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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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Proposed Endangered Species Act Protection for Rare Bird WeakenedCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)... enhance wildlife conservation to lock the lesser prairie chicken into small areas of habitat, preclude their recovery, and give blanket approval to industrial activities that are pushing them to extinction,” said Jay Lininger with the Center for ...and more » |
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TVA's Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant Challenged in CourtCenter 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 ...and more » |
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California Fishery Declared One of Deadliest for Endangered WhalesCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)It just shouldn't happen,” said Catherine Kilduff with the Center for Biological Diversity. “These incredible whales are already struggling against climate change, loud noises from military exercises and other threats. At the very least we should be ... |
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EPA Evades Wide-Ranging Endangered Species Pesticide SuitLaw360 (subscription)Simply asserting one ESA claim regarding the government's registration of the 382 pesticides is not enough because the Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America have not alleged any single act that covers all of them, ... |
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Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing?KTUU.comThis latest development has sparked a debate between the Center for Biological Diversity and the Pebble Partnership. Biologists say these freshwater seals are the only population in the United States. They say the seals' unique environment and ... |
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Endangered Frog From Mississippi, Louisiana Gets Help in Federal CourtCenter 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 ... |
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Lawsuit filed over bird deaths at Petaluma bridge projectSanta Rosa Press Democrat“There have been problems with netting at other Caltrans sites, so this should have been a known event,” said Jeff Miller, conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity, also a plaintiff in the case. No date has been set for a hearing ... |
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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 ... |
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Stewarding our coastal dunesTimes-Standard... us as the group that opened up the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center. We are all of those things and more, including being a group working to involve the community in restoring the natural diversity of coastal environments by removing invasive, non ... |
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Thwarted by MoonlightNew York Times (blog)Mary E. Blair is a postdoctoral researcher in the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, where she coordinates the Enhancing Diversity in Conservation Science Initiative. March 28, 2013. The full moon rose above ... |
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Farms and watersheds presentation June 6Rockford Register StarROCKFORD — Dr. Laura Jackson, professor of biology at the University of Northern Iowa, will give a presentation on farms and watersheds from 7 to 8:30 p.m. June 6 at Severson Dells Nature Center, 8786 Montague Road, Rockford. Jackson's presentation ... |
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PLoS Blogs (blog) |
Learning to read the tree of lifePLoS Blogs (blog)For biologists, the “tree of life” stands for both the unity and diversity of life. But are students and non-scientists ... as microevolution — are rampant. However, understanding macroevolution — the big picture of biological evolution, including ... |
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Infosurhoy |
Brazil: Acre confronts biopiracy - InfoSur HoyInfosurhoyThe murmuru fruit is at the center of a civil suit filed with Brazil's Federal Public Ministry. The Ashaninka ... “Our focus is on the human rights of traditional peoples and the Convention on Biological Diversity, which was established during ECO-92 ... |
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Rule on inadvertent killings upsets prairie chicken defendersABQ Journal... enhance wildlife conservation to lock the lesser prairie chicken into small areas of habitat, preclude their recovery, and give blanket approval to industrial activities that are pushing them to extinction,” said Jay Lininger with the Center for ... |
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Suit filed over 199/197 planDaily TriplicateThe suit was filed jointly by the local group Friends of Del Norte, the Arcata-based Environmental Protection Information Center and the national Center for Biological Diversity. “For more than five years our organization has been identifying water ... |
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Some hitch' questions are hard to answerLake County Record-BeeThe Fish and Game Commission (CFGC) voted 2-1 on March 6 to advance the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) petition for the threatened species designation for the hitch to candidacy status, which initiated a one-year review period for DFW officials ... |
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Critical habitat . . . for second gradersDel Rio News HeraldThat 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 ... |
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Bill would reverse fumigant phase-outAgri-ViewBecause of this, the Sierra Club, Center for Environmental Health, Defenders of Wildlife, and Center for Biological Diversity oppose Dow's efforts to expand sulfuryl fluoride production. Jay Feldman, director of Beyond Pesticides, says, “Before the ... |
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Big Basin's first general plan approvedMonterey County HeraldThat vote came over the objections of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Audubon Society and the Center for Biological Diversity, as well as park neighbors concerned about how the plan would affect them. Environmental concerns focused on the ...and more » |
