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Telegraph.co.uk

The Endangered Species Act has officially hit middle age
Bay Nature (blog)
A study by the Center for Biological Diversity looking at more than 100 protected species in all 50 states, found that 90 percent were recovering at the rate specified by their federal recovery plan with many on their way to no longer being endangered.
Americans Across the Country Celebrate Endangered Species Day and Mark ...eNews Park Forest
It's Endangered Species Day!High Country News (blog)

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Bellingham Herald

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 ...
U.S. commits to protecting loggerhead sea turtle habitat by 2014 - GlobalPostGlobalPost

all 6 news articles »
 

FuelFix

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 ...
Oil industry: BLM is preventing job creation in Calif. by postponing oil, gas ...Washington Post
Feds Postpone Drilling Lease Auctions of California Public LandsEarth Island Journal
BLM Postpones Oil, Gas Lease Auctions in Calif.ABC News

all 49 news articles »
 

Headlines & Global News

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, ...
US Agrees To Propose Protected Habitats For Endangered Sea TurtlesPersonal Liberty Digest
Settlement Reached to Safeguard Critical Ocean, Beach Habitat for Atlantic ...eNews Park Forest
740 Shoreline Miles in Six States Set for Loggerhead Turtle ProtectionsLatinos Post
TopNews United States -Daytona Beach News-Journal -Los Angeles Times
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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 ...

 

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 ...

 

Proposed Endangered Species Act Protection for Rare Bird Weakened
Center 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 ...

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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 ...

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EPA Refuses to Curb Deadly Coal Mine Pollution - Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
In a five-page statement responding to the Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups, the EPA refused to establish any schedule or plan for using the Clean Air Act to reduce the millions of tons of air pollutants produced by coal ...

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93.1 WIBC Indianapolis

Federal Court Ruling Leaves Hundreds of Endangered Species Vulnerable to ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America brought suit in 2011 challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's failure to assess the impacts of 382 pesticides known to be harmful to more than 200 endangered and ...
15000 Free Endangered Species Condoms Distributed for Earth DayeNews Park Forest
Environmentalists Giving Out Free Condoms At Purdue93.1 WIBC Indianapolis

all 3 news articles »
 

San Francisco Chronicle

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, ...
Lawmakers advance bill to halt oil frackingWRAL.com
California Fracking Moratorium: Trio Of Bills Would Halt Controversial ...Huffington Post
Assembly committee OKs moratorium on fracking in CaliforniaSan Francisco Bay Guardian
Examiner.com -Capitol Weekly
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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 ...

 

Center for Biological Diversity (press release)

Fracking Moratorium Bill Attracts Support From Nurses, Farmers, Cancer Group
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“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 ...
California fracking rules plan stirs trade secrets fightFuelFix (blog)

all 11 news articles »
 

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 ...
Sierra Nevada toad and frog could get federal protectionLos Angeles Times
Feds propose listing yellow-legged frog and Yosemite toad for endangered ...The Republic
Yellow frog, Yosemite toad close to ESA protectionKRNV My News 4

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Courthouse News Service

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 ...
Calif. Frogs and Toad May Get Federal ProtectionCourthouse News Service
Agency to create plan for saving South Mississippi's endangered dusky gopher ...SunHerald.com

all 14 news articles »
 

San Francisco Chronicle

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 ...
Mexican gray wolf would stay protectedABQ Journal
Killed canine identified as an endangered Mexican gray wolfAlbuquerque Journal (subscription)
Conservationists: USFWS national delisting of wolves is irresponsibleExaminer.com

all 44 news articles »
 

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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French Tribune

Two Washington Plants Gain Endangered Species Act Protection With 3200 ...
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 protected two Washington plants under the Endangered Species Act along with 3,205 acres of protected critical habitat in Benton and ...
Plants that grow on Hanford Reach get endangered species protectionMid Columbia Tri City Herald
2 Exclusive Plants found at 1 SpotFrench Tribune

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California Fishery Declared One of Deadliest for Endangered Whales
Center 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 ...

 

Our Voice: White Bluffs bladderpod's endangered species status result of ...
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
The plant has been classified as endangered thanks to a settlement between the federal government and the Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based environmental group. The bladderpod's special status is scheduled to go into effect Thursday, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...
Conservationists sue feds over Big Cypress trailsMiamiHerald.com

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Feds Finally Examining Impacts of Oil Industry's Seismic Blasts on Marine ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
“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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French Tribune

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 ...
National Academy of Sciences Study: Feds Are Failing to Protect Endangered ...Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
National Academy affirms product review processagprofessional.com
Court Dismisses Pesticide 'Mega' LawsuitFarm Futures

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EPA Evades Wide-Ranging Endangered Species Pesticide Suit
Law360 (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, ...

