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May 21st, 2013, 12:45:55 MDT -0600

Scientists Call on Obama Administration to Keep Gray Wolves Protected Under ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“In these two letters, scientists are simply asking the administration to acknowledge what the research clearly shows — that gray wolves are far from recovered,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “There's ...

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May 21st, 2013, 09:33:41 MDT -0600

Conservationists, NRA Face Off in Court This Week Over Lead Ammo
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
When the EPA refused to evaluate the petition, the Trumpeter Swan Society, Cascades Raptor Center, Center for Biological Diversity, Loon Lake Loon Association, Preserve Our Wildlife, Tennessee Ornithological Society and Western Nebraska Resources ...

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May 20th, 2013, 13:40:32 MDT -0600

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Caltrans
Patch.com
The groups include Native Songbird Care, a Sebastopol-based nonprofit, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Madrone, Marin and Golden Gate Audobon societies. The netting was placed under the bridge earlier this spring to prevent cliff swallows from ...

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May 20th, 2013, 09:53:01 MDT -0600

Lawsuit Against Highway Agencies Targets Deaths of Migratory Swallows
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
The entrapment and killing of swallows violates the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and National Environmental Policy Act. The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Madrone ...

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May 18th, 2013, 23:05:26 MDT -0600

Critical habitat . . . for second graders
Del Rio News Herald
That designation, which we will discuss more in weeks to come, was made following a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2005 by the group Forest Guardians (now WildEarth Guardians), the Center for Biological Diversity and the Save Our ...

 
May 17th, 2013, 14:54:15 MDT -0600

Americans Across the Country Celebrate Endangered Species Day and Mark ...
eNews Park Forest
“The Endangered Species Act has successfully saved many of America's most beloved species, including bald eagles, gray whales and wolves,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director with the Center for Biological Diversity. “In my view, every ...

 
May 17th, 2013, 14:09:56 MDT -0600

The Epoch Times

Agency Consider Listing for Alaska Lake Seals
The Epoch Times
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

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May 17th, 2013, 12:48:17 MDT -0600

NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS LTD. : Northern Dynasty comments on ...
4-traders (press release)
... Lake Iliamna, in response to the Center for Biological Diversity's (CBD) November 2012 submission of a "Petition to List Iliamna Lake Seal, a Distinct Population Segment of Pacific Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) under the Endangered Species Act".

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May 17th, 2013, 12:16:55 MDT -0600

Northern Dynasty comments on National Marine Fisheries Service status review ...
Sacramento Bee
... 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ - The US National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) has announced it will conduct a 12-month assessment of the biological status of harbor seals in Southwest Alaska's Lake Iliamna, in response to the Center for Biological Diversity's ...

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May 17th, 2013, 02:09:14 MDT -0600

Agency to consider listing for lake seals
Juneau Empire (subscription)
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

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May 16th, 2013, 23:21:12 MDT -0600

Anchorage Daily News

Agency to consider listing Iliamna Lake seals as threatened
Anchorage Daily News
An environmental group is seeking endangered species protection for Pacific harbor seals that live in an Alaska lake. The Center for Biological Diversity on Monday petitioned to list 250 to 350 seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage.

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May 16th, 2013, 20:42:41 MDT -0600

NOAA Will Look at an ESA Listing for the Iliamna Lake Seals
KDLG
The status review is in response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to list the seals under the Endangered Species Act. Estimates vary but the Center for Biological Diversity believes there are between 250 to 350 adult harbor seals in Iliamna ...

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May 16th, 2013, 20:14:02 MDT -0600

Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals
KTVB
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

 
May 16th, 2013, 19:51:32 MDT -0600

Agency To Consider Alaska Lake Seals As Threatened
Alaska Public Radio Network
The National Marine Fisheries Service says it has accepted a Center for Biological Diversity petition to list seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The agency has a Nov. 19 deadline to perform a status review of the seals, estimated ...

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May 16th, 2013, 17:42:51 MDT -0600

Agency to consider listing Alaska seals as threatened; decision could affect ...
Daily Journal
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

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May 16th, 2013, 17:29:37 MDT -0600

Rare Alaska Freshwater Seals One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act ...
eNews Park Forest
ANCHORAGE --(ENEWSPF)--May 16 - In response to a scientific petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity in November, the federal government announced today that Alaska's Iliamna Lake seals may need protection under the Endangered Species ...

