Tag: environmental protection
Impact of Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze on Arizona Conservation Efforts
Amidst the arid foothills of the Santa Rita and Patagonia mountain ranges in Arizona lies a landscape marked by erosion and dried vegetation, a stark reminder of the changing climate's impact on the region....
Record UK Flood Defense Spending Amid Climate Crisis
The United Kingdom is currently facing a significant challenge due to increased flooding incidents, exacerbated by the effects of climate change. In the wake of Storm Henk, which caused the River Trent to burst...
Protecting Human Rights vs. Defending Nature: Which is Riskier?
Alright, so picture this: one chilly evening in January 2023, Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz Valencia and human rights lawyer Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca decided to pull a vanishing act. Yep, they straight up disappeared...
Federal Judge Orders Restoration of Environmental Grant Funding by Trump Administration
A federal judge on Monday announced that he would make the Trump administration return $176 million in funding to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities across the country. This decision, made by Judge Richard...
Protecting Wildlife and Landscapes: UK’s New Nature Reserve Inspired by Brontë Sisters
The moors of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, were basically the real-life inspiration behind Emily Brontë's classic novel, Wuthering Heights. James Elkington/iStock/Getty Images PlusWhy Trust Us? Well, back in 2005, EcoWatch was born as...
Locals Oppose Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada...
Nevada’s Congressional Delegation and Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act. This act would allow public lands managed by the federal government to be...
Trump Closes 25 USGS Centers Monitoring Drought and Flooding
Hammer Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is part of the Chesapeake Bay Small Agricultural Watershed Monitoring Program and the Pennsylvania Water Science Center targeted for closure. Scott Heidel, PADEP / USGSSo, like, these more...
Reconsideration of EPA Finding on Climate Pollution’s Health Impact
The Trump administration has recently announced plans to reconsider a significant ruling made by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) back in 2009. This particular finding, known as the “endangerment finding,” stated that...
Preventing CO2 Pipeline Leaks: Trump Administration Derails Efforts
Federal regulators were on the brink of implementing new safety regulations for CO2 pipelines to prevent future disasters following a toxic gas leak in Mississippi. However, these efforts were thwarted during the early days...
Supreme Court Weakens Rules on Discharging Raw Sewage – Eco-Friendly Water Regulations
In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court voted five to four to weaken regulations on discharging raw sewage into the country's water supply, a move that challenges the integrity of the 1972...
