Stories tagged "30 by 30"

June 12, 2019

Plant Extinction is Happening 500x Faster Than Before the Industrial Revolution

While we cover animal species extinctions a lot in ODP, but plants are also struggling to survive in a world that’s rapidly being altered by climate change. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, 600 plant extinctions...

May 21, 2019

2020 hopeful Sen. Michael Bennet releases a conservation-focused climate plan

Following the release of Governor Jay Inslee’s climate plan last week, yesterday Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet released his own version. Titled “America’s Climate Change Plan” the stated goal of the $1 trillion plan is to “reduce emissions in...

May 6, 2019

Giraffes Under Consideration for US Endangered Species Listing

As we reported yesterday, biodiversity is declining at a precipitous rate, according to a new report by scientists from across the globe produced for the United Nations.   In an effort to save one of the most iconic species on the planet —  the African giraffe...

April 10, 2019

Climate change causing more far female sea turtles

Pollution, coastal development, toxic algae, and gillnets all pose a threat to the existence of sea turtles but climate change may pose the biggest threat of all. It turns out that the heat of the sand where eggs are buried ultimately determines whether a sea turtle...

February 1, 2019

A Call for 30% Protection by 2030 Is Uniting Green Groups

There is a call for another “new deal” growing globally — this one a New Deal for Nature — and twelve of the largest international environmental groups are united behind it.  They launched their campaign yesterday, with a powerful message...