PRESS RELEASES

March 19, 2010 – Report Finds Delta Water Pumping Restrictions to Protect Fish "Scientifically Justified"

March 19, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Climate Legislation and Clean Air Act

March 18, 2010 – Conservationists Stop West Virginia Oil and Gas Sales

March 16, 2010 – More Than 1.6 Million Acres Designated as Critical Habitat for California Red-legged Frog

March 16, 2010 – Conservationists Propose 50-million-plus Acres as Jaguar Critical Habitat

March 11, 2010 – Legal Settlement Will Require EPA to Evaluate How to Regulate Ocean Acidification Under Clean Water Act

March 11, 2010 – Suit Launched to Challenge Federal Financing of Foreign Fossil Fuel Project

March 10, 2010 – 48 Kauai Species Protected Under the Endangered Species Act

March 10, 2010 – Endangered Status Proposed for U.S. Loggerhead Sea Turtles

March 10, 2010 – Golden Sedge to Receive Habitat Protection

March 10, 2010 – Fifty Conservation Groups Ask Obama Administration to Strengthen Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

March 9, 2010 – Suit Filed to Save Penguins at Risk From Global Warming and Fisheries

March 8, 2010 – Settlement Reached to Reduce Global Warming Impacts of Walmart Supercenters in Southern California

March 5, 2010 – Mono Basin Sage Grouse Is Endangered, But Protection Once Again Delayed

March 4, 2010 – Groups Threaten Luxury Hawaiian Resort with Lawsuit Over Seabird Deaths

March 3, 2010 – California Tiger Salamander Will Be Protected Under California Endangered Species Act

March 3, 2010 – Georgia Attorney General Called on to Investigate Gassing and Destruction of Threatened Tortoise Burrows for Rattlesnake Roundups

February 25, 2010 – California Withdraws Harmful "Carbon Credits for Clearcuts" Forest Policy

February 24, 2010 – Fish and Wildlife Service Removes Endangered Species Act Protection From Arizona's Desert Nesting Bald Eagles

February 22, 2010 – EPA Petitioned to Reduce Black Carbon "Soot" Under Clean Water Act

February 19, 2010 – Government Study: Elevated Uranium Levels in Grand Canyon's Watershed

February 18, 2010 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sued Over Repeated Failure to Protect Endangered Florida Panther

February 17, 2010 – Four Lawsuits Filed to Protect 93 Species Across Country

February 12, 2010 – California to Withdraw Harmful "Carbon Credits for Clearcuts" Forest Policy

February 11, 2010 – Critical Habitat Denied for the Endangered Florida Panther

February 11, 2010 – Bureau of Land Management Sued for Withholding Records on Uranium Mines That Threaten Grand Canyon

February 11, 2010 – Group Gives Out 100,000 Endangered Species Condoms for Valentine's Day

February 10, 2010 – Army Corps Cites Pinal County for San Pedro River Violations; Settlement Reached by Conservation Groups

February 10, 2010 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Native Fish and Amphibians From Hatchery Fish Stocking by the California Department of Fish and Game

February 9, 2010 – 82 Corals, Threatened With Extinction Due to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification, Advance Toward Endangered Species Act Protection

February 8, 2010 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Old-growth Redwoods on the Gualala River

February 4, 2010 – Obama Administration Denies American Pika Endangered Species Act Protection

February 4, 2010 – Lawsuit Launched to Defend Pacific Fisher From Federal Negligence

February 3, 2010 – Prescott Officials Attempt to Delay Ruling on Water Pipeline Records

February 2, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity to Join Global Population Speak Out

February 2, 2010 – Obama Administration Proposes Budget Cuts for Endangered Species Listing

February 2, 2010 – Hawaii Considers Strict Law to Halt Killing of Endangered Monk Seals

February 1, 2010 – Proposed PolyMet Mine Would Violate Environmental Laws and Cannot Proceed

February 1, 2010 – Lawsuit Initiated to Curb Soot Pollution

February 1, 2010 – Species Still at Risk on Nevada Wildlife Refuges Despite New Plan by Feds

