can’t afford to lose any more of the world’s forgotten fishes or the freshwater ecosystems they inhabit.”
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The Race to Save the Vaquita Porpoise From Extinction
San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. The long-running global struggle to prevent extinction of the world’s most endangered marine mammal claimed its first human life here on Jan. 2, in the conflict between illegal fishing and conservation of the vaquita porpoise. Fisherman Mario Garcia Toledo, 56, died after suffering massive injuries when his skiff collided with More
Source: The Race to Save the Vaquita Porpoise From Extinction – CounterPunch.org
New Global Report Warns Nearly 40% of Plants at Risk of Extinction
“At a time of rapid biodiversity loss, we are failing to access the treasure chest of incredible diversity on offer and missing a huge opportunity for our generation.”
Source: New Global Report Warns Nearly 40% of Plants at Risk of Extinction | Common Dreams News
From Restraining Orders to Assassinations, the Dangerous Work of Saving the Monarchs
Monarch butterflies may be gone in thirty years. Saving them seems apolitical, but environmentalists have landed in the sights of drug cartels, illegal loggers, Trump supporters, and even clandestine
Source: From Restraining Orders to Assassinations, the Dangerous Work of Saving the Monarchs | Boston Review
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction
At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused extreme global warming, prompting the majority of species on Earth to die out.In the past, these events were triggered by a huge volcanic eruption or asteroid impact. Now, Earth is
About Last Week – and the Accelerated Drives to Extinction and Fascism
If, as some observers worry, the United States is undergoing an accelerated transition to full authoritarian class rule in the Donald Trump years, then the events of last week may be considered critical by later historians permitted to chronicle what happened. Another Democratic Gift to “the Most Dangerous Criminal in History” On Wednesday, the mock More
Source: About Last Week – and the Accelerated Drives to Extinction and Fascism – CounterPunch.org
‘Frightening Future’ for North American Birds
“There’s hope in this report, but first, it’ll break your heart if you care about birds and what they tell us about the ecosystems we share with them. It’s a bird emergency.”
Socialism or Extinction
A new report says that human action is driving one million plant and animal species to extinction. But it’s not just any human action: it’s the choices of a tiny minority of wealthy and powerful people.
Source: Socialism or Extinction
The Extinction Deniers Are Here
Just like climate deniers, they’re out to obfuscate and debase the scientists and conservationists trying to save the world— …
Source: The Extinction Deniers Are Here | Common Dreams Views
Capitalism = Extinction?
In her Jacobin article ‘Socialism or Extinction,’ TRNN’s climate bureau producer Dharna Noor boils down the UN’s IPBES report to help us see what could lie ahead and how it is related to our economic system
Source: Capitalism = Extinction?
