The Intersection of Wildlife and Health
The Wildlife Trust, founded in 1971, changed its name to EcoHealth Alliance last fall. With the switch came new opportunities to partner with scientific groups in other disciplines…
The Wildlife Trust, founded in 1971, changed its name to EcoHealth Alliance last fall. With the switch came new opportunities to partner with scientific groups in other disciplines…
The multibillion-dollar climate change offset market is already providing huge sums to China and boosting the manufacture of a harmful refrigerant in the process.
This week, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency‘s greenhouse gas regulations will begin taking effect—and big polluters aren‘t happy. These regulations, in keeping with the Clean Air Act, aim to require major polluters—particularly fossil fuel power plants and oil refineries—to get permits for emitting greenhouse gases. It would also compel these major emitters to seek out […]
Dear EarthTalk: I saw a TV ad for toilet paper with no cardboard core to save paper. I understand that green groups recently struck a deal with Kimberly-Clark to protect eastern U.S. forests from decimation for, among other things, toilet paper. Can you tell me if any efforts are underway to protect Canada‘s boreal forest, also long used for making tissue paper?
Dear EarthTalk: What is happening to update and reform the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, which I understand is considerably outdated and actually permits the use of thousands of chemicals that have never been adequately tested for safety?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Por qué regresaron 34 millones de salmones rojos salvajes al Río Fraser en la Columbia Británica este año? La carrera había estado disminuyendo por 20 años.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Pueden explicar qué es el “fracking” con respecto a la exploración del gas natural y por qué es polémico?
Experts are still trying to figure out how to keep the invasive Asian Carp from potentially decimating the Great Lakes fisheries. Fisheries, meanwhile, are trying to capitalize on the carp’s culinary promise.
To prepare for future outbreaks and pandemics, we first have to get a handle on the animals—legal and illegal—crossing our borders. An organization called EcoHealth Alliance is leading the way.
A young woman stands with her child in the wreckage of the National Cathedral in Port au Prince, Haiti…