Pressure is building on India to comply with the World Heritage Convention by protecting the precious Sundarbans through the rejection of a coal-fired coal plant proposal.
More than a thousand concerned citizens marched over 200 miles in scorching heat to protest two planned coal-fired power plants that threaten the Sundarbans World Heritage Site.
Two proposed coal-fired power plants threaten the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh, home to endangered tigers and dolphins, and sustenance for millions of people.
A longstanding goal of Earthjustice and the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) has been to sound alarms at the United Nations, in national courtrooms and in international fora such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about environmental and human rights violations associated with mines and dams. Indigenous peoples are particularly vulnerable to the …
Wildlife Quiz: What river valley has the most important habitat for grizzlies, wolves, wolverines and lynx in the Rocky Mountains? Hint: The river forms the western boundary of Glacier National Park, and straddles the Canadian/US border between British Columbia and Montana. Answer: The Flathead River. The Flathead was recently named British Columbia’s most endangered river, …
Imagine being born today in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, half way between Hawaii and New Zealand. You join a community of 12,000 people with a unique culture, language and traditions for sustainable fishing and farming developed over thousands of years. Your country consists of nine small islands covering just 26 square kilometers …
