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Most of the wild sloths imported by a planned tourist attraction in Orlando did not survive.

The Florida Attorney General’s office announced a criminal investigation into the deaths of dozens of sloths at a now-shuttered Orlando business, a development that signals a new level of animal-welfare accountability in the commercial wildlife trade. 

Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into Sloth World After Dozens of Animal Deaths

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North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek

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Since 2023, the city of Durham has fined Brenntag $157,000 for violations related to water contamination.

DURHAM, N.C.—Acetone and ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and “mucilaginous goo.”

North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek

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Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company

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For the retired shrimper, the 8,000-mile trip to Formosa Plastics’ annual shareholder meeting in Taipei was part of a strategy of being relentless.

The Resistance, Part 2: Three Gulf Coast environmentalists confront Formosa Plastics Corp. at its shareholders meeting.

Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company

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America Is Policing Foreign Waters, but Gutting Domestic Protections

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The U.S. government’s recent deployment of visa restrictions for international illegal fishing exposes a dichotomy between how it wields power at home versus away.

While the Trump administration systematically unravels marine protections at home, it appears to be enforcing far higher conservation standards abroad.

America Is Policing Foreign Waters, but Gutting Domestic Protections

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