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Oil Lobbyists Oversee Protection of Threatened LizardPermianbasin360"This is a case of the fox guarding the hen house," said Jay Lininger, biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity, which has already taken steps to sue over the state-federal conservation plan. "If the oil and gas industry is regulating itself ... |
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First 'take' permit issued for endangered CondorTehachapi NewsAdam 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 ... |
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Capital Press |
Farmers oppose sagebrush planCapital PressAlford charges that the agency filed notice of its intent to list the bladderpod and other endangered species as part of a lawsuit settlement last year between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Center for Biological Diversity, an ...and more » |
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Politico |
Is condor ruling a slippery slopePoliticoBut allowing even one condor death is the start of a slippery slope, says Lisa Belenky, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, a group that frequently sues the government over wildlife issues. “I do think one is significant with ...and more » |
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Wandering wolf captured againABQ JournalMichael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity disagreed, saying Fish and Wildlife was only required to capture the wolf if it established a territory outside the recovery area. Still, Robinson said he did not fault the decision to capture the ...and more » |
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Bladderpod: Agreement may not allow for more public commentMid Columbia Tri City HeraldAt 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 ... |
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Groups sue over Del Norte County highway projectSacramento BeeA 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 ... |
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TakePart |
North America's Most Endangered Mammal Receives a GiftTakePartsays Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity. "But the Mexican wolf is far from successfully reintroduced. Despite our best efforts, not many people seem to know about these wolves, and some that do are working tirelessly to exterminate ... |
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Calif. DOT Hit With Enviro Suit Over $26M Highway ExpansionLaw360 (subscription)Friends of Del Norte, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Environmental Protection Information Center contend that the project will dangerously increase the likelihood of accidents and toxic spills near certain habitats during the winter, when ... |
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Supervisors reject bid to block biomass facilitySacramento BeePlacer County supervisors have rejected an effort to derail a planned biomass facility near Truckee, but they added new conditions to the project. Following a public hearing in Auburn last week, the supervisors denied the Center for Biological ...and more » |
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Seaside Learning Center was 10 years in the makingOCRegister (subscription)They darted into the biological diversity lab, touching starfish and sea slugs in the correct "two-finger" style. They boarded the 118-foot tall ship Spirit of Dana Point and pretended to sail away. "When we got to look at this amazing facility earlier ...and more » |
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Boulder Weekly |
A batty battle - Boulder WeeklyBoulder 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 ... |
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Martha Stewart and the Cannibal Polar Bears: A True StoryThe Atlanticfritz.jpg. In 2005, the Center for Biological Diversity and several other environmental groups petitioned the Bush Administration to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne received half a million ...and more » |
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Clear Lake hitch stakeholders group to meet May 16Lake County NewsLast fall, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted petitions at the state and federal levels to list the Clear Lake hitch – a fish native to Clear Lake – as an endangered species. On March 6, the California Fish and Game Commission made a ... |
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Around the region for May 15, 2013Gainesville SunThe 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 ... |
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Perkins Coie | BLM Issues Revised Proposed Fracking RegulationsLinex Legal (registration) (press release)Environmental groups are likely to challenge BLM's hydraulic fracturing approvals in court, raising arguments under NEPA and other laws similar to claims that are currently being litigated in the Center for Biological Diversity v. BLM and Center for ...and more » |
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The Latest: Pumping Arizona's rivers dry?High Country News"This case is huge, and not only for the San Pedro," said Robin Silver of the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity. "It has precedence for any federal lands that have water rights being challenged by the malfeasance of the state." Meanwhile, a new ... |
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California cap and trade's dirty secretHigh Country NewsJerry Brown's administration have repeatedly thwarted efforts by groups like Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club to remove this provision or limit its application. It's particularly outrageous since ARB's cap-and-trade program heavily ...and more » |
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Do We Really Need to Risk Bats' Lives By Opening Caves?Care2.com (blog)In 2010, the FS closed caves in the Rocky Mountains in an attempt to stop the fungus from spreading there, but according to the Center for Biological Diversity, pressure from cavers has caused it to change course and consider opening caves in Colorado, ...and more » |
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Migratory “Flyways” Decimated by Human ExpansionInter Press ServiceAhead of the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, focused this year on water resources, experts are calling for greater international cooperation to find sustainable and cost-effective solutions to the problem of species loss and ... |
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