NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) has reported that the U.S. east coast sea surface temperatures had the warmest year in 2012 in the past 150 years. The researchers analyzed temperatures between Cape Hatteras, N.C. and the Gulf of Maine using satellite and ship-board measurements. They found that the average sea [...]

The Endangered Species Act is not a right to life, as the Federal government likes to prove time again when it guns down entire wolf packs from helicopters for minor livestock depredations. But, it is some measure of protection against being slaughtered en masse so sexually frustrated miscreants can “get [...]

Fracking is the latest environmental hot topic, especially in the American North East.  The discovery of a layer of natural gas beneath New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio has torn the states apart and brought out a lot of political tension. Gas companies want to move in to extract the resource; [...]

In an age of dwindling natural resources and increasing environmental awareness tree protection plans are becoming increasingly important.  At the same time, trees can unfortunately become misplaced. Many properties and even whole communities have been constructed in areas with a very large native tree population, partly for the natural beauty [...]

Most people in developed countries tend to shower once a day, or sometimes more for the sweaty or serial killers amongst us. Yet for our parents’ generation, growing up they might have expected to wash only once or twice a week. Well, those grimy days may be on their way [...]

The death toll in Texas has surpassed 300 million. The victims are some of the state’s oldest and quietest with names like Oak, Pecan, Ash, and Mesquite. The drought that has ravaged the tree population since 2011 is showing no signs of reprieve, and since the damage is largely retroactive, [...]

Can you imagine the woods without wildlife? The ocean without marine life? For most people, the answer may be a big “No”. However, a stark reality will open your eyes when you will get to know that many endangered wildlife species are on the verge of extinction because of unresponsive [...]

According to Reuters, there was a 0.7 percent dip in 2011 for greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations. Reuters shares: For many years it has been a mantra that rich nations, historically the top polluters, should make the biggest cuts in emissions while emerging economies could burn more energy to [...]

Last year the California legislature passed SB 1221, which bans using packs of dogs to chase bears and bobcats during hunting. This year, another California politician has introduced a bill, AB 1230, to overturn the ban. Sounds like a nice thing to ban. I can think of few things more [...]

Reuters has reported that the increased demand for ivory and rhino horns in Asia (for gifts and hangover cures) is resulting in a poaching boom and officials are calling for stiffer penalties for traffickers to curb that trend. Officials at a United Nations conference in Vienna, wildlife crime and illegal [...]