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May 16th, 2013, 17:05:47 MDT -0600

A Seal Problem
14 News WFIE Evansville
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

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May 16th, 2013, 16:55:00 MDT -0600

Alaska lake seals considered for threatened or endangered listing
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

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May 16th, 2013, 15:57:15 MDT -0600

Alaska Dispatch

Freshwater seals of Lake Iliamna enlisted in Pebble Mine clash
Alaska Dispatch
The Center for Biological Diversity, a California-based group that has fought in court to protect polar bears and other Alaska species, requested the six-month review and asked that the seals be protected in areas designated as critical habitat. The Pebble ...

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May 16th, 2013, 13:40:41 MDT -0600

Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan
Alaskajournal.com
An environmental group has given formal notice it will go to court to force the federal government to complete a recovery plan for threatened polar bears. The Center for Biological Diversity on May 15 gave 60-day notice it also will sue to force the U.S. Fish and ...

 
May 16th, 2013, 13:01:17 MDT -0600

Federal agency agrees to consider Alaska freshwater lake seals as threatened ...
The Republic
The agency said it has accepted a petition filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity, kicking off a status review of the seals that live in Iliamna Lake 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. The animals are the only known U.S. freshwater population of ...

 
May 16th, 2013, 05:03:01 MDT -0600

Nevada Eagle Mine Acquisition For Lake Mead National Recreation Area Gets ...
Watch List News (press release)
The many supporters of the project include Center for Biological Diversity, Nevada Conservative League, Outside Las Vegas Foundation, Protectors of Tule Springs, Scenic Nevada, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Nevada Conservation League, the Nevada ...

 
May 16th, 2013, 01:02:59 MDT -0600

Bladderpod: Agreement may not allow for more public comment
TheNewsTribune.com
At Wednesday's regular meeting, Commission Chairman Rick Miller said a settlement agreement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Department of the Interior -- Fish and Wildlife's parent agency -- specifically prohibits another comment ...

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May 15th, 2013, 19:50:02 MDT -0600

Groups sue over Del Norte County highway project
U-T San Diego
A group called Friends of Del Norte, a second group called the Environmental Protection Information Center and the third group - the Center for Biological Diversity - filed suit in state court Wednesday challenging a California Department of Transportation ...

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May 15th, 2013, 18:52:33 MDT -0600

Environment News Service

Loud Seismic Tests Probed for Harm to Whales, Dolphins
Environment News Service
That lawsuit, filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and the Gulf Restoration Network, remains active in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana. “Seismic surveys have a vast environmental footprint – and in ...

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May 15th, 2013, 17:28:01 MDT -0600

3 conservation groups sue to try to stop highway project in far Northern California
The Republic
A group called Friends of Del Norte, a second group called the Environmental Protection Information Center and the third group — the Center for Biological Diversity — filed suit in state court Wednesday challenging a California Department of Transportation ...

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May 15th, 2013, 15:36:53 MDT -0600

Group will sue feds to force polar bear recovery plan
Anchorage Daily News
The Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday gave 60-day notice it also will sue to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to complete a required five-year status review of the bears found along the northern coast of Alaska and other Arctic regions.

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May 15th, 2013, 13:32:16 MDT -0600

Suit Filed Against Destructive Caltrans Highway-widening Project in Remote Del ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
Friends of Del Norte, Center for Biological Diversity, and Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) filed suit in state court challenging the $26 million “197/199 Safe STAA Access Project.” The project would increase unsafe heavy and oversized truck ...

 
May 15th, 2013, 13:10:09 MDT -0600

Environmental groups announces intent to sue over lack of federal polar bear ...
The Republic
The Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday gave 60-day notice it also will sue to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to complete a required five-year status review of the bears found along the northern coast of Alaska and other Arctic regions.

 
May 15th, 2013, 12:33:07 MDT -0600

Conservationists sue feds over Big Cypress trails
WPEC
The Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and other groups filed a lawsuit against the park service Wednesday in Fort Myers federal court. They say nearly 150 miles of trails across two sections of the preserve violate the Endangered Species Act and ...

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May 15th, 2013, 12:24:50 MDT -0600

On 5th Anniversary of Federal Listing for Polar Bears, Lawsuit Launched to ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO— On the fifth anniversary of polar bears' placement on the endangered species list, the Center for Biological Diversity today launched federal litigation challenging the Obama administration's failure to consider “endangered” status for the ...

