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Kota Layar ships out of Singapore. Credit: Andrew Priest, FlickrCC

With TPP, There Goes The Neighborhood

Ethan Goffman 350.org, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chevron, China, CITES, climate change, Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species, Ecuador, global warming, Greenpeace, Keystone XL, NAFTA, oil, pipeline, Sierra Club, tar sands, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans Pacific Partnership might be the worst news for the environment since NAFTA, and environmentalists are coming out against it…

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How Can We Save Elephants Around the World?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Africa, African, China, Chinese, CITES, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, elephants, IFAW, International Fund for Animal Welfare, ivory, pachyderm, poachers, poaching, tusk, tusks, wildlife

Environmentalists are scurrying to save elephants and other iconic African wildlife from extinction in the face of increasing poaching across Africa.

Ground Pangolin at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. Credit: David Brossard

Wild & Wooly

Precious Pangolins

Lauren Kearney anteater, China, CITES, endangered, exotic wildlife trade, extinction, Humane Society International, pangolin, scaly, Tikki Hywood Trust

A pangolin, also known as a scaly anteater, is a burrowing mammal found throughout Africa and Asia. This shy and defensive creature spends most of the day feasting on insects using its sticky, 16 inch tongue. When threatened, pangolins will roll into a ball. While this may protect them from animal predators, it has quite […]