Efforts are On to Stop the Killing of Sharks
Ten months after releasing a report revealing the planet’s top 20 shark-fishing catchers, the Pew Environment Group is expressing concern about new images and video taken in Taiwan that detail…
Study Reveals Reasons for Fake Medicines
A Pew study recommends legislative fixes to reduce risks of counterfeit, adulterated and substandard pharmaceuticals. According to a new white paper by the Pew Health Group, Americans’ medicines are increasingly…
Now Bahamas Acts to Protect Sharks
Sharks in The Bahamas can breathe more easily after the nation’s government announced today that all commercial shark fishing in the approximately 630,000 square kilometers (243,244 square miles) of the…
Grand Canyon Threatened by Mining Claims
As the Obama administration considers whether to put federal land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park off limits to future mining claims, a report by the Pew Environment Group shows many…
Shark Populations Dwindle; Face Extinction
A decade after members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) approved an international plan to conserve sharks, a new analysis finds that it has yet to…