February 1, 2010 – Lawsuit Launched to Stop Lead Poisoning of up to 10,000 Albatross Chicks Each Year on Hawaii's Midway Island

February 1, 2010 – Federal Grazing Fee Announced for 258 Million Acres: Public to Subsidize Public Land Destruction, Species Endangerment

January 28, 2010 – Lawsuit Initiated to Protect Hundreds of Endangered Species From Pesticide Impacts

January 28, 2010 – Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue Called on to Ban Rattlesnake Roundups

January 27, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on President Obama's State of the Union Address

January 27, 2010 – Greenhouse Gas Lawsuits Filed Against 15 Logging Plans in California

January 27, 2010 – Lawsuit Filed to Cut Through Red Tape Entangling Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery

January 25, 2010 – Lawsuit to Be Filed to Stop Pollution at Proposed PolyMet Mine Site

January 25, 2010 – California Endangered Species Act Protection Sought to Save Mountain Yellow-legged Frog From Exotic Trout, Habitat Destruction, and Disease

January 21, 2010 – Department of Interior Inspector General Finds That Capture of Endangered Jaguar "Macho B" Was Intentional

January 21, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Murkowski Resolution to Gut Clean Air Act

January 21, 2010 – Emergency Petitions Filed to Close Caves and Save Bats From Extinction

January 20, 2010 – State Water Board Begins Process of Regulating Water Diversions That Kill Salmon and Steelhead in Russian River

January 20, 2010 – Suit Will Be Filed to Protect 83 Corals Threatened by Global Warming, Ocean Acidification

January 20, 2010 – Nevada Proposes to Continue to Pollute Lake Mead With Endocrine-disrupting Frankenfish Chemicals

January 19, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Report Card Gives Obama Administration a "C" on Endangered Species, Climate, Energy, Public Lands and Oceans During First Year

January 19, 2010 – Feds Move to Protect False Killer Whales: Team Established to Reduce Fishing-related Whale Deaths

January 18, 2010 – California Fish and Game Releases Flawed Report on Fish-stocking Impacts, Fails to Propose Measures to Protect Native Fish

January 15, 2010 – Uranium Mining Lawsuit Gets a Boost as Judge Unlocks Feds' Records

January 14, 2010 – More Critical Habitat Protections on the Way for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

January 14, 2010 – Destructive Superior National Forest ORV Plan Challenged in Court

January 14, 2010 – Suit to Be Filed to Protect Habitat for California's Endangered Black Abalone

January 12, 2010 – Endangered Jaguars to Receive Critical Habitat Protection and Plan for Recovery of U.S. Population

January 12, 2010 – Feds Agree With Conservationists That Endangered Florida Manatees Need More Habitat Protection, But Indefinitely Delay Protection

January 11, 2010 – Public Hearing to Focus on Massive Nuclear Water-rights Permit Request That Would Kill Endangered Fish

January 11, 2010 – EPA Petitioned to Regulate Chemicals That Pose Widespread Risks to Human and Animal Reproduction

January 8, 2010 – Hopi and Navajo Residents Stop Peabody’s Coal Mine Expansion on Black Mesa

January 6, 2010 – With Looming Court Deadline, Interior Secretary Salazar Asked to Take Action to Recover American Jaguar

January 6, 2010 – Health and Environment Groups Support Adoption of Air District Greenhouse Gas and Toxics Standards

January 5, 2010 – Forest Service to Revise Cattle Grazing to Help Endangered Species in San Jacinto Mountains

January 5, 2010 – Two Endangered Birds, Native to Galápagos and Papua New Guinea, to Gain Protection

January 5, 2010 – 70,000 Square Miles of Habitat Proposed for Protection for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles

January 4, 2010 – Judge Overturns Decision to Open Off-road Vehicle Routes That Hurt Tortoise

January 4, 2010 – Suit to Be Filed Over Delay in Protection for Penguins Hurt by Climate Change and Industrial Fisheries

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