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Wellesley Conservation Land Trust fall speaker event—Bats! Nature and Art
The Wellesley Conservation Land Trust will hold its fall speaker educational event—”Bats! Nature and Art”—with a talk by Jane Winchell of the Peabody Essex Museum, at the Wellesley Free Library on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7pm-8:30pm. Wellesley Free Library. Photo by Brice MacLaren Often misunderstood creatures, bats have long been associated with the underworld, magic, and…
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B.C. environmental advocacy group commends historic land and water agreement
A historic deal signed Friday will protect 30 per cent of B.C.’s lands and waters by 2030, which has a leading environment group ecstatic. “This agreement is really significant for the province, Canada and other parts of the world to inspire change,” said Jens Wieting, Sierra Club BC’s senior forest and climate campaigner. “We are…
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As the first major project at the Salton Sea nears completion, what’s next?
After years of studies, public meetings and deliberation over the future of the receding Salton Sea, the first visible signs of major projects at the sea are starting to appear. Local and state officials are hoping to build on the momentum generated by the near-completion of the largest project at the sea to date: The…
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Ton by ton, city brownfield site gets restored for future use
Work being performed at the defunct Batavia Iron and Metal Company site on Bank Street in Batavia. Photo from City of Batavia online post City officials have been keeping a close eye on the Bank Street property once owned and operated by Batavia Iron and Metal Company, and in more recent months, where the grounds have…
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U.S. drafts plan to bring grizzly bears back to Washington’s North Cascades
The federal government has drafted plans to bring grizzly bears back to Washington state’s North Cascades, the next step toward reintroducing the threatened species to a region where it was eliminated by hunters decades ago. Grizzlies once played a key role in north-central Washington’s vast expanse of forest, mountains and valleys. Now the North Cascades…
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Q&A: The League of Conservation Voters’ Take on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Voting Record: ‘Appalling’
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Managing Producer Jenni Doering with Tiernan Sittenfeld of the League of Conservation Voters. JENNI DOERING: After tumultuous weeks of failed votes, the Republican led House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker of the House on October 25th. Speaker Mike…
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Environment ministers of Japan, China, S.Korea to cooperate over global issues
The environment ministers of Japan, China and South Korea have adopted a joint statement that pledges cooperation on challenges such as climate change and marine environment conservation. The Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting began in the Japanese city of Nagoya on Friday. At the opening of the plenary session on Saturday, Japan’s Environment Minister Ito Shintaro…
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Cover Crops Help Climate, Environment; Most Farmers Reject Them
DES MOINES, Iowa — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement, Midwest farmers planted cover crops on only about 7% of their land in 2021. That percentage has increased over the…
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How modern living benefits from the knowledge of Indigenous peoples
In many ways, our relationships to nature — to the land, to wildlife, and to plant life — are central to who we are as humans, even if this relationship feels increasingly foreign in a digitized, automated world. When it comes to environmental conservation, Indigenous communities have, for thousands of years, led the way —…
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Groups Challenge State of Alaska Over Flawed Mine Water Permit
HAINES, ALASKA DEISHÚ/LḴÓOT AND JILḴÁAT KWÁAN, AK — Conservation organizations challenged a controversial wastewater discharge permit for the Palmer Project, a proposed multi-metals mine at the Chilkat Watershed’s headwaters on Tuesday. Earthjustice filed an appeal in Alaska Superior Court on behalf of Lynn Canal Conservation, Rivers Without Borders, and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council seeking…
