Mark Ruffalo Speaks Out For Tar Sands Action
Activist and actor Mark Ruffalo has joined the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, a pipeline from the tar sands in Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. In the video, Ruffalo says, “I&rs...
Elephant Abuse: Ringling Brothers Circus Cited After Elephant Collapses
By Lucy Blodgett An elephant collapsed shortly after performing at a Ringling Bros. Circus last Sunday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, according to eyewitness accounts from Animal Defen...
Al Gore Lets Loose In Aspen Institute Speech About Bull**** Anti Global-Warming Pseudo-Science
Speaking in Aspen last Thursday, former Vice President Al Gore warned of the impacts of global warming. In sharp contrast to previous appearances, however, Gore may have frothed at the mouth a bit when he told ...
Sonoma County’s electricity-from-ocean-waves project canceled
An alternative energy project off the Sonoma County coast that local officials just two years ago hailed as a way to increase renewable energy sources has come to a quiet end. (more…)...
Sri Lankan Elephant Census Boycotted By Wildlife Groups
Wildlife groups say they will boycott Sri Lanka's census of elephants because the country plans to capture some of the animals. The groups had agreed to deploy about 200 volunteers to help Sri Lanka coun...
Pierce Brosnan Calls For End To Iceland’s Whale Hunt
By Jennifer Mishler Pierce Brosnan seems to be getting into his latest role, animal and environmental advocate. He is calling for an end to Iceland’s whale hunt. The actor has teamed up with the National...
Texas Drought Will Harm Wildlife Habitat For Years
In a muddy pile of sand where a pond once flowed in the Texas Panhandle, dead fish, their flesh already decayed and feasted on by maggots, lie with their mouths open. Nearby, deer munch on the equivalent...
Gorilla Fund CEO Talks ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’
By Jennifer Mishler ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes‘ has been getting a lot of praise from animal advocates for its use of computer-generated apes in place of live animals. Director Rupert Wyatt rece...
Ian Somerhalder: Social Media Is Key To Conservation Movement
By China DeSpain Freeman Following his testimony on Capitol Hill last week, The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder spoke about youth involvement in conservation efforts. Realizing that his celebrity status al...
Ehrlichia: New Tick Infection May Be Linked To Environmental Change
If the rising risks of Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis or Babesiosis weren't reasons enough to take extra precautions while outdoors this summer -- and to do a thorough tick check before going back inside -- researc...