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April 14, 2021 – Lawsuit Aims to Stop Post-Fire Logging on Oregon State Forest
April 14, 2021 – 200 Groups to Biden: Align Federal Fossil Fuel Programs With U.S. Climate Goals
April 14, 2021 – Lifesaving Critical Habitat Protection Proposed for Panama City Crayfish
April 14, 2021 – Biden EPA Urged to Set Climate Pollution Cap
April 13, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Refusal to Release Public Documents on Seresto Flea Collar Linked to Deaths of Nearly 1,700 Pets
April 13, 2021 – Congress Urged to Reform Freedom of Information Act
April 12, 2021 – Congress Urged to Investigate Huge Wastewater Release, Threat of Catastrophic Collapse of Florida’s Piney Point Phosphogypsum Stack
April 09, 2021 – Court Rules Marin County’s Protections for Endangered Coho Salmon Inadequate
April 08, 2021 – Judge Blocks Massive Tejon Ranchcorp Development in L.A. County
April 08, 2021 – Hike, Rally to Save Everglades’ Big Cypress Set for Saturday
April 08, 2021 – Legal Petition Calls On EPA to Cancel Seresto Flea Collar Linked to Deaths of Nearly 1,700 Pets
April 07, 2021 – Mexican Officials Urged to Address Violations of Mayan Sovereign Rights Caused by Construction of Industrial Pig Farms in Yucatán Peninsula
April 07, 2021 – Yellow Lance Mussel Gains 319 River Miles of Lifesaving Habitat in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
April 07, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Failure to Reduce Smog Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in California, Chicago
April 07, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Trump Administration Denial of Endangered Species Protection to 21 Species
April 06, 2021 – Endangered Species Protection Proposed for Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
April 06, 2021 – Groups Sue to Prevent Imperiled Sea Turtles From Drowning in Fishing Nets
April 06, 2021 – Endangered Candy Darter Fish Wins 368 Stream Miles of Protected Critical Habitat in Virginia, West Virginia
April 06, 2021 – 400 Groups Petition EPA to Control Methane, Ethane Pollution
April 05, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched Against Federal OK of Vernal Pool Destruction in Northern California
April 03, 2021 – Imminent Failure of Phosphogypsum Stack in Tampa Bay Exposes Phosphate Industry Risks
April 02, 2021 – Ad Campaign Calls on Biden to Dramatically Cut Car Pollution
April 02, 2021 – Legal Victory Puts Arizona, New Mexico Fish Back On Path to Federal Protections
April 01, 2021 – Exhorto a líderes mundiales de sancionar a México para salvar a las marsopas en peligro de extinción
April 01, 2021 – Global Leaders Urged to Sanction Mexico to Save Critically Endangered Porpoises
April 01, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect 10 Species Left in Regulatory Purgatory by Trump Administration
March 31, 2021 – Federal Officials Discount Reintroduction, Recovery Proposals for Grizzly Bears in Long-Overdue Status Report
March 31, 2021 – Court Halts Funding of Unwarranted Colorado Mountain Lion, Black Bear Cull
March 31, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched Over Feds Ignoring Ocean Acidification in Oregon
March 31, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Oregon Coast Spring Chinook Salmon
March 30, 2021 – Court Rejects Rule Allowing Oil Company to Harass Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
March 30, 2021 – WHO Report: Wildlife Exploitation Likely Caused COVID-19 Pandemic
March 30, 2021 – More Than 100 Conservation Groups, Businesses Urge Interior’s Haaland to Reject Oil-drilling in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve
March 29, 2021 – Petition Asks Federal Officials to Protect Rare Plant’s Habitat From Nevada Mine
March 29, 2021 – Federal Judge Voids Western Colorado Fracking Plan, Requires New Analysis of Climate Harm
March 26, 2021 – New Federal Study: Extremely Toxic Pesticide Breakdown Products Found in 90% of Streams Sampled Across U.S.
