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Telegraph.co.uk

Judge Gives Bush Deadline for Polar Bear Decision
EP Magazine, TX - May 8, 2008
Claudia Wilkin ruled for the plaintiffs -- Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace -- on all issues in finding ...
As Polar Bear Decision Looms, Department of the Interior Crosses ... Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
Polar Bear Scare Could Maul Energy Production Business Media Institute
all 9 news articles

Environment News Service

Homes on the range - agreement reached on Tejon Ranch
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 8, 2008
Ilene Anderson, a biologist and spokeswoman for the Center for Biological Diversity, said her group remains worried about habitat for the condor. ...
Conservationists win battle on key California land Reuters
Tejon Ranch Deal Destroys Critical Habitat for California Condor ... Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
Secret Negotiation between Tejon Developers and 'Big Green' Groups ... The Mountain Enterprise
The Associated Press - Trading Markets (press release)
all 249 news articles

KOB.com

Group sues, says fence impedes jaguars
Arizona Republic, AZ - Apr 30, 2008
Michael Robinson, a conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, said a court should order the US Fish and Wildlife Agency to follow its ...
US wildlife officials failing to conserve Mexican wolf Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
Conservation group: Border wall threatens jaguars Bizjournals.com
Wildlife groups call for end to Mexican wolf removal policy The Associated Press
KVOA.com - Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
all 83 news articles

Bald-eagle protection in Arizona reviewed
Arizona Republic, AZ - May 7, 2008
This has all been about politics and policy," said Robin Silver of the Center for Biological Diversity which, with Maricopa Audubon, petitioned the ...

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Grist Magazine, WA - May 8, 2008
Its ironic that if the NRDC, Sierra Club and especially the Center for Biological Diversity did not spend so much energy in an ill informed fight against ...

National Monuments, Wildlife, and Archaeological Sites Threatened ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - 4 hours ago
... a duty under the Endangered Species Act to protect imperiled species and their habitat,” said Taylor McKinnon of the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

Statement of the Center for Biological Diversity on
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 25, 2008
A court hearing in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, NRDC, and Greenpeace to compel a final decision will be held at 2:00 pm on May ...

PhysOrg.com

US seeks more time on polar bear decision
CBC.ca, Canada - Apr 17, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defence Council and Greenpeace filed the lawsuit with the US Federal Court in San Francisco in ...
Feds seek more time for decision on listing polar bears The Associated Press
Polar Bear Decision Delay Meant to Protect Oil Leases? National Geographic
Agency wants more time to decide polar bears' status Winston-Salem Journal
The Associated Press
all 129 news articles

Ducking the point
Edmonton Sun,  Canada - May 6, 2008
Jeff Miller, with the San Francisco division of the US Center for Biological Diversity, helped prepare its lawsuit against wind producers for killing birds. ...

New Report Documents the Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Public ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - May 6, 2008
Their impact cannot continue to be ignored,” said Chris Kassar of the Center for Biological Diversity, a co-author of the report. ...

CBC.ca

Federal judge orders polar bear decision by May 15
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Apr 29, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity and other groups pushing for federal action to climate change could get an answer in about two weeks. ...
Judge sets May 15 deadline to decide whether polar bears are ... Los Angeles Times
Judge Orders Administration to Classify Polar Bear Washington Post
Court Orders US to Stop Keeping Polar Bear Status on Ice Scientific American
CBC.ca - OMB Watch
all 353 news articles

Mother Jones

Loaded for Bear
Mother Jones, CA - May 8, 2008
Since 2005, when the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a threatened species, ...

On a freefall toward extinction
Boston Globe, United States - Apr 27, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity has put the federal government on notice that unless it starts considering the impacts of white-nose syndrome on ...

