Tag: Biodiversity
G20 environment ministers meet in Italy amid floods, fires
NAPLES, Italy — With forest fires raging in the U.S. and Russia and floods devastating parts of Western Europe, environment and energy ministers from...
Mexican wolf breeding program gets boost from zoo
MEXICO CITY — Five gray wolf pups born at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Zoo are giving a boost to efforts to broaden the endangered species’...
UN: Climate and extinction crises must be tackled together
To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and...
G-7 nations to accelerate efforts to slow global warming
LONDON — Environment ministers from seven leading industrialized nations agreed Friday to accelerate efforts to slow global warming, including a commitment to end government...
Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth’s land and freshwater
WASHINGTON — Roughly a sixth of the planet’s land and freshwater area now lies within protected or conservation areas, according to a United Nations...
Wolves to find new home at Ted Turner’s New Mexico ranch
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One of Ted Turner’s ranches in southern New Mexico will be the new home for a pair of Mexican gray wolves...
Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams
SPOKANE, Wash. — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic...
Controversial mining operation ignoring orders to halt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee gravel and sand mining operator has been ignoring a cease and desist letter for months, and opponents say its...
Group asks US to cut funding to Idaho over wolf-killing bill
BOISE, Idaho — A conservation group is asking the U.S. government to cut off millions of dollars to Idaho that is used to improve...
US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada
RENO, Nev. — The Biden administration says a U.S. judge exceeded his authority when he gave federal wildlife officials a May 21 deadline to...