Tag: Biodiversity
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Study Finds Up to One Billion Birds Killed in Building Collisions Each Year
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, involving the review and analysis of almost two dozen studies and more than 92,000 records, federal scientists have found that between 365 and 988 million birds are likely killed in the U.S. each year as a result of collisions with buildings. The study, Bird–Building Collisions in the U.S.: Estimates…
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President Obama Signs Farm Bill Legalizing Industrial Hemp
Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that President Obama has signed the Farm Bill which contains an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes. [caption id="attachment_320625" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Change.org[/caption] Originally introduced by Rep. Polis (D-CO), Rep.…
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EPA Approves Another Pesticide Highly Toxic to Bees
Flying in the face of recent science demonstrating that pollinator populations are declining, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to unconditionally register another pesticide that is known to be highly toxic to bees—almost one year after the EPA registered sulfoxaflor, disregarding concerns from beekeepers and environmental groups. [caption id="attachment_320565" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo courtesy of…
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Wild Places Destroyed in the Name of Progress
There’s a wild place at the end of my street inside the city limits. Sixty acres of very big pin oaks, wild cherry, basswood, some old agricultural fields reverting back to wetlands and forest and an ancient fencerow of swamp white oaks that may be remnants of the original wilderness. There are a few small…
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Iceland Violates Global Trade Ban on Whale Products, U.S. Considering Sanctions
Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s (CITES) and its prohibition on international commercial trade in whale products. Conservation and animal welfare groups commend Jewell’s declaration and urge President Obama to act with…