Species

Ten whale groups slam Atlantic OSW

"There is reason for grave concern."

By David Wojick |2022-12-20T13:19:38-05:00December 21st, 2022|Comments Off

Press release: Public interest groups file comments to protect endangered right whale

Reasons to protect the endangered Right Whale from offshore wind in Virginia.

By CFACT Ed |2022-12-08T10:06:38-05:00December 8th, 2022|Comments Off

Official Coalition Comments on BOEM right whale offshore wind strategy

The proposed right whale Strategy fails to properly address the clearly great risks to the whale population posed by offshore wind operational noise. It also does not address the extensive research required to accurately assess these risks.

By David Wojick |2022-12-05T08:26:24-05:00December 5th, 2022|Comments Off

CFACT official submission on Right Whales and Big Wind

BOEM cannot research, collaborate, minimize, mitigate, monitor, avoid, evaluate, or otherwise strategize its way out of a zero take marine environment for the North Atlantic Right Whale.

By Collister Johnson |2022-11-30T15:33:13-05:00November 30th, 2022|Comments Off

Collister Johnson on “Joe Thomas in the Morning” shreds Dominion’s wind project

"They're gonna be over 700 feet in height; the blades themselves are gonna be longer than a football field. And the right whale is right in the middle of all this and they're very much gonna be in danger."

By CFACT |2022-10-12T13:22:44-04:00October 12th, 2022|Comments Off

James Taylor on OANN: Dominion’s wind project “nail in the coffin” for right whale

The Heartland Institute president said, "But a project like this just literally drives the nail in the coffin of right whales."

By CFACT |2022-10-07T12:36:36-04:00October 7th, 2022|Comments Off

CFACT & Public Interest Groups Hire Counsel to Protect Endangered Right Whale from Offshore Virginia Wind Project

“We are very pleased to have retained the services of a law firm with such extensive expertise in the requirements of federal laws such as NEPA and ESA,” said CFACT President Craig Rucker.

By CFACT |2022-09-30T11:56:50-04:00September 27th, 2022|Comments Off

Wishes and secrets fill Dominion’s offshore wind Plan

When it comes to protecting the whales there is no plan.

By David Wojick |2022-09-19T07:44:10-04:00September 21st, 2022|Comments Off

Cheetahs to return to India in new conservation effort

Conservationists are pursuing an aggressive campaign to reintroduce cheetahs from Africa back into India. Their first destination: Kuno National Park.

By Adam Houser |2022-08-22T10:49:53-04:00August 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Green energy projects in Nevada encounter flak from Green activists

Standing in the way of construction of a state-of-the-art geothermal energy plant in central Nevada is none other than the renowned Dixie Valley toad.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2022-08-05T15:32:32-04:00August 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

Snow Leopard insurance: a free market approach to conservation

The India-based Snow Leopard Trust has pioneered a model of conservation that works with communities to protect the big cats in 12 countries.

By Adam Houser |2022-07-27T12:51:30-04:00July 28th, 2022|Comments Off

How wind turbine cables attract, then harm, brown crabs

According to a new study, the power cables of wind turbines are not just changing the behavior of the crabs, but also their molecular biology.

By Craig Rucker |2022-03-25T17:42:47-04:00March 27th, 2022|Comments Off

Sometimes Conservation is a bear

How do we find the best solutions for both bears, and people too?

By Craig Rucker |2025-03-15T02:52:18-04:00March 17th, 2022|Comments Off

Scientists discover two new fish species in Philippines

Gobi are small, carnivorous fish that are common to tropic locales. There are more than 2,200 species of them throughout the world.

By Adam Houser |2022-02-24T12:10:33-05:00February 25th, 2022|Comments Off

Biden policies unnecessarily pit development against nature

The Biden Administration, in a mad and ineffective rush to stave off climate catastrophe, is confounding those who seek protection of threatened and endangered species and habitat.

By Duggan Flanakin |2022-01-08T11:37:52-05:00January 8th, 2022|Comments Off