Friday Roundup Mar. 4: NYC, DC, Russia, Rio
This week’s Friday Roundup features: Illegal logging and loss of forest habitat, two important film festivals (Rio and Washington DC), opening of the Met Breuer in NYC, and a critique of […]
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Friday Roundup Debuts Feb 26
Friday Roundup is new – and it’s for you! Every week Green News Update will review up to a half dozen stories – news, announcements, studies – on the environment, […]
Dolphin Slaughter Japan: End it now!
Japan’s annual dolphin slaughter in Tajii Cove is underway, despite bad weather that delayed the traditional September 1 start date. Some 2,000 dolphins will be taken — and all told, […]
Pete Seeger – Godspeed
Environmental activist, civil rights champion, truth-teller, composer, legendary folk singer, man of conscience. Welcomed into external rest on January 27 2014. Seeger’s best known songs: Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Turn! […]
Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath: Museums & Gardens Suffer
Hurricane Sandy’s rampage through New Jersey and New York left behind a trail of damage in some of the city’s most treasured cultural assets: Central Park, major botanic gardens, […]
Elephant Slaughter Update Oct 25
National Public Radio’s John Burnett traveled to Tanzania to see firsthand how poachers are slaughtering elephants in record numbers, most likely for export to Southeast Asia where there is an […]
Elephants: The Slaughter is On
With a worldwide ban in place since 1989 on trade in ivory, why is it possible throughout Southeast Asia to buy religious icons, amulets and trinkets carved from contemporary African […]
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