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May 15th, 2013, 10:50:21 MDT -0600

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Big Cypress and Florida Panthers From Off-road Vehicles
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“Big Cypress is prime habitat for the Florida panther, and protection of big open spaces where animals like panthers can roam undisturbed is the primary purpose of the preserve,” said Jaclyn Lopez, a Florida attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.

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May 15th, 2013, 07:22:55 MDT -0600

NRA Admits Ignorance About Lead Ammo's Lethal Toll on Endangered Condors
Kansas City infoZine
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter today to NRA head Wayne LaPierre in response to an unusual request from the gun group seeking information about how lead ammunition poisons endangered California condors.

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May 14th, 2013, 13:48:05 MDT -0600

Human Events

Now boarding the Obama Administration scandal train: the EPA
Human Events
Those requests came from the Natural Resources Defense Council, EarthJustice, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, The Waterkeeper Alliance, Greenpeace, Southern Environmental Law Center and the Center for Biological Diversity.

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May 14th, 2013, 12:25:45 MDT -0600

Recovered Arkansas Snail Removed From Endangered Species List
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
... Mountain shagreen is another great example of the power of the Endangered Species Act, which has prevented the extinction of hundreds of plants and animals across the country,” said Tierra Curry, a biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Without ...

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May 14th, 2013, 11:21:17 MDT -0600

Endangered Species Day May 17 Is Part of Year-long Celebration of ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
Who: The Center for Biological Diversity, the nation's leading conservation group on endangered species, has experts available to talk about every facet of the Act, including its history, legal issues and species success stories with local, regional and national ...

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May 14th, 2013, 10:49:19 MDT -0600

NRA Admits Ignorance of Basic Facts About Lead Ammo's Lethal Toll on ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“The Center for Biological Diversity is happy to provide you with the requested information and be of service in bringing the NRA up to date on this critical issue,” wrote Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center. “At the risk of being too forward, may I ...

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May 14th, 2013, 01:02:45 MDT -0600

First 'take' permit issued for endangered Condor
Tehachapi News
Adam Keats, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, which sued to prevent development, called the plan "a joke." "There's no habitat conservation happening. It's a habitat destruction plan," he said. Pushed nearly to the brink of extinction in the ...

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May 13th, 2013, 14:13:35 MDT -0600

As Carbon Levels Approach Terrifying Milestone, Climate Study Predicts ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“The terrifying loss of biodiversity predicted by this study shows that climate chaos will fundamentally transform our planet,” said Shaye Wolf, climate science director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “But President Obama and other leaders can still save ...

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May 12th, 2013, 01:04:15 MDT -0600

Supervisors reject bid to block biomass facility
Sacramento Bee
Following a public hearing in Auburn last week, the supervisors denied the Center for Biological Diversity's request to set aside the county Planning Commission's approval of the Cabin Creek Biomass Facility project. But the supervisors added seven ...

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May 10th, 2013, 19:09:51 MDT -0600

Tampabay.com

Dredging permit denied for Pasco's SunWest park channel project
Tampabay.com
Opponents included the National Marine Fisheries Service, Center for Biological Diversity, Gulf Coast Conservancy, Save the Manatee Club, Sierra Club of Florida, Florida Wildlife Federation and Gulf Restoration Network. "The mission of the U.S. Army Corps ...

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May 10th, 2013, 15:07:46 MDT -0600

Feds Finally Examining Impacts of Oil Industry's Seismic Blasts on Marine ...
eNews Park Forest
“Whales and dolphins in the Gulf depend on sound for communication and finding food, but these blasts — sometimes as loud as an explosion — make it all but impossible,” said Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

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May 9th, 2013, 16:48:45 MDT -0600

Townsend's Big-eared Bat One Step Closer to Protection Under California ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife released a report today finding that the Townsend's big-eared bat may warrant protection as an endangered species under ...

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May 9th, 2013, 12:11:10 MDT -0600

Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary Jewell Not to Strip Wolf Protections ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
The letter, addressed to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, is signed by the chief executives of the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Endangered Species Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club.