March 26, 2021 – New Recovery Plans Will Help Save Southeast’s Critically Imperiled Salamanders
March 26, 2021 – Wolf-Killing Rancher Loses Bid to Keep Public-Land Grazing Permit in New Mexico
March 25, 2021 – EPA Withdraws Trump-Era Permit for Virgin Islands Oil Refinery
March 25, 2021 – Federal Officials Urged to Deny Another Subsidy for West Elk Coal Mine in Colorado National Forest
March 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect North Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles
March 25, 2021 – Demanda impugna la aprobación de la EPA sobre el uso de antibióticos de importancia médica como plaguicida en cultivos de cítricos
March 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA Approval of Use of Medically Important Antibiotic as Pesticide on Citrus Crops
March 25, 2021 – Elephants in Africa Face Grave Extinction Threat, New Expert Assessment Finds
March 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Filed to Restore Endangered Species Protection to American Burying Beetles
March 24, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched Over Federal Project Threatening Desert Tortoises, Other Imperiled Species in California Deserts
March 24, 2021 – Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act Receives National Support
March 24, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Denial of Crucial Habitat Protection to Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee
March 23, 2021 – Report: Montana’s Governor Illegally Trapped, Killed Gray Wolf Outside Yellowstone
March 23, 2021 – California’s Newest Wolf Reaches Fresno County
March 23, 2021 – Lawsuit Seeks to Reinstate Protections on 3.4 Million Acres of Critical Northern Spotted Owl Habitat
March 23, 2021 – Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration’s Last-minute Pipeline Approval for California Desert Water Grab
March 22, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Oil, Gas Leases in Central California
March 19, 2021 – New Mexico House of Representatives Approves Bill to Outlaw Traps, Wildlife Poisons on Public Land
March 19, 2021 – California Coastal Commission Orders End to Off-Roading at Oceano Dunes
March 19, 2021 – Study Finds Glyphosate in More Than Half of All Sampled Florida Manatees
March 18, 2021 – Congress Urged to Overturn Trump Administration Rule That Prioritizes Oil, Gas Over Protecting Gulf of Mexico Corals
March 17, 2021 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Georgia Killings, Rise of Violence Against Asians and Pacific Islanders Throughout United States
March 17, 2021 – Agreement Reached to Protect Endangered Mouse, Riparian Areas in Arizona’s White Mountains
March 17, 2021 – $37,000 Reward Offered for Info on Slain Mexican Wolf in Arizona
March 17, 2021 – Killing of Native Wildlife by Federal ‘Wildlife Services’ Declined Sharply in 2020
March 17, 2021 – Congress Introduces Bill to Save Western Monarch Butterflies
March 17, 2021 – Scientists Identify 20 Million Acre Habitat Area for Jaguars in Arizona, New Mexico
March 17, 2021 – Legal Petition Aims to Stop Utilities From Forcing Customers to Bankroll Anti-Environment Trade Groups
March 16, 2021 – Northwest Senators Urged to Reject Rep. Simpson’s Disastrous Plan for Endangered Salmon
March 16, 2021 – Legal Petition Asks Biden Administration to Extend Offshore Oil Leasing Halt
March 16, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Colorado’s Rubber-stamping of Air Pollution Permits for Oil, Fracked Gas Wells
March 16, 2021 – Data From 10 States Shows Alarming Number of Utility Shutoffs During Pandemic
March 15, 2021 – Inspiring New Leadership at Interior Department: Senate Confirms Deb Haaland
March 15, 2021 – House Bill Introduced to Save Sacred Oak Flat, in Arizona, From Massive Copper Mine
March 13, 2021 – On COVID Anniversary, Justice Groups Gather in D.C. to Demand Utility-shutoffs Moratorium
March 12, 2021 – Forest Service Denies Heliskiing Permit Application in Centennial Mountains
March 12, 2021 – Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Rose to 186 in 2020
March 11, 2021 – Kern County Sued Over Fast-tracking of Tens of Thousands of New Oil Wells
March 11, 2021 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Rare Montana Plant
March 10, 2021 – Environmental Justice Activists to Rally in D.C. for Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs
March 10, 2021 – Court: Interior Department Failed to Provide Records on Trump Administration Collusion With Coal Industry
March 09, 2021 – Hawai‘i Senate Bill Bans Harmful Sunscreen Chemicals
March 09, 2021 – Court Blocks Oil, Gas Extraction on Ohio’s Only National Forest
