PRESS RELEASES |
December 30, 2020 – 593 Florida Manatees Died in 2020, Including At Least 90 From Boat Strikes
December 30, 2020 – Feds Propose Rule to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear
December 29, 2020 – New California Law Protecting Animals From Super-toxic Rat Poisons Takes Effect in 2021
December 28, 2020 – Groups Step Up Efforts to Protect San Francisco Bay Wetlands After Court Setback
December 28, 2020 – Trump Administration Finalizes Do-nothing ‘Standards’ for Airplane Climate Emissions
December 23, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Decision to Gut Tongass National Forest Protections
December 23, 2020 – Feds Agree to Protect Nassau Grouper Habitat
December 22, 2020 – Court Blocks Drilling Set to Begin in Newly Designated Utah Wilderness
December 22, 2020 – Colorado Officials Admit State’s Smog-reduction Plan Already Failed to Protect Colorado From Deadly Pollution, Then Approve It Anyway
December 22, 2020 – Study: Unbridled Farmland Expansion on Pace to Destroy at Least 25% of Habitat for 1,300 Species Within Next 30 Years
December 22, 2020 – Mountain Lion Photographed in Wildlife Corridor Threatened by Los Angeles Development
December 21, 2020 – Farmers, Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Unlawful Re-approval of Dangerous, Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticide
December 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Large Fossil Fuel Project Proposed in Alaska’s Arctic
December 21, 2020 – Inspector General Urged to Reopen Investigation Into Secretary Bernhardt’s Role in Delaying Protections for Endangered Species From Pesticides
December 21, 2020 – Biden Urged to Sign Executive Order to End Extinction Crisis
December 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Permitting for Helium Drilling in Newly Designated Utah Wilderness
December 18, 2020 – New Documents: New Mexico Rancher Who Pleaded Guilty to Bludgeoning Endangered Wolf Admitted Trapping, Beating One More
December 18, 2020 – Washington Finalizes Rules to Better Protect Orcas From Vessel Noise
December 18, 2020 – Diamondback Terrapin Among 10 Species Threatened by Wildlife Trade
December 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Approval of Radioactive Roads
December 17, 2020 – Leading Progressive Groups Launch Public Pressure Campaign for Biden to Address Fossil Fuel Pollution, Climate Crisis
December 17, 2020 – In Gift to Frackers, Gov. Polis Refuses to Push for Speedier Smog Protections
December 17, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges More Sprawl Development in San Diego County
December 17, 2020 – Trump Administration Further Limits Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
December 17, 2020 – California Must Set Clean Car Mandate to 2030 to Meet Climate Goals: Report
December 17, 2020 – Petition Seeks USMCA Review of Mexico’s Loggerhead Sea Turtle Deaths
December 17, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Protect Minnesota’s Rare Lynx From Trapping
December 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Habitat for Critically Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee
December 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Administration for Terminating Plan to Recover North Cascades Grizzly Bears
December 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Over Stalled Habitat Protection for Endangered West Coast Orcas
December 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Against EPA to Protect Endangered Aquatic Species From Cadmium Pollution
December 16, 2020 – Clemson Ornithologist Named 2020 E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Award Recipient
December 16, 2020 – Biden Urged to Sign Climate Emergency Executive Order
December 15, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Oil Well, Pipeline in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument
December 15, 2020 – Monarch Butterflies Put on Waiting List for Endangered Species Act Protection
December 15, 2020 – 500 Groups Urge Biden to Order Fossil Fuel Leasing Ban
December 15, 2020 – Trump Administration Finalizes Rule Limiting Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
December 14, 2020 – Conservation Groups Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Wolverines
December 11, 2020 – Federal Judge Rejects Approval of Federal Oil, Gas Leases in Utah
December 10, 2020 – Updated ‘Redlist:’ 20 Frogs and Fish Declared Extinct
December 10, 2020 – Trump Administration Auctions Off California Public Lands for Oil, Gas
December 10, 2020 – EPA to Consider Reapproving Previously Banned Use of Extremely Toxic Pesticide Aldicarb on Citrus Trees in Florida, Texas
December 09, 2020 – Trump Administration Allows Oil Companies to Harm, Harass Whales Nearly 9 Million Times with Seismic Blasts in Gulf of Mexico
December 09, 2020 – Trump Revives Climate-hostile Tar Sands Push in Utah
December 08, 2020 – 550 grupos piden a Biden que resuelva la crisis de la contaminación del plástico con ocho acciones ejecutivas
December 08, 2020 – 550 Groups Ask Biden to Solve Plastic Pollution Crisis With Eight Executive Actions
December 08, 2020 – Legal Appeal Filed to Block Massive Expansion of Colorado’s Colowyo Coal Mine