 

NDTV

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 ...
Study: Climate change will cut habitats by 2080 - USA TodayUSA TODAY

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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 ...

 

Viewpoints: Should California cap and trade use forestry offsets? No
Sacramento Bee
... pollution reduction targets by buying carbon offset credits. Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and the California Environmental Justice Alliance, among others, opposed the use of offsets when it was proposed – and ...

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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 ...

 

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Obama administration outlines new policy for protecting, drilling in the Arctic
McClatchy Washington Bureau
... melting sea ice and permafrost, increasing storms and erosion, and making life utterly unpredictable for the people and animals that call the Arctic home,” Rebecca Noblin, Alaska director for the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, said in ...

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ABC News

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 ...
Agency to consider listing Iliamna Lake seals as threatenedAnchorage Daily News
Rare Alaska Freshwater Seals One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act ...eNews Park Forest
Freshwater seals of Lake Iliamna enlisted in Pebble Mine clashAlaska Dispatch

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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 ...

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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 ...

 

Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary Jewell Not to Strip Wolf ...
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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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Sister of famous California wolf trapped, killed
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
“Crossing the border into Idaho was a death sentence for this wolf,” said Amaroq Weiss, the west coast wolf organizer for the Center for Biological Diversity. “What a heartbreaking paradox — one wolf from this pack, OR-7, is world-renowned and beloved ...

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Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan
Alaskajournal.com
The Center for Biological Diversity on May 15 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 ...

 

Northern Dynasty comments on National Marine Fisheries Service status review ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... 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 ...

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Big Basin's first general plan approved
Monterey County Herald
That 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 ...

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Suit filed over 199/197 plan
Daily Triplicate
The 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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Instituting a new wave of exploration
OCRegister (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 ...

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Congressmen demand end to EPA's IRS-like bias against conservative, state ...
Washington Examiner
Among the favored groups were the Natural Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Biological Diversity. Besides CEI, the groups discriminated against by EPA included the Institute ...
Another Obama scandal may be brewing at the EPATucson Citizen
Benghazi, IRS, The AP And Now… the EPA?! One Scandal Follows Another In ...Personal Liberty Digest

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California Fracking Ban: Golden State Moratorium On Controversial Practice ...
Huffington Post
"As the threat of fracking pollution to our air and water becomes clear, there's huge momentum in the legislature to halt this dangerous practice," Patrick Sullivan of the anti-fracking group Center for Biological Diversity wrote in an email to the ...

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Daily Caller

Obama admin's new fracking rules attacked by industry, environmentalists
Daily Caller
The Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity successfully sued to get the Obama administration to stop lease sales on the Monterey shale after a federal court ruled the administration improperly issued leases because they did not assess the ...

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Rule on inadvertent killings upsets prairie chicken defenders
ABQ 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 ...

 

Some hitch' questions are hard to answer
Lake County Record-Bee
The 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 ...

 

Recovered Arkansas Snail Removed from Endangered Species List
Kansas City infoZine
... 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 ...

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Capital Press

Farmers oppose sagebrush plan
Capital Press
Alford 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 ...

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Bladderpod: Agreement may not allow for more public comment
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
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 ...

 

Courthouse News Service

Loggerhead Turtle Deal to Bring Critical Habitat
Courthouse News Service
When the agencies missed the deadline, it faced a January 2013 lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana and the Turtle Island Restoration Network. The parties reached a settlement, which U.S. District Judge Nathanael Cousins signed Friday.

 

EPA inspector general investigating claims agency used fees to block FOIA ...
Washington Examiner
Those requests came from the Natural Resources Defense Council, EarthJustice, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, The Waterkeeper Alliance, Greenpeace, the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Center for Biological Diversity.

 

Bill would reverse fumigant phase-out
Agri-View
Because 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 ...

 

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 ...
Tri-Valley letters: Endangered Species Act has proved beneficialContra Costa Times

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Legal Challenge Filed Against Arizona's Approval to Drain the San Pedro River
eNews Park Forest
He is also cofounder of the Center for Biological Diversity and a long-standing advocate for the River. The Upper San Pedro is the last undammed and free-flowing river in the desert Southwest. This desert riparian ecosystem is one of a few remnants of ...

 

Daily Caller

EPA makes information requests more difficult for conservatives
Daily Caller
The Waterkeeper Alliance had all three fee waiver requests granted, the Southern Environmental Law Center had both of its requests granted, the Center for Biological Diversity had all four of its requests granted and Greenpeace had both of its fee ...
EPA waives fee requests for friendly groups, denies conservative groupsWashington Examiner

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Politico

Is condor ruling a slippery slope
Politico
But 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 ...