Mainichi Daily News

Arizona: Uranium claims spring up along Grand Canyon rim
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 5, 2008
In response to the approval, the Grand Canyon Trust, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club sued in federal court, alleging that the Forest ...
Outrage over plans to extract uranium ore from the Grand Canyon Times Online
News Minute: Here is the latest Arizona news from The Associated Press KVOA.com
all 372 news articles

Fish and Wildlife Service Will Consider Protection for Rare NM ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 16, 2008
In the face of this threat and new evidence on impacts from the climate crisis, WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the June ...
Feds to protect land for two endangered plants The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Settlement reached in rare butterfly case KVIA
all 16 news articles

Environment News Service

Lawsuit Filed to Block Loud Oil Exploration in Arctic Seas
Environment News Service - May 7, 2008
... global warming and should not be subjected to further harm," said Brendan Cummings, Oceans Program director with the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

California conservative group argues polar bears are not in danger
SitNews, AK - 23 hours ago
Kassie Siegel, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, said it is "untrue and reprehensible" to claim that polar bears are thriving. ...

Center Applauds Closure of Clear Creek Management Area for Public ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - May 2, 2008
“It’s about time that the agency steps in to protect public health,” said Chris Kassar, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

Industry eyes newly designated critical habitat for right whale
Kodiak Daily Mirror, AK - Apr 9, 2008
Earlier last month, after a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, NMFS separated the right whale into three distinct species. ...

Oklahoma Moves to Protect State’s Freshwater Turtles
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - May 5, 2008
In March 2008 the Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation and health groups, seeking to end unsustainable commercial harvest of freshwater ...

Environment News Service

Forest Service Bid to Lift Wildlife Protections Met With Lawsuit
Environment News Service - Apr 11, 2008
... preparing new rules in 2000 and 2005, and the 2008 rule is also fatally flawed," said Paul Spitler, attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. ...
Lawsuit says national forest rule ignores environmental impacts The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
all 37 news articles

Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for the Las Vegas Buckwheat:
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 21, 2008
LAS VEGAS— Today the Center for Biological Diversity filed a scientific petition with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Las Vegas buckwheat ...
Coastal Cutthroat Trout to Be Considered for Endangered Species ... Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
all 5 news articles

Another lawsuit challenges Oceano Dunes use
San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - Apr 22, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity said last week it has settled a lawsuit it filed over popular off-road vehicle charity races held at the park. ...

Depleted Longfin Smelt Moves Toward Federal Endangered Species ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - May 6, 2008
The Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned for federal protection of the San Francisco Bay-Delta ...

Settlement at Oceano Dunes a Win for Endangered Species:
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 14, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity reached a settlement in its lawsuit against the California Department of Parks and Recreation that requires the agency ...

Bat attack: legal ‘bat’tle brewing
River Reporter, NY - May 7, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the Adirondack Council, Friends of Blackwater, Heartwood and Restore: The North Woods have filed a letter of ...

Hinkley Residents Win Challenge to Open-Air Sludge Compost Facility;
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 29, 2008
HelpHinkley.org and the Center for Biological Diversity argued that the proposed Hawes Composting Facility Project, to be located near the former Hawes ...

Daily Green

Groups sue to stop seismic oil exploration in Arctic seas
The Associated Press - May 5, 2008
... Chukchi and entire Arctic basin," said Brendan Cummings, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, another plaintiff. ...
Oil exploration tests off Alaska prompt lawsuit Reuters
all 117 news articles

Forest Service Retracts Plan for New Snowmobile Route
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 10, 2008
RICHMOND, Vt.— In response to protest from the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Vermont Sierra Club, the United States ...

The Associated Press

Judge orders federal government to decide polar bear listing
The Associated Press - Apr 29, 2008
Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity, the lead author of the petition submitted in 2005, called the judge's order a huge victory, ...

Group cites climate change in fight for frog protections
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Apr 12, 2008
Shaye Wolf, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, said the effects of climate change can be seen along the nation's coastlines, ...

Protection sought for Delta longfin smelt
Sacramento Bee,  USA - May 6, 2008
A petition to list the species was filed with the service in August by the Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and Natural Resources Defense ...
Another Delta Smelt May be Protected California Farmer
all 23 news articles

EDITORIAL: Gone with the wind
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Apr 21, 2008
Meantime, the Center for Biological Diversity has successfully blocked a proposed wind farm in Southern California's Mojave Desert because it would have ...