December 08, 2020 – Oregon Department of Forestry Drops Two Timber Sales, Inches Toward Habitat Conservation Plan
December 08, 2020 – Legal Filing Challenges EPA, Pesticide Industry Push to Keep Bee-killing Pesticide on Market
December 07, 2020 – Federal Court Rejects Trump’s Approval of Offshore Oil-drilling Project in Arctic
December 07, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Colorado’s Critically Imperiled Gunnison Sage Grouse
December 04, 2020 – Trump Administration Dodges Environmental Review on Liquefied Methane
December 04, 2020 – Light Projections, Press Conference Launch Presidential Plastics Action Plan
December 03, 2020 – Final Defense Bill Denies Military Request to Expand Nevada Bombing Ranges
December 03, 2020 – Endangered Species Protection Sought for Rare Oregon Wildflower
December 03, 2020 – Report: 50 Critical Environmental Reforms President Biden Can Enact Without Congress
December 03, 2020 – Thursday Webinar: Major U.S. Climate Coalition Calculates America’s ‘Fair Share’ of Climate Action
December 03, 2020 – Congress Urged to Provide $100 Million for Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
December 02, 2020 – Nevada Releases Flawed Climate Strategy
December 02, 2020 – Trump Administration Denies Protection to Imperiled Northern California Fish
December 02, 2020 – Oregon Officials Urged to Stop Withholding Information Critical to Protecting Public Health After COVID-19 Outbreak at Oregon Mink Operation
December 02, 2020 – Emergency Petition Seeks to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Fishing Gear
December 01, 2020 – Whitebark Pine Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
December 07, 2020 – Conferencia de prensa en línea para lanzar el Plan de Acción Presidencial sobre el Plástico el 8 de diciembre
December 01, 2020 – Lawsuit Threatened Over Federal Failure to Update Marine Mammal Assessments
December 01, 2020 – Second Lawsuit Aims to Finalize Endangered Species Protection for North Carolina Catfish, Salamander
November 30, 2020 – Disappearing Great Plains Fish Proposed for Federal Protection
November 30, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Feds’ Failure to Protect Endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrel Habitat
December 07, 2020 – Online Press Conference to Launch Presidential Plastics Action Plan on Dec. 8
November 30, 2020 – San Francisco Bay Oil Tanker Dredging Project Shelved
November 30, 2020 – Hawai‘i Court Rules Commercial Aquarium Collection Without Environmental Review Illegal
November 25, 2020 – Audit Finds California Oil Regulator’s Rampant Legal Violations
November 25, 2020 – Feds Propose More Than 6,000 Square Miles of Coral Habitat Protections in Florida, Caribbean, Pacific
November 25, 2020 – EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Likely to Injure or Kill 93% of Endangered Species
November 25, 2020 – California Court Strikes Down Limits on Fighting Dirty Power Plants
November 24, 2020 – Formosa Plastics Opponents Ask Feds to Expand Environmental Justice Analysis of Suspended Permit, Hold Hearing
November 23, 2020 – Federal Court Rejects Permits for Kalama Methanol Refinery
November 23, 2020 – Appeal Challenges Approval of Puget Sound Fish Farm
November 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Destructive Dam Project in California’s Stanislaus County
November 19, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Save Endangered Nevada Butterfly From Ski Resort Expansion
November 19, 2020 – New Website Provides Tips to Simplify the Holidays
November 19, 2020 – Trump Administration Recycles Slashing of Sage-grouse Protections, Opening Habitat to Drilling, Fracking Across Seven Western States
November 19, 2020 – Trump Administration Proposes Rolling Back Arctic Offshore Drilling Safety Rules
November 19, 2020 – EPA Petitioned to Rescind Industry-friendly Guidance Document That OKs Ignoring Pesticides’ Harms to Endangered Species
November 18, 2020 – Legal Protest Blasts Trump Administration Plan for 47,000 Acres of Fracking Leases in Colorado
November 18, 2020 – Outgoing San Diego County Board Members Approve More Sprawl Development
November 18, 2020 – Utah Rejects Massive Water Grab Threatening Utah's Green River, Endangered Fish
November 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Fight EPA’s Delay in Ensuring Smog-reduction in California, Colorado
November 18, 2020 – Frecklebelly Madtom Fish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protections in Georgia, Tennessee
November 16, 2020 – Legal Protest Challenges Trump Administration Plan to Clearcut Old-growth Forest, Grizzly Habitat in Northwest Montana
November 16, 2020 – Video Interview Series Draws Attention to Men’s Crucial Role in Family Planning
November 16, 2020 – Legal Protest Blasts Plan for 430 Square Miles of Fracking Leases in Wyoming
November 16, 2020 – Trump Administration Invites Oil Industry to Desecrate Sacred Arctic Refuge
November 13, 2020 – Oregon Rejects Proposal to Ban Beaver Trapping, Hunting on Federal Lands
November 13, 2020 – $10,000 Reward Offered for Information on Illegal Killing of Mother Grizzly Bear, Cub in Montana
November 12, 2020 – State Funding to Assist Families With Rent, Utilities During Covid Runs Out Today
