• How are scientists using DNA to conserve wildlife?

    Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer EarthTalk Traditionally, conservation biologists have relied on field observation and sample and statistical analysis to help them understand the dynamics behind species loss, but today genetics is taking on an increasingly important role in helping quantify the biodiversity around us and even save some...
  • Sierra & Tierra: América Es Tu Casa, Disfrútala

    Javier Sierra Sierra Club La devoción que profesa Melissa Guevara por los parajes naturales es un magnífico ejemplo del amor de los hispanos por el terruño, de nuestro respeto por la creación divina y compromiso para legarla a futuras generaciones. “La primera vez que quise que la naturaleza fuera...
  • Vermont’s GMO Law Changes Labels in California, Nationally

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The food at your Fourth of July cookout may have came with a new label: saying it contains a genetically modified organism, or GMO. That’s because a first-of-its-kind law in Vermont took effect July 1st, requiring all GMO foods to say...
  • Are we really heading for a coal-free power future ?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Far from just an environmental pipedream, the coal industry in the U.S. and around the world is in the midst of a major downswing. In 2011, coal dropped below 40 percent of total U.S. energy generation for the first time since the late...
  • Earth Talk

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss /EarthTalk Global warming is definitely already taking its toll on wildlife around the world. Rising temperatures are changing weather and vegetation patterns from pole to pole, forcing animals of just about every stripe to migrate to new areas in order to survive. But not...
  • El Sierra Club

    La Mayor y Más Influyente Organización Medioambiental de Base del País Cita los Detallados Planes de Clinton y su Capacidad de Construir sobre el Legado de Obama San Francisco / CALIFORNIA El Sierra Club refrendó Junio 9 a la Secretaria Hillary Clinton para la presidencia de Estados Unidos. Como respuesta,...
  • Rare Chance to Sound Off

    Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES — The futures of the Sequoia, Sierra and Inyo national forests are at stake, and the public has a once-in-a-generation chance to shape them. The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comment on its draft of the new forest plans, which come...
  • Rara oportunidad para exigir

    Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES — Los encuentros publicos surgen a toda velocidad en todo el estado para incluir aportaciones a los borradores de los nuevos planes de administracion de bosques para la Sierra Sequoia y los Bosques Nacionales Inyo. Lo que se discute es a cuanta...
  • Why did Ringling Brothers stop using elephants in its circus performances?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk After enduring years of criticism from animal rights activists, Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, announced in March 2015 that it would phase out the use of endangered Asian elephants in its circus performances within three years....
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