Endangered fin whales will receive a temporary reprieve from Iceland's harpoons this summer, but more minke whales will be killed. Consumers are the driving force behind both commercial whale hunts.
Endangered fin whales can breathe a huge sigh of relief: the director of Iceland's only fin whaling company said that his fleet would not hunt fin whales again this year because of difficulties exporting the whale meat to Japan.
The Great Lakes are an indelible part of the quality of life in some of America’s greatest cities (Canada’s too!). But the Trump budget outlined this week clearly represents a threat to the region.
The auction for a federal wind energy area 24 nautical miles east of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina demonstrates just how bright the future is for offshore wind power in America.