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Groups sue over Del Norte County highway project
Sacramento Bee
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 ...

 

Wandering wolf captured again
ABQ Journal
Michael 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 ...

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2 Arizona political groups say they were targeted by IRS - AZCentral.com
azcentral.com
The only group that appears to have a political bent is the Center For Biological Diversity, a left-leaning environmental advocate. Kory Langhofer, a Phoenix attorney who specializes in campaign-finance and tax law and advised Mitt Romney's campaign ...

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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 ...

 

Bay Area Indymedia

Three fracking moratorium bills pass Assembly Resources Committee
Bay Area Indymedia
"We are extremely optimistic that these bills will keep moving forward," said Kassie Seigel of the Center for Biological Diversity. "They can do so as one year or as two year bills. We're doing everything we can to push them forward and we'll know more ...

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TakePart

North America's Most Endangered Mammal Receives a Gift
TakePart
says 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 ...

 

Martha Stewart and the Cannibal Polar Bears: A True Story
The Atlantic
fritz.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 ...

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Oil Lobbyists Oversee Protection of Threatened Lizard
Permianbasin360
"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 ...

 

GreenBiz.com (blog)

Plasticity Forum: Adidas and others find gold in plastic
GreenBiz.com (blog)
As of 2013, 40 percent of the world's oceans surfaces were covered with floating plastic garbage of some sort, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. Instead of burying their heads in the sand, companies, nonprofits and governments are ...

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Endangered Species Act is vital to life
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, "The act is the best and possibly the last chance Americans have of securing a future for diverse native wildlife and the natural environments that wildlife depends on. To date, the act has helped the ...

 

Around the region for May 15, 2013
Gainesville Sun
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 ...

 

Supervisors reject bid to block biomass facility
Sacramento Bee
Placer 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 ...

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Migratory “Flyways” Decimated by Human Expansion
Inter Press Service
Ahead 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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Boulder Weekly

A batty battle - Boulder Weekly
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 ...

 

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 ...

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Warming Could Slash Species' Habitat Ranges in Half
Climate Central
"The terrifying loss of biodiversity predicted by this study shows that climate chaos will fundamentally transform our planet," said Shaye Wolf, climate science director for the Center for Biological Diversity, in San Francisco, in a statement. While ...

 

National Geographic

Oil and gas development does not have to destroy the Amazon
National Geographic
The font line of the conflict between a wilderness wonderland and the modern petrochemical age is the western Amazon, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse zones on Earth. cN0gGKp2ovE5kS6DsHaM_APEjBTkzgDnrqyJgeZmJyo ... In the words of ...

 

Responding to Climate Change

EPA faces ocean acidification legal challenge
Responding to Climate Change
The USA's Clean Water Act could be used to combat the growing threat posed by ocean acidification, the San Francisco based Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) claims in a new petition. The world's seas have become 30% more acidic since the industrial ...

 

California cap and trade's dirty secret
High Country News
Jerry 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 ...

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FuelFix (blog)

Feds study Gulf wildlife to make way for wind turbines
FuelFix (blog)
Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said she was encouraged that the government “is finally scrutinizing” the sound associated with seismic research, including air guns that produce pulss loud enough not only to ...

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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 ...

 

Local state reps, senators vote to designate wolves as game
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
“This action helps ensure sound scientific and biological principles guide decisions about management of game in Michigan,” Snyder said in a statement after the bill signing. “Scientifically managed hunts are essential to successful wildlife management ...

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Indian Tigers' Genetic Diversity: Population Faces Extinction For Lack Of DNA ...
Huffington Post
A new study from Cardiff University has researchers concerned that Indian tigers face extinction because of a lack of "genetic diversity." Partnering with India's National Center for Biological Sciences, researchers compared current DNA samples from ...

 

Steam injection oil wells raise enviro eyebrows; group appeals project near ...
Monterey County Weekly
On April 17, the San Benito County Planning Commission unanimously approved Citadel's Project Indian, but the Center for Biological Diversity, a San Francisco nonprofit, appealed April 29. The San Benito County supervisors will next consider the ...

 

"Bioblitz" Planned at Sinnemahoning State Park, May 20-21
PR Newswire (press release)
"It's fitting to host this event in a park that's home to a new, state-of-the-art Wildlife Center," Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Richard Allan said. "When the final tallies are in from this 'bioblitz,' we will be ...

