Endangered Caribbean reef sharks and other shark species are making a striking recovery in Belize after plummeting due to overfishing between 2009 and 2019, according to recent observations.

Experts say the establishment of no-shark-fishing zones around Belize’s three atolls in 2021 is what enabled the population boom.

By Marco Lopez
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/caribbean-reef-sharks-rebound-in-belize-with-shark-fishers-help/

The wealthy who own property on the Florida coast are the same people who voted for these cuts. Their fanatical desire for lower taxes at all costs won't help when the next hurricane rips away the shoreline and drowns their homes. #environment
https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2025/03/06/florida-beaches-scientist-fired-doge-hurricanes/

In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they call “omen birds,” or birds they say sing messages from spirits, Mongabay’s Sonam Lama Hyolmo reported in November 2024.

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/indigenous-schools-ensure-next-generations-protect-borneos-omen-birds/

Nepal's pioneering community-based conservation work has helped arrest the decline of red pandas, which number fewer than 10,000 globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/14/wildlife/nepal-red-panda-conservation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #redpandas #environment #endangered #nepal

The EPA is rolling back environmental regulation, but most Americans support climate policies, study finds

Two-thirds of Americans support a transition to clean energy by 2050, and 3 out of 4 support regulating carbon emissions

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-climate-change-opinions/

A reminder of what the Bay looked like before environmental regulation—open dumping of industrial waste, raw sewage, and fuel, and constant oil spills.

Before EPA and laws like the Clean Water Act, America's waters were choked with pollution. Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which became a symbol of environmental degradation in the 60s, was so polluted that it repeatedly caught fire.

Today, it's estimated that the #CleanWaterAct alone prevents 700 *billion* pounds of toxic pollution from entering US waters every single year.

We MUST defend these vital laws and institutions.

#EPA #bayarea #sanfranciscobay #SFBay #environment #waterpollution

Photos courtesy of EPA's historic archive

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“The environment is very cluttered already. Satellites are constantly dodging right and left. As long as we are emitting greenhouse gases, we are increasing the probability that we see more collision events between objects in #space.” https://www.texasobserver.org/earth-orbit-satellites-greenhouse-gases-spacex/

Check out all the environmental protections that Trump's EPA wants to remove!

https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-deregulation-plans-list-actions-5fb7fc1d24f54f193d585643c8fba79f

In 2025, Mongabay will be increasing coverage of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals. As part of this effort, we are hosting a webinar on March 27, 2025, to discuss how journalists can improve reporting on their illegal trade. Don’t miss this important conversation. Live on YouTube and LinkedIn.

Register: https://forms.gle/ZEkevwtD8SVKkvzZA

This is it! Hurrah!! Today is the big day!!!

If you're a United Statesian like me, today is the day — March 13, 2025 — when we have reached our country's maximum annual allotment of ecological consumption. If everyone on Earth lived like we do in the USA, there would now be nothing left to consume for the rest of the year. It would be all used up.

So, as of tomorrow, everyone here will stop driving, stop flying, stop shopping online, and...

Wait, what? That's not how it works? We're not going to stop??

Oh shit.

https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/

If you are caught cutting down the Amazon Rainforest illegally, chances are you will get off without being required to pay for the environmental damage. According to a recent report, only 5% of offenders have paid court-ordered fines for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

By Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/only-5-of-deforesters-in-brazils-amazon-fully-paid-fines-report-finds/

Trump administration plans to give dirty US coal plants a reprieve on soot https://www.bocvip.com/790357/trump-administration-plans-to-give-dirty-us-coal-plants-a-reprieve-on-soot/ #environment

CEO optimism receding in Trump’s uneasy policy environment

CEO confidence in the economic environment has pulled back since the 2024 election, according to the latest Business…
#Environment
https://www.europesays.com/1908397/

RECAP: Thousands of Americans attended Stand Up for Science rallies on March 7th, to protest against Trump budget cuts and attacks on science.

Our reporters @alexip718, Noah Daly, and Jenny Morber were on the ground reporting from Atlanta, New York, and Seattle:

https://www.thexylom.com/post/across-america-protesters-stand-up-for-science-oppose-trump-and-doge-cuts

https://www.europesays.com/1908093/ EPA announces range of rollbacks on environmental regulations #business #DonaldTrump #Environment #LawAndCrime #Politics #TopStories #U.S.

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o

Amazon Rainforest Cut Down To Build New Road For COP Climate Summit https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/amazon-rainforest-cop-climate-summit/

From our friends at @grist: At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. But #space is getting crowded.
https://www.texasobserver.org/earth-orbit-satellites-greenhouse-gases-spacex/

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