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The population of monarch butterflies spending the winter in California is now less than 0.5 percent of its historical size — and this year’s population is down by roughly 86 percent compared to 2017.1 We could lose monarch butterflies if we don’t act soon. This June, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will decide whether they’ll list monarch butterflies under the […]
The Trump administration is barreling ahead with approvals for destructive oil and gas drilling in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — some of the best polar bear denning habitat in the country.1 The Threat to Polar Bears and the Arctic Make no mistake. Drilling is bad for wildlife and the environment. Land near the Arctic Refuge bears the scars from fossil fuel […]
Whether you live on one of America’s coasts or not, we need your help to stop offshore drilling that would fuel climate change and threaten some of our rarest and more beloved ocean wildlife. The Threat of Offshore Drilling At Environmental Action we believe that a cleaner, greener world is possible. But we also know that a better world can only be […]
Help protect beautiful lands and waters around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Threat to the Boundary Waters Healthy forest torn up and replaced with roads and tailing ponds. Mining waste pouring into pristine lakes and waterways. Vulnerable wildlife disturbed by constant light, dust and noise. That could be the future of Minnesota’s beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness if we don’t […]
By Kirk Weinert, senior writer and advisor Another ocean creature has been found eating a steady diet of plastic: starfish. In October 2018, researchers discovered microscopic traces of eight different plastics in the stomachs of starfish, sea stars and brittle stars collected between 1976 and 2015 near Scotland. This means these creatures have been ingesting plastics for at least 40 years. “This data […]
By Jennifer Newman, content creator Sometimes, cutting through the political noise to make our voices heard for the planet means thinking outside the box. Elephants need protection In March, the Trump administration reversed the ban on elephant hunt “trophies.” Now, we’re working to convince Congress to pass the ProTECT act. This bill would ban the taking for trophy and importation of African elephants, […]
By Chris Burley, program consultant The tallest animal on the planet is in peril. Not only has the wild giraffe population declined 35 percent in the last three decades, but their hooves, horns, skin and other parts are being imported into the U.S. and sold. And it’s legal. According to a new study by the Humane Society and its international affiliate, nearly 40,000 […]
By Marcia Eldridge, board member New uranium mining projects won’t encroach on the Grand Canyon’s doorstep any time soon. On Oct. 1, 2018, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the Obama-era ban on new uranium mining projects near the Grand Canyon. Environmental Action and our partner, Environment America, built support for the 20-year moratorium, which was enacted in 2012, on […]
By Julia DeVito, digital campaigner The last 35 red wolves on the planet are safe from extinction—for now. On Nov. 5, 2018, a federal judge decided to protect these wolves with a ruling that the temporary injunction issued by the Obama administration in 2016 that stopped a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)’s “shoot-to-kill” authorization will not be permanent. That means that the […]
America’s public lands are home to a spectacular array of wildlife. They are places of astounding beauty. But massive tracts of these special lands — lands we all own — are being mined and drilled for oil, gas, and coal that fuels the climate crisis.1 America’s public lands shouldn’t fuel the climate crisis. Urge congressional leaders to support a moratorium on […]