POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. – Seen from a nearby hilltop, the Drakes Bay Oyster Company is a cluster of shacks with faded white walls. One patched roof appears at risk of being blown away by the next Pacific squall.…
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Public Land Battle Over Drakes Bay Oyster Draws Unlikely Allies
Posted in Environmental Issues, Mollusks
Fat and cholesterol aren’t only heart dangers of red meat
The fat and cholesterol found in steak may not be the only components bad for the heart, according to researchers who have found another substance in red meat that can clog the arteries. The substance is called carnitine, and as…
Posted in Environmental Issues, Health
Crabs, supersized by carbon pollution, may upset Chesapeake’s balance
It is the dawn of the super crab. Crabs are bulking up on carbon pollution that pours out of power plants, factories and vehicles and settles in the oceans, turning the tough crustaceans into even more fearsome predators. via -…
Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals. Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air. And at one of the country’s largest egg suppliers,…
Posted in Animal Welfare, Environmental Issues
Algae Bloom in Florida Kills Record Number of Manatees
Florida’s endangered manatees, already reeling from an unexplained string of deaths in the state’s east coast rivers, have died in record numbers from a toxic red algae bloom that appears each year off the state’s west coast, state officials and…
Boulder confirms first northern river otter sighting in a century
A motion-activated wildlife surveillance camera has captured what one expert calls the first documented sighting of a northern river otter in Boulder in about 100 years.”I was extremely surprised,” said Christian Nunes, a wildlife ecology technician for Boulder Open Space…
Tea’s health benefits boost its popularity
A growing body of research suggests that the world’s second-most-consumed beverage — only water is more popular — helps prevent cardiovascular disease, burn calories and ward off some types of cancer. via Tea’s health benefits boost its popularity – The…
The public’s interest in climate change is waning
The global warming conundrum has been on full display over the past 24 hours. Even as one of the nation’s most prominent climate scientists has decided to retire in order to become a full-time activist, a new Pew Research poll suggests…
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental Issues
Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks ‘a few thousand’ barrels of crude oil in Arkansas
The Environmental Protection Agency declared the Arkansas leak a “major spill,” a label put on any spill of 250 barrels or more. Exxon Mobil said it was preparing for a spill of up to 10,000 barrels, though it said that…
Posted in Environmental Issues, Pollution
Fairy Circles in Africa May Be Work of Termites
Have you heard the one about the little termite that could, and did, take on a desert and turn it green? At least a little greener, except for those spots. The reddish barren spots, thousands of them, are called fairy…