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May 9th, 2013, 11:28:53 MDT -0600

Boulder Weekly

A batty battle
Boulder Weekly
“I think [the new plan] had to do with direct pressure from the caving community,” says Mollie Matteson, conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. Her nonprofit is filing an appeal against the recent Forest Service decision, arguing that it ...

 
May 9th, 2013, 00:17:21 MDT -0600

New Forest Service cave policy faces a challenge
Summit County Citizens Voice
In its appeal, the Center for Biological Diversity said that required decontamination procedures are questionable at best under field conditions, and that mandatory closures of caves when white-nose syndrome is detected within 250 miles doesn't go far ...

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May 8th, 2013, 07:11:09 MDT -0600

All California Oil and Gas Lease Sales Postponed
Kansas City infoZine
The judge's ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club. It was the first court opinion to find a federal lease sale invalid for failing to address the risks of fracking. The BLM cites sequester-related budget ...

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May 7th, 2013, 17:24:36 MDT -0600

BLM Postpones All California Oil and Gas Lease Sales After Fracking Legal Victory
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
The judge's ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club. It was the first court opinion to find a federal lease sale invalid for failing to address the risks of fracking. The BLM cites sequester-related budget ...

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May 7th, 2013, 13:03:24 MDT -0600

Appeal Filed Against Weakening of Bat Protections by Forest Service in Rocky ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
... under pressure from a narrow interest group, the Forest Service should maintain the strongest protections possible for bats in the face of this unprecedented wildlife epidemic,” said Mollie Matteson, a bat specialist with the Center for Biological Diversity.

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May 6th, 2013, 14:53:58 MDT -0600

US Agrees To Propose Protected Habitats For Endangered Sea Turtles
Personal Liberty Digest
Under an agreement reached between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Oceana, the federal agency has until July 1 to propose protected feeding, breeding and migratory habitat ...

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May 6th, 2013, 08:05:25 MDT -0600

Settlement Reached to Safeguard Critical Ocean, Beach Habitat for Atlantic ...
WebWire (press release)
San Francisco, - -Endangered loggerhead sea turtles won a federal commitment to protect critical nesting-beach and ocean habitat in a legal settlement filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court between conservation groups Center for Biological Diversity, ...

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May 5th, 2013, 17:19:09 MDT -0600

Latinos Post

740 Shoreline Miles in Six States Set for Loggerhead Turtle Protections
Latinos Post
The lawsuit was initiated by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana Inc. and Turtle Island Restoration and asserted the long-term survival of the otherwise long-lived marine turtles was threatened by oil spills and other pollution, climate change, rising seas ...

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May 4th, 2013, 05:09:21 MDT -0600

TopNews United States

US Agrees to Look for Suitable Nesting, Migratory Habitat for Endangered Sea ...
TopNews United States
The agreement was held between the wildlife service and the groups Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Oceana. They have given time till July 1 of this year to suggest feeding, breeding and migratory habitat in the waters of ...

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May 4th, 2013, 04:01:44 MDT -0600

US commits to protecting loggerhead sea turtle habitat by 2014
Reuters
The lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana Inc and Turtle Island Restoration said the marine turtles' long-term survival was threatened by destruction or degradation of nesting and foraging habitats, oil spills and other pollution, climate ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 18:28:46 MDT -0600

Advocates say they have lost ground in getting federal protection for lesser ...
Las Cruces Sun-News
Jay Lininger of the Center for Biological Diversity said the rule that would decrease the U.S. Endangered Species Act's normal protections for the prairie chicken. Similar rules lessened protection for polar bears and have been proposed for wolverines, he said ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 17:26:22 MDT -0600

Lesser prairie chicken doesn't get federal protection
Alamogordo Daily News
Jay Lininger of the Center for Biological Diversity said the rule that would decrease the U.S. Endangered Species Act's normal protections for the prairie chicken. Similar rules lessened protection for polar bears and have been proposed for wolverines, he said ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 15:46:19 MDT -0600

Proposed Endangered Species Act Protection for Rare Bird Weakened
eNews Park Forest
At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature - to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 15:12:53 MDT -0600

Feds revise proposal for lesser prairie chicken
Burleson Star
The agency says the rule would foster conservation, but the Center for Biological Diversity says the measure would allow habitat-destroying activities to continue and limit protections for the bird. Oil, gas and wind producers have been developing habitat ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 13:53:24 MDT -0600

Environmentalists criticize effort by feds to revise proposal for lesser prairie chicken
The Republic
The agency says the rule would foster conservation, but the Center for Biological Diversity says the measure would allow habitat-destroying activities to continue and limit protections for the bird. Oil, gas and wind producers have been developing habitat ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 08:59:17 MDT -0600

Settlement Reached to Safeguard Critical Ocean, Beach Habitat for
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO— Endangered loggerhead sea turtles won a federal commitment to protect critical nesting-beach and ocean habitat in a legal settlement filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court between conservation groups Center for Biological Diversity, ...