March 09, 2021 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Nevada’s Fish Lake Valley Tui Chub
March 09, 2021 – Congress Urged to Provide $100 Million Per Year to Save Monarch Butterflies
March 08, 2021 – Missouri Population of Eastern Hellbenders Granted Endangered Species Protection
March 08, 2021 – New York Court Upholds State Ban on Ivory, Rhino Horn Sales
March 05, 2021 – EPA Reopens Consideration of National Climate Pollution Cap
March 05, 2021 – California Court Stops Big Bear Development From Relying on Expired, Decades-old Permits
March 05, 2021 – Willamette Valley Prairie Flower Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
March 05, 2021 – Facebook Live Workshop on Radioactive Phosphogypsum Pollution March 8
March 04, 2021 – Study: Climate Change Contributing to Widespread Butterfly Decline Across Western United States
March 04, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Seattle Harbor Expansion’s Impacts on Endangered Orcas
March 04, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Denial of Endangered Species Protection for Eastern Hellbenders
March 03, 2021 – Buscan la protección de flores silvestres de Arizona y México y bajo la Ley de Especies Amenazadas en EEUU
March 03, 2021 – Endangered Species Act Protection Proposed for Rare Arizona, Mexico Wildflower
March 03, 2021 – Lawsuit Aims to Protect Threatened Iconic Hawaiian Forest Bird
March 03, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Obtain Protected Critical Habitat for Secretive Eastern Black Rail
March 03, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Eleventh-hour Approval of Dangerous Pesticide Banned in More Than 100 Countries
March 02, 2021 – House Democrats’ Climate Bill Fails to Meet Urgent Crisis
March 02, 2021 – Court Orders U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Determine Whether Northern Long-eared Bat Warrants Listing as Endangered Species
March 02, 2021 – Legal Challenge: Duke Energy Plan Would Supersize Climate Pollution, Waste Billions on Unused Power Plants
March 02, 2021 – Congress Urged to Boost Funding for Endangered Species Conservation by $300 Million
March 01, 2021 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly
February 26, 2021 – Bureau of Land Management Rescinds Illegal Grazing Decision Day After Conservationists Sued to Overturn It
February 26, 2021 – New Drilling Project in Bay Area Wetlands Meets Resistance
February 26, 2021 – California’s Newest Wolf Travels Far South to Mono County
February 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Last-Minute Trump Administration Grazing Decision in Oregon
February 25, 2021 – Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Falls Again
February 25, 2021 – Utah Bill Would Allow Public Funding to Expand Fossil Fuel Extraction, Worsen Climate Crisis
February 25, 2021 – Report: Sprawl in Fire-prone Areas Endangers Californians, Increases Damages, Fire-suppression Costs
February 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Imperiled California Fish
February 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Wildlife, Plants From Dangerous Smog
February 25, 2021 – Center for Biological Diversity Endorses Oregon Bill to End Mink Farming, Compensate State's Few Remaining Producers
February 24, 2021 – FERC Urged to Open Tennessee Valley Authority to Clean Energy Sources
February 24, 2021 – Newsom Administration Sued Over Thousands of Unlawful Oil, Gas Projects
February 24, 2021 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Urged to Rescind Agreement With NRA
February 23, 2021 – Online Rally for Snake River Restoration, Dam Removal to Be Held Feb. 25
February 22, 2021 – Court Upholds Protection for California’s Western Joshua Trees
February 19, 2021 – Injunction Sought to Block Oak Flat Land Trade for Massive Arizona Copper Mine
February 18, 2021 – Dozens of Groups Urge Congress to Support Energy Justice Spending in Next Infrastructure Package
February 18, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Federal Failure to Update Marine Mammal Assessments
February 17, 2021 – Thousands Urge Biden to Commit U.S. to Doing Fair Share on Climate
February 17, 2021 – California Senate Bill Aims to End Fracking, Neighborhood Drilling
February 17, 2021 – Colorado Governor, Wildlife Officials Urged to Adopt Clearer, Quicker Wolf Restoration Plan
February 17, 2021 – Opening Brief Filed in Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Expansion of Bee-killing Insecticide Sulfoxaflor
February 12, 2021 – Video Seems to Show Border Wall Construction Ripping Through Jaguar Critical Habitat in Arizona