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Calif. DOT Hit With Enviro Suit Over $26M Highway Expansion
Law360 (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 ...

 

Viewpoints: Bid to halt fracking in state builds momentum
Sacramento Bee
Kassie Siegel is director of the Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute, which is based in San Francisco. © Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved. • Read more articles by Kassie Siegel · Order Story Reprint icon Order ...

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Science Recorder

Climate change may be catastrophic to a third of all animals on Earth
Science Recorder
“The terrifying loss of biodiversity predicted by this study shows that climate chaos will fundamentally transform our planet,” Shaye Wolf of the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group, says in a statement on the study obtained by USA Today.

 

Arizona Water Pumping Decision Threatens Millions of Birds, Group Charges
Surfbirds News (blog)
In addition to ABC and BLM, other groups that have voiced strong opposition to the pumping plan include Arizona Audubon, Earthjustice, and the Center for Biological Diversity. ← Bird Group Helps Secure Northern Flank of Wildlife-Rich Area in Dominican ...

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Tejon Ranch, feds mark agreement on habitat conservation plan
Bakersfield Californian
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 ...
Feds approve developer's species conservation planSan Jose Mercury News

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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, ...

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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 ...
Fish and Wildlife Service reopens comment period on lesser prairie-chicken listingMidland Reporter-Telegram
Feds revise proposal for lesser prairie chickenKFDA

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Lack of genetic diversity threatens India's tigers with extinction
UPI.com
Researchers at Britain's Cardiff University, working with the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, said they found 93 percent of the DNA variants found in tigers shot during the period of British rule in India were not present ...

 

PR Web (press release)

Nevada Eagle Mine Acquisition For Lake Mead National Recreation Area Gets ...
PR Web (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 ...

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HCC board approves cultural diversity plan
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Board member James Valdes, who is a scientific advisor for biotechnology for the Army at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, said he has recently trained more female "post doctorates" and "graduates" than male, but it is still a challenge to ...

 

Dredging Today

USA: Corps Denies Permit for Proposed SunWest County Park
Dredging Today
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 all submitted comments expressing opposition to the ...

 

Enviros Again Target Calif. Oil, Gas Lease Sales
Law360 (subscription)
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club claim the agency's Bureau of Land Management didn't fully address the risks of fracking when it leased nearly 18,000 acres in Monterey, San Benito and Fresno counties for oil and gas exploration ...

 

Where have all the honey bees gone?
The Star Beacon
“I think it really downplays the effects of pesticides,” said Jeff Miller of the Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based nonprofit group, which has sued — unsuccessfully so far — to force the EPA to consider the effect of pesticides on ...

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Yellow-legged frog could get federal protection
Tahoe Daily Tribune
The amphibians' numbers and ranges have declined due to a number of factors including habitat destruction, disease, predation and climate change, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. “Theses rare frogs and toads will finally get protection ...
Listing would protect frog, toad speciesStockton Record

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Judge dismisses environmentalist lawsuit targeting pesticides
Capital Press
Plaintiffs in the case -- Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America -- claimed the EPA violated the Endangered Species Act by not consulting about the chemicals' effects on protected species. U.S. Magistrate Judge ...
Endangered Species Act lawsuit dismissedagprofessional.com
Environmental mega suit dismissed on Earth Day - Agra NetAgraNet (subscription)

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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Fracking: Feds delay sale of drilling leases in CA
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
... lease sales in California without a full environmental review of the serious risks fracking poses to our air, water and wildlife,” said Brendan Cummings, a lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the environmental groups that sued ...

 

New York Times

A Child's Wild Kingdom
New York Times
As Kieran Suckling, the executive director of the conservation group Center for Biological Diversity, pointed out to me, “Right when someone is learning to be human, we surround them with nonhumans.” SCIENCE has some explanations to offer. Almost from ...

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Environmental Leader

EPA Won ' t Regulate Coal Mine Emissions
Environmental Leader
EarthJustice filed the 2010 petition on behalf of several environmental groups including Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity. The groups say they are reviewing the EPA's decision and weighing legal options. The US strategy to reduce ...

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Global Warming May Cause Major Extinctions By 2080, Study finds
Headlines & Global News
"The terrifying loss of biodiversity predicted by this study shows that climate chaos will fundamentally transform our planet," Shaye Wolf of the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group, said in a statement on the study. "We need to cut ...

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Racism and Classism Are Alive and Deadly: US Public Policies Create ...
Truth-Out
Just as diversity in biological systems brings resilience and strength, diversity in advocacy creates more just and equitable public policy and creates a better world for all of us. Black Farmers Still Face Discrimination by USDA .... Adding insult to ...

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