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May 3rd, 2013, 03:07:43 MDT -0600

WorldPoultry.net

US: FDA sued over arsenic in animal feed
WorldPoultry.net
The suit, filed by the Center for Food Safety, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the Center for Biological Diversity and six other US food safety, agriculture, public health and environmental groups, seeks a response to the groups' 2009 petition calling ...

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May 2nd, 2013, 07:49:14 MDT -0600

Courthouse News Service

Watchdogs Blast EPA for Allowing Arsenic in Chicken & Swine Feed
Courthouse News Service
Here are the plaintiffs: Center for Food Safety; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Biological Diversity; Food Animal Concerns Trust; Food and Water Watch; Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Health ...

 
May 2nd, 2013, 01:11:14 MDT -0600

One Mexican Wolf Killed; Two Pairs Transferred for Release into the Wild
Public News Service
Michael Robinson, conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, said while he is pleased about the announcement of the release of two pairs of Mexican wolves, he has reservations about how the program is being run overall. "We believe ...

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May 1st, 2013, 16:33:03 MDT -0600

Assembly committee OKs moratorium on fracking in California
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Assembly Bill 1301, introduced by Assembly Member Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), is backed by a host of statewide environmental organizations including the Center for Biological Diversity, Food & Water Watch, and Clean Water Action. That bill and AB ...

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May 1st, 2013, 13:35:58 MDT -0600

EPA Refuses to Curb Deadly Coal Mine Pollution
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
A coalition of groups — including WildEarth Guardians, Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and Environmental Integrity Project, represented by the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice — filed a petition in 2010 asking the EPA to curtail the ...

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May 1st, 2013, 10:32:54 MDT -0600

Lawsuit Filed to Get Arsenic Out of Animal Feed, Protect Public Health
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
WASHINGTON— The Center for Food Safety, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the Center for Biological Diversity and six other U.S. food safety, agriculture, public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to compel the Food and ...

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April 30th, 2013, 22:17:48 MDT -0600

SunHerald.com

Agency to create plan for saving South Mississippi's endangered dusky gopher ...
SunHerald.com
Under the agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network, the Fish and Wildlife Service will present a draft plan by the end of 2013 and a final plan by June 2015. Also called Mississippi gopher frogs, they have been protected ...

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April 30th, 2013, 13:56:57 MDT -0600

Sister of OR-7 Died in Foothold Trap: Third Radio-collared Oregon Wolf Killed in ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“Crossing the border into Idaho was a death sentence for this wolf,” said Amaroq Weiss, West Coast wolf organizer at the Center for Biological Diversity. “What a heartbreaking paradox — one wolf from this pack, OR-7, is world-renowned and beloved, while ...

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April 30th, 2013, 12:34:05 MDT -0600

Examiner.com

Mexico may face US import ban for killing thousands of sea turtles
Examiner.com
The Center for Biological Diversity announced on Tuesday that it has joined with Turtle Island Restoration Network to bring litigation that could put a ban on some Mexican imports in order to reduce the alarming loss of sea turtles that get caught in nets ...

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April 30th, 2013, 12:05:13 MDT -0600

National Academy of Sciences Study: Feds Are Failing to Protect Endangered ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“This report should jump-start a major reform of the EPA's deeply flawed approach to approving powerful pesticides,” said Jonathan Evans, toxics and endangered species campaign director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The agency urgently needs to ...

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April 30th, 2013, 12:04:25 MDT -0600

Marine experts seek Mexico trade sanctions to stop mass killing of sea turtles
allvoices
The Center for Biological Diversity announced on Tuesday that it has joined with Turtle Island Restoration Network to bring litigation that could put a ban on some Mexican imports in order to reduce the alarming loss of sea turtles that get caught in nets ...