February 12, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Fight EPA Approval of Pennsylvania’s Flawed, Outdated Plan for Reducing Dangerous Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries
February 12, 2021 – Biden Administration Cancels Offshore Oil Lease Sale in Gulf of Mexico
February 11, 2021 – Federal Judge Overturns Trump Administration’s Gutting of Sage-Grouse Protections from Mining
February 11, 2021 – Biden Urged to Pull Unlawful Trump, G.W. Bush Endangered Species Act Rules
February 11, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Fight EPA’s Delay in Reducing Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in Six States
February 11, 2021 – 10,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Distributed This Valentine’s Day
February 10, 2021 – Army Corps Receives More Than 5,500 Letters Demanding It Revoke Formosa Plastics’ Permit
February 10, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Fight EPA’s Delay in Ensuring Smog Reduction in California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Hampshire
February 09, 2021 – Treaty Commission to Scrutinize Mexico’s Loggerhead Sea Turtle Deaths
February 09, 2021 – Hundreds of Groups Urge Biden to Protect Oak Flat, Reject Environmental Analysis
February 09, 2021 – Tennessee Valley Authority Must Commit to 100% Clean Energy, Align With Biden Climate Goal
February 09, 2021 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Wildlife, Plants From Dangerous Soot
February 08, 2021 – Appeal Challenges Housing Development on Restorable San Francisco Bay Wetlands
February 08, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched Over Army Corps’ Failure to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Nationwide Permit Program
February 08, 2021 – EPA Petitioned to Protect Communities, Environment From Radioactive Phosphogypsum Stacks, Wastewater
February 05, 2021 – Work on ConocoPhillips Oil Project in Western Arctic Challenged in Court
February 04, 2021 – Congressional Bill Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency
February 03, 2021 – Burnett Oil Seeks Permit to Drill in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve
February 03, 2021 – Coalition Submits Amicus Brief in Nangaritza Case Calling for Bold Application of Rights of Nature in Ecuador
February 03, 2021 – Legal Action Contests Reopening of Controversial Refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands
February 03, 2021 – Biden Administration Urged to Reverse Trump Failures on Foreign Wildlife Protections
February 02, 2021 – Appeal Targets U.S. Wildlife Agency’s Refusal to Consider California Condor’s Significance to Tribal Groups in Approving Luxury Resort
February 01, 2021 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ignores Biden Executive Order to Review Trump Wolf Delisting
February 01, 2021 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for American Bumblebee
January 29, 2021 – Washington OKs Controversial Training Program for Hound Hunting
January 27, 2021 – Biden Executive Order Pushes for Protection of 30% of America’s Land, Oceans
January 27, 2021 – Biden Administration Halts Oil and Gas Leasing of Federal Lands, Oceans
January 26, 2021 – 32 Colorado Groups Support Biden’s Expected Pledge to Halt New Fossil Fuel Leasing, Permitting on Public Lands
January 25, 2021 – Federal Bill Proposes Fracking, Drilling Halt on California’s Central Coast, Bay Area
January 25, 2021 – Millions of Americans, Hundreds of Groups Support Halting Fossil Fuel Leasing, Permitting on Public Lands, Oceans
January 25, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Review of Massive Arizona Copper Mine That Would Destroy Sacred Oak Flat
January 25, 2021 – Flawed Federal Analysis of Endangered Right Whales Prompts Records Request
January 21, 2021 – Buscan la protección del tiburón mako y pepino de mar en México
January 21, 2021 – Shortfin Mako Shark, Warty Sea Cucumber Protection Sought in Mexico
January 20, 2021 – Biden Administration Announces Major Steps to Protect Climate, Wildlife
January 19, 2021 – Washington Rejects Massive Methanol Refinery
January 19, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Secure Critical Habitat for Rare Southeast Minnow
January 19, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Gutting of Federal Protection for Migratory Birds
January 18, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Rare L.A. Fish Known for Elaborate Mating Rituals
January 15, 2021 – Oregon Officials Petitioned to Add Farmed Mink to State Prohibited Species List
January 15, 2021 – Legal Filing Responds to Tejon Ranchcorp’s Effort to Stifle Public Dissent
