News & More
“Only one Earth. In the universe are billions of galaxies, in our galaxy are billions of planets, but there is #OnlyOneEarth. Let’s take care of it.” That’s the thought behind this year’s World Environment Day, June 5, 2022.
Videos
Our oceans are sometimes referred to as our planet’s forgotten lungs. While forests—which usually get the credit for being the world’s “breathing” apparatus—do help maintain the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, they cover roughly only a third of the Earth’s land area.
Conservation
When timber framer Will Elwell heard that a natural gas pipeline was going to run through his town of Ashfield, Massachusetts, he decided to take action by making a visual statement.
News & More
On July 25, 2015, the MSV Fennica, a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker which was carrying oil-drilling equipment to the Arctic, arrived in Portland, Oregon, for repairs.
Nature & Wildlife
Good news for whales in Antarctica! On Monday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) officially ruled that Japan must halt its annual whale hunt in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. In a resounding 12-4 vote, The ICJ—the United Nations’ highest judicial body—determined that Japan’s JARPA II whaling program is really a commercial operation disguised as “scientific research.”
