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...years, environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have warned that overfishing could cause bluefin tuna to go the way of dinosaurs and dodos. Now the European Commission says it agrees with that grim assessment. In a compromise that unites Europe's departments of environment and fisheries, the commission lent its support to a proposal that, barring new scientific evidence, would list Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin as an endangered species - and therefore ban its trade - for two years. "This decision marks an important step in the protection of Atlantic bluefin tuna," Stavros Dimas, environment commissioner, said...
Another study released this week by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) examines that problem and its potential future effects - and it's not pretty. The WWF researchers found that Arctic sea ice is melting at a faster rate than expected, and that the massive land sheets in Greenland and parts of Antarctic are vulnerable. The report predicts that global sea level will rise more than 3 ft. by 2100, significantly higher than scientists had previously believed. "What we're finding is truly sobering," says Martin Sommerkorn, the senior adviser for the WWF's Arctic Program. (See the top 10 green...
...study also found that the methane locked in Arctic permafrost is increasingly at risk of being released if warming continues - a positive feedback cycle that would accelerate climate change. But the impacts of a hotter Arctic go beyond that. The WWF study found that as the Arctic warms, it could alter weather patterns beyond its borders, affecting temperature and rain patterns in Europe and North America. "The Arctic is the global refrigerator for the climate system," says Sommerkorn. "Change it, and you might see even more dry summers in the Southwest and wetter winters in the Mediterranean." It's another...
Recently, however, a surprisingly diverse coalition has arisen to stop the Pebble Mine. Environmental groups like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are making common cause with fishermen and native Alaskans who fear that pollution from the mine could ruin their livelihoods. Sustainability - the idea that there are alternatives to exploiting natural resources without regard for the consequences - is no longer such a suspicious term. "Do we want to embrace the mine, a resource that will be played out in 50 years?" says Verner Wilson, a Yupik Eskimo and Bristol Bay native who works with WWF. "Or do we want...
...which will "salute the people who keep the lights on and produce the energy that helps make human achievement possible." (So if you've ever wanted to throw a party for your local coal plant, this will be your chance.) But Earth Hour is a symbolic act, and as WWF's Roberts points out, "history is littered with symbolic acts that became tipping points." (Read "Solar Power: Eco-Friendly or Environmental Blight...