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April 30th, 2013, 11:55:11 MDT -0600

Agreement Will Speed Recovery of Endangered Mississippi Frog
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
The Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network today announced an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requiring the agency to develop a recovery plan for endangered dusky gopher frogs. Under the agreement, the dusky ...

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April 30th, 2013, 10:18:42 MDT -0600

Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Win Key Vote in California Legislature
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
A.B. 1301 — sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity, Food & Water Watch and Clean Water Action — is supported by the California Nurses Association, Breast Cancer Action, Family Farm Defenders and more than 100 other health, labor, ...

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April 30th, 2013, 04:18:06 MDT -0600

Endangered Species 'Mega-Suit' Dismissed
PCT Magazine
The Mega Suit” (Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America v. Environmental Protection Agency) has been drawn out for a number of years, and has its roots in EPA's Endangered Species Act, which requires EPA to consult ...

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April 29th, 2013, 22:17:34 MDT -0600

Courthouse News Service

Calif. Frogs and Toad May Get Federal Protection
Courthouse News Service
The three Endangered Species Act listing proposals stem from a 2011 settlement between the USFWS and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) environmental group, which filed suit challenging the agency's prior "warranted, but precluded" findings for ...

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April 29th, 2013, 10:56:01 MDT -0600

Protection Sought for Wildlife, Children Threatened by d-CON Rat Poisons
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
American Bird Conservancy, the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club, represented by the public-interest law firm Earthjustice, filed a motion to intervene in EPA proceedings to uphold an order to restrict certain rodenticides ...

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April 27th, 2013, 12:02:41 MDT -0600

Yellow-legged frog could get federal protection
The Record-Courier
The service added the frogs to the candidate list in 2003 in response to litigation from the Center for Biological Diversity, but the listing was delayed by higher-priority species, according to a press release from the nonprofit. The amphibians' numbers and ...

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April 26th, 2013, 09:27:11 MDT -0600

New Agreement Moves Rare Orchid, Marten, Turtle, Marsh Bird Closer to ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requiring the agency to consider Endangered Species Act protection for 10 species over the next five years, including the ...

 
April 26th, 2013, 05:33:02 MDT -0600

Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Pesticide Registrations
Wisconsin Ag Connection
A U.S. magistrate judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Pesticide Action Network North America claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Endangered Species Act by not consulting with the ...

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April 25th, 2013, 14:06:24 MDT -0600

Study: Bat-killing Disease Will Wipe Out Indiana Bats in Much of Current Range
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“While it's been clear for a long time that white-nose syndrome is a disaster for North American bats, these findings paint a stark picture of a species heading directly for the abyss,” said Mollie Matteson, a bat specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity.

 
April 25th, 2013, 13:59:54 MDT -0600

TVA's Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant Challenged in Court
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
The Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, Tennessee Environmental Council, Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity are represented by Earthjustice and Southern Environmental Law Center in the suit. The Gallatin Fossil Plant is more than 50 years ...

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April 25th, 2013, 12:42:13 MDT -0600

Habitat plan for rare plant in Riverside County called inadequate
Los Angeles Times
In response to a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this month designated the small area just west of Lake Elsinore as critical habitat for Munz's onion. The Fish and Wildlife Service also rejected the center's ...

 
April 25th, 2013, 11:59:02 MDT -0600

TucsonSentinel.com

Enviros renew call for ban on lead ammo in condor's range
TucsonSentinel.com
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity renewed its call for a ban on lead ammunition in that area when it announced recently that seven of the 80 California condors in Arizona and Utah have died since last December. Lead poisoning has been ...

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April 25th, 2013, 11:55:33 MDT -0600

Bingham McCutchen LLP | Environmental Groups Continue Their Attacks on ...
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
On April 17, 2013, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club (together, “Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) in the Northern District of California, alleging BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act ...

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April 25th, 2013, 10:43:53 MDT -0600

Environmental impacts of retrofitting aging coal facility not addressed
eNews Park Forest
The Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, Tennessee Environmental Council, Sierra Club, and Center for Biological Diversity are represented by Earthjustice and Southern Environmental Law Center in the suit. The Gallatin Fossil Plant is more than fifty ...

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April 25th, 2013, 10:30:09 MDT -0600

Endangered Frog From Mississippi, Louisiana Gets Help in Federal Court
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
NEW ORLEANS— The Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network today moved to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by a private landowner challenging habitat protections for dusky gopher frogs. The environmental groups seek to defend ...