Two Rare Plants in Southern Oregon and One in Southern California ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 11, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity reached an agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service that requires the agency to designate critical habitat for ...

State settles lawsuit over dunes race
Adobe Press, CA - Apr 24, 2008
The lawsuit, filed in October by the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Ariz., was signed off by the California Department of Parks and Recreation ...

Folk singer and river runner Katie Lee speaks here Saturday
Prescott Daily Courier, AZ - Apr 10, 2008
Singer, songwriter, river runner and activist Katie Lee will kick off the Center for Biological Diversity's "April River Days" Saturday in Prescott. ...

Conservation Groups and State Tie Greenhouse Gases to Sprawl
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 15, 2008
A legal challenge was first filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society, and a day later by ...

Conservation Groups Sue Over Wolf Delisting
Backpacker Magazine - Apr 28, 2008
... including heavy hitters likeDefenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and The Humane ...

Mono Basin Sage Grouse Moves Closer to Endangered Species Act ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 29, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, Sagebrush Sea Campaign, Western Watersheds Project, and Desert Survivors sued the Fish and Wildlife Service in federal ...

Plants walk in fairy shrimps' footprint
Mail Tribune, OR - Apr 16, 2008
The recent agreement followed a formal complaint lodged late last year by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity. The group charged the agency ...
Feds to protect land for endangered plants Coos Bay World
all 37 news articles

REGION: Plant gets extra protection
North County Times, CA - Apr 11, 2008
The Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, reached an agreement Friday with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to determine by ...

LETTER: Many turtle 'takes' are lethal
SouthCoastToday.com, MA - May 4, 2008
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently found that our petition, filed with the Center for Biological Diversity, to reclassify this population ...

Federal Proposal to Open 1.7 Million Acres of Nevada Public Land ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 28, 2008
Today the Center for Biological Diversity submitted comments urging the federal Bureau of Land Management to scrap its proposal to open 1.7 million acres of ...

dBTechno

Twelve Conservation Groups Challenge Federal Wolf Delisting
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 28, 2008
Earthjustice filed the lawsuit on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, ...
Wolf news: Defenders bombard governor Sublette Examiner
Conservation Groups Challenge Wolf Delisting in Federal Court PressZoom (press release)
Suit filed against state wolf plans The Torrington Telegram
Daily Inter Lake - findingDulcinea
all 336 news articles

Toads on tap at board discussion
Pahrump Valley Times, NV - Apr 18, 2008
By RICHARD STEPHENS BEATTY -- The Colorado-based Center for Biological Diversity filed a new petition earlier this year to have the Amargosa toad listed as ...

Full Disclosure
Center For American Progress, DC - May 5, 2008
... the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Secretary of the Interior to list the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as a threatened species due to ...

Bats tested for white-nose syndrome
Charleston Gazette, WV - Apr 29, 2008
... activities in light of this horrific threat to bats," said Mollie Matteson, of the Center for Biological Diversity, the group that drafted the letter. ...

$1 billion timber slush fund or fair trade deal?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 29, 2008
His clients are the Sierra Club, Conservation Northwest and the Center for Biological Diversity. Hamel defended the deal, saying that under the law at the ...

Rare giant worm may wriggle far from home on Palouse
Seattle Times, United States - May 2, 2008
The new discoveries are good news, said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity, a party to the lawsuit. "This indicates that they're out ...

Governor Janet Napolitano Names April "Arizona Rivers Month"
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 11, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity and other groups have organized many of these activities and events to focus particularly on the Verde River, ...

Border barriers at the San Pedro Conservation Area could impair ...
Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ - Apr 26, 2008
But Robin Silver of the Center for Biological Diversity, said the documents ultimately could help environmental groups win the political battle. ...