January 15, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Finalize Endangered Species Act Protection for Sierra Nevada Red Fox, Hermes Copper Butterfly, Two Southwestern Plants
January 15, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Cut Airplane Climate Pollution
January 15, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Fight Trump EPA’s Delay in Reducing Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in California, Chicago
January 14, 2021 – Trump Administration Flouts Law to Push Utah Highway Through Protected Conservation Lands
January 14, 2021 – Lawsuits Challenge Trump Administration’s Latest Assaults on Endangered Species Act
January 14, 2021 – Earthjustice Sues on Behalf of Conservation Groups to Stop EPA Rubber-stamping Florida Wetlands Destruction
January 14, 2021 – Letter to Forest Service: Stop Cutting Down Centuries-old Trees on Grand Canyon’s North Rim
January 14, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting
January 14, 2021 – Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered Whales in California Shipping Lanes
January 14, 2021 – New Congress Called on to Fix Public Records Delays, Political Manipulation
January 14, 2021 – Center for Biological Diversity Joins IUCN as Member
January 13, 2021 – Judge Blocks Los Angeles Development That Threatens Local Mountain Lions
January 13, 2021 – Feds Dramatically Cut Northern Spotted Owl Protected Habitat
January 13, 2021 – Trump EPA Approves Treating Citrus With Dangerous Pesticide Banned in More Than 100 Nations, Medically Important Antibiotic
January 13, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Fish From Drilling, Fracking in Nevada
January 13, 2021 – Feds Sued to Force Them to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Vessel Strikes
January 13, 2021 – 600 Groups Urge Biden to Halt Water, Electricity, Broadband Shutoffs With Emergency Executive Order on First Day
January 13, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Failure to Develop Recovery Plans for Two Critically Imperiled Salamanders
January 12, 2021 – Federal Court Rejects Bid by EPA, Pesticide Industry to Keep Bee-killing Pesticide Sulfoxaflor on Market Despite Risks to Endangered Species
January 12, 2021 – Trump Administration Refuses to Address Significant Flaws in Greater Sage-grouse Plans
January 12, 2021 – Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Sale of 58,000 Acres for Drilling in Montana, North Dakota
January 12, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States
January 12, 2021 – Instan a México a oponerse al muro de Trump y ayudar a restaurar los recursos naturales y culturales
January 12, 2021 – Letter Urges Mexico to Oppose Trump’s Wall, Help Restore Natural, Cultural Resources
January 12, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect American Burying Beetle From Extinction
January 12, 2021 – Interior Least Tern Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
January 12, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Secure Critical Habitat for Florida Freshwater Mussel
January 11, 2021 – $5,000 Reward Offered for Info on ‘TRUMP’ Writing on Florida Manatee’s Back
January 11, 2021 – Feds to Be Sued for Weakening Sea Turtle Protections
January 11, 2021 – Scientists, Conservation Groups, Politicians Urge Biden Administration to Immediately Protect Tiehm’s Buckwheat
January 11, 2021 – Feds Launch New Assault on Endangered Species, Public Lands
January 07, 2021 – Trump Administration Rushes to Trade Sacred Oak Flat to Rio Tinto for Massive Arizona Copper Mine
January 07, 2021 – Lawsuit Challenges Colorado’s Rubber-stamping of Air Pollution Permits for Oil, Fracked Gas Wells
January 07, 2021 – Habitat Protections Proposed for Ringed, Bearded Seals Dependent on Arctic Ice
January 07, 2021 – Florida Legislature Proposes to Strip First Amendment Rights of Protestors
January 07, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Firefly, Bees, Poppy Under Endangered Species Act
January 06, 2021 – Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale Compromises Vital Alaska Wilderness
January 06, 2021 – Legal Agreement Blocks Fracking on 53 Oil Leases, Requires Climate Review for Management of 2 Million Acres in Colorado
January 06, 2021 – EPA Report: Gas Mileage Down, Pollution Up
January 06, 2021 – Report: Cattle Destroying Threatened Frog Habitat in Four Arizona Forests
January 06, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Eight Florida Plants Threatened by Sea-level Rise, Development
January 05, 2021 – Court Orders Trump’s EPA to Redo Approval of Colorado’s Flawed Plan to Reduce Smog, Acid Rain
January 05, 2021 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect 11 Species Kept on Waiting List by Trump Administration