 
April 25th, 2013, 09:01:33 MDT -0600

Arizona Capitol Times

Environmental group renews call for ban on lead ammunition in condor's range
Arizona Capitol Times
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity renewed its call for a ban on lead ammunition in that area when it announced recently that seven of the 80 California condors in Arizona and Utah have died since last December. Lead poisoning has been ...

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April 25th, 2013, 02:55:28 MDT -0600

Environmental groups challenge more BLM leases based on district court's ...
Lexology (registration)
... United States District Court for the Northern District of California's decision that BLM failed to fully evaluate the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing operations in granting oil and gas leases (see April 11, 2013, post), the Center for Biological Diversity and ...

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April 24th, 2013, 22:14:32 MDT -0600

California judge dismisses Endangered Species Act “Mega” lawsuit
Delta Farm Press
In granting a motion to dismiss the groups' “Mega” lawsuit, Judge Joseph C. Spero said the plaintiffs – the Center for Biological Diversity and the Pesticide Action Network North America – had not alleged specific government actions sufficient for the lawsuit to ...

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April 24th, 2013, 19:58:54 MDT -0600

Investigation: New Mexico Animal Shot by Wildlife Services Agent Was a ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
19 shooting of the young, female wolf near the territory of the San Mateo wolf pack in New Mexico was revealed by the Albuquerque Journal following a tip from the Center for Biological Diversity. The Fish and Wildlife Service had previously reported that “no ...

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April 24th, 2013, 17:58:38 MDT -0600

Yellow frog, Yosemite toad close to ESA protection
KRNV My News 4
Yosemite toads are threatened primarily by livestock grazing, climate change and pesticides. The proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday includes designating 2 million acres of critical habitat. The Center for Biological Diversity ...

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April 24th, 2013, 17:36:44 MDT -0600

Sierra Nevada toad and frog could get federal protection
Los Angeles Times
The proposal came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, which argued that listing the toads and frogs as endangered would hasten the development of protection and recovery plans to ensure their survival. Today, the toad is ...

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April 24th, 2013, 16:47:08 MDT -0600

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. | District Court Dismisses Complaint in Omnibus ...
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
In a decision with enormous implications for pesticide registrants, on April 22, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a complaint in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. EPA, a case often referred to as the "Mega-ESA" ...

 
April 24th, 2013, 15:43:31 MDT -0600

Feds propose listing yellow-legged frog and Yosemite toad for endangered ...
The Republic
Yosemite toads are threatened primarily by livestock grazing, climate change and pesticides, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which has pushed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to speed up protection decisions. "Not too long ago, ...

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April 24th, 2013, 13:31:43 MDT -0600

Sierra Nevada Frog and Toad Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection ...
eNews Park Forest
(ENEWSPF)--April 24 - In accordance with an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed federal Endangered Species Act protection for Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs and Yosemite toads, along ...

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April 24th, 2013, 12:17:56 MDT -0600

Sierra Nevada Frog and Toad Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection,
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
In accordance with an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed federal Endangered Species Act protection for Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs and Yosemite toads, along with more than 2 million ...

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April 24th, 2013, 08:39:21 MDT -0600

Sidley Austin LLP | This Week in Hydraulic Fracturing
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit claiming the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) in allegedly failing to assess the alleged environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing ...

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April 24th, 2013, 07:36:08 MDT -0600

Fracking Moratorium Bill Attracts Support from Nurses, Farmers, Cancer Group
Kansas City infoZine
“Assembly Member Bloom's bill to protect our state from fracking pollution is supported by nurses, farmers and many other Californians,” said Rose Braz of the Center for Biological Diversity. “We're working together to stop fracking from contaminating our air ...

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April 24th, 2013, 06:09:21 MDT -0600

Endangered Species Act lawsuit dismissed
agprofessional.com
The U.S. District Court of Northern California granted motions brought by both CropLife America (CLA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismiss the lawsuit Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America v.

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April 23rd, 2013, 19:05:29 MDT -0600

CALIF. FARM BUREAU SETTLES WITH CALTRANS OVER BYPASS LAWSUIT
KIEM
The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Willits Environmental Center and Environmental Protection Information Center believed Caltrans should have considered an alternate route that would go through town and have fewer impacts to the wetlands.

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