Conservation groups announce agreement in proposed loon listing
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Apr 10, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pacific Environment sued in December to force the agency to complete the ...
Interior to consider rare loon for endangered listing Seward Phoenix Log
Yellow-billed Loon Finally on the Road to Protection Kansas City infoZine
all 15 news articles

Jacksonville Daily Record

Waterway makes endangered list Gila River threatened
Arizona Republic, AZ - Apr 17, 2008
"The pieces are all here," said Todd Schulke, who works on the issue for the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity. "It's more intact than most ...
Governor pledges to fight Gila River diversion Las Cruces Sun-News
all 61 news articles

Daily Green

Further Delay in Protecting Polar Bears From Global Warming
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Apr 17, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO– The US Fish and Wildlife Service, responding to a court motion filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, and the Natural ...
Bush Again Delays Polar Bear Decision Daily Green
Bush Administration Wants More Time to Study Polar Bear Listing CNSNews.com
all 6 news articles

EDITORIAL: Polar Bears on Thin Ice
RedOrbit, TX - May 6, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity points to the deepening trouble faced by polar bears. In 2007, the shrinkage of summer sea ice reached a stunning 1 ...

3-year ban ordered on commercial turtle harvests
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - May 5, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups had petitioned the state to enact the ban, saying the harvest puts ...

State wildlife officials deny protection to pika
Sacramento Bee,  USA - Apr 11, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity had argued that global warming threatens to shrink pika habitat into ever-smaller islands, and may eventually drive the ...
Fish and Game denies move to protect pika San Francisco Chronicle
all 24 news articles

Settlement reached in rare butterfly case
Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - Apr 15, 2008
Noah Greenwald, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, said the settlement means the butterfly will get another chance at federal protection. ...

Alaska's SuperStation

Politics Beats Science: Alaska's Cook Inlet Beluga Whale ...
Common Dreams (press release), ME - Apr 22, 2008
... Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, and the Friends of ...
Decision delayed on listing Cook Inlet beluga whales San Diego Union Tribune
all 7 news articles

Rare and Endangered Animal Ringtones
PDAstreet, CT - Apr 22, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity is one site that offers free animal-sound ringtones. They'll make you jump through some hoops, including signing up for ...

Politicians, oil industry reps, environmentalists play tug-of-war ...
Kodiak Daily Mirror, AK - Apr 16, 2008
The decision gives weight to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity to stop the oil and gas leasing plan. Brandon Cummings, oceans program ...

Land Use Alert: Pismo Dunes
Four Wheeler - Apr 28, 2008
The suit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, claimed that vehicular traffic at the annual Oceano Dunes Beach Race----which attracts upwards of ...

PUC member wants to delay changes to power-line rules
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - May 1, 2008
David Hogan of the Center for Biological Diversity said Simon is on the right track in wanting to await results of the fire investigations before ...

Recent wolf kills alarm environmentalists
USA Today - Apr 17, 2008
"There's a great sense of urgency," says Michael Robinson, a wolf expert at the Center for Biological Diversity, one of several groups that plan to file a ...

Anatomy of a Beltway Takedown
Manufacturers' Blog, DC - Apr 24, 2008
Two advocacy groups, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Center for Biological Diversity, provided the documents to The Washington Post. ...

Grand concert to protect Canyon
Tucson Citizen, AZ - Apr 10, 2008
Kudos to the popular performer for donating the VIP tickets to help the Center for Biological Diversity keep up the good fight in protecting our ...

Protecting the Polar Bear
Living on the Earth, MA - May 2, 2008
... response to a lawsuit filed by a number of environmental groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, where Bill Snape is the senior counsel. ...

RTE.ie

$100 million investment to help solar energy plan
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Apr 18, 2008
“The Stirling project is a desert mirage,” said David Hogan of the Center for Biological Diversity, a Sunrise opponent. It's “the dust cloud behind which ...
REGION: Irish developer backs desert solar farm North County Times
REGION: Irish developer backs desert solar farm North County Times
all 52 news articles

Clear Creek off-roader paradise lost due to asbestos
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 2, 2008
After a lawsuit by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity and the California Native Plant Society, off-road use was officially restricted to 242 ...
Feds close 31000 acres of public land in central Calif. Press-Enterprise
all 27 news articles

Department of Homeland Security Ignored Warnings of Harm to San ...
Common Dreams (press release), ME - Apr 25, 2008
... but it will destroy the southern part of the San Pedro,” said Dr. Robin Silver, board member of the Center for Biological Diversity. ...