November 12, 2020 – Navy’s Pacific Northwest Training Plan to Harass Endangered Whales
November 12, 2020 – Survey: Most Americans Believe Human Population Is Driving Wildlife Extinctions
November 10, 2020 – Sickle Darter Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection in Tennessee, Virginia
November 10, 2020 – Senate Republicans Ignore Extinction Crisis, Pandemic in Funding Legislation
November 09, 2020 – Federal Court Suspends Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction
November 09, 2020 – Legal Protest Fights First Federal Oil-lease Sale in California in 8 Years
November 09, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Energy Department’s Failure to Update 25 Overdue Efficiency Standards
November 09, 2020 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Oregon Coast Tiger Beetle
November 06, 2020 – Oregon Officials Urged to Investigate Risks of COVID-19 Outbreaks, Potential Mutations at Mink Farms
November 05, 2020 – EPA: Widely Used Pesticide Atrazine Likely Harms More Than 1,000 Endangered Species
November 05, 2020 – Colorado Voters Approve Reintroduction of Gray Wolves
November 05, 2020 – Legal Step Challenges Trump Administration’s Removal of Gray Wolf Protection
November 05, 2020 – Deschutes River Conservation Plan Fails to Restore River, Fish, Frogs
November 04, 2020 – $7,600 Reward Offered for Info on Wolf Poaching in Eastern Oregon
November 04, 2020 – Army Corps Suspends Permit for Formosa Plastics’ Controversial Louisiana Plant
November 02, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA Rollback of Limits on Toxic Water Pollution From Power Plants
November 02, 2020 – Alabama Mussel Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection, Protected Critical Habitat
October 30, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA Reapproval of Endocrine-disrupting Pesticide Atrazine
October 29, 2020 – California Approves Regulations to Reduce Whale Entanglements in Crab Gear
October 29, 2020 – Endangered Species Act Protections Stripped From Gray Wolves
October 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges California’s $16 Billion Move to Fund Delta Tunnel Project
October 29, 2020 – International Report Calls Out United States for Driving Wildlife Trade
October 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Protect Snowy Plovers From Off-road Vehicles at Oceano Dunes
October 29, 2020 – Feds Plan Drilling Project in Utah’s Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness
October 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed Against EPA to Protect People in Seven States From Asthma-causing Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution
October 29, 2020 – Federal Appeals Court Blocks Coal-mining Construction in Protected Roadless Forest in Colorado
October 28, 2020 – California-born Wolf Disperses to Oregon for First Time
October 28, 2020 – Massive California Warehouse Project Dealt Another Legal Setback
October 28, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Force Feds to Update Recovery Plan for Endangered California Fish
October 28, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Save Leopards From Import to U.S. as Hunting Trophies
October 27, 2020 – EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-prone Dicamba Pesticides Recently Banned by Federal Court for Causing Widespread Economic Harm to Farmers
October 27, 2020 – Court Invalidates Use of Bait, Hounds by Private Hunters to Kill Washington’s Bears on Timberlands
October 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Pendley Over 1.7 Million-Acre Fossil Fuel Plan in Colorado
October 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Stop Damaging Hunting Practices From Killing Endangered Wildlife on Refuges
October 26, 2020 – Legal Agreement Protects California Wildlife Corridor for Santa Ana Mountain Lions
October 23, 2020 – $6,150 Reward Offered for Info on Wolf Poaching in Eastern Oregon
October 23, 2020 – Proposal Filed With Federal Court to Ensure U.S. Army Corps Addresses Harm to Endangered Species From Toxic Lake Okeechobee Discharges
October 23, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Dangerous New Fungicide
October 22, 2020 – Reward Increased to $25,000 for Info on Killings of Six Endangered Florida Sawfish
October 22, 2020 – EPA Reapproves Dozens of Ultra-toxic Pesticides
October 22, 2020 – Court Denies UNC’s Request to Dismiss Claims That University’s Power Plant Burned More Coal Than Permitted
October 22, 2020 – Youth Leader Nalleli Cobo Honored With Rose Braz Award for Bold Activism
October 22, 2020 – EPA Agrees to Crack Down on Smog From Oil, Fracked Gas in Eight States
October 22, 2020 – South Carolina Governor Signs Bill to Protect Wild Turtles From Poaching, Trade
October 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Southern California Sprawl Development
October 21, 2020 – Report: Funds to Clean Up California Oil Wells Dangerously Low, Records Show
October 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Inadequate Federal Review of Gulf of Mexico Endangered Species
October 20, 2020 – Ocean-based Climate Solutions Act Would End Offshore Oil Leasing, Protect Marine Habitat
October 20, 2020 – Endangered Species Protection Sought for Snake-like Central California