• Animals

Trump’s Endangered Species Rollbacks Target Hawaiian Royal Hawk

• Endangered Species Act
• ESA
• Hawaii

For native Hawaiians the Hawaiian hawk, or ‘io is a symbol of royalty and is considered an “‘aumakua”—a family or personal god—which made harming or killing this bird taboo. The hawk has also been in a battle for its endangered status listing since the George W. Bush administration. And while most Hawaiians oppose its delisting, […]

• Cosmos

Not Wanting to Miss a Thing, ESA is Officially On-Board to Blast Asteroids with NASA

• AIDA
• asteroid
• DART
• ESA
• NASA
• space

The European Space Agency has officially joined NASA on a mission to bust near-Earth asteroids through the AIDA space mission.

Humanity-destroying space objects aren’t just out of 90’s action flicks…

• Animals

Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Protections, Despite Widespread Public Support

• Endangered Species Act
• ESA
• Trump

Enacted with bipartisan support in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the United States’ most effective species conservation law but the Trump Administration has made the act a target in their efforts to roll back environmental protections. As Vox reported, yesterday, “the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]

• Animals

Gray wolves at risk of losing endangered status

• DOI
• Endangered Species Act
• ESA
• gray wolves

Yesterday, acting Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, told state wildlife managers from across the nation who that in the coming days the Interior Department will propose the removal of the gray wolf’s endangered species status in the Lower 48 states. As the Denver Post reported, “the push to “de-list” wolves, immediately enraged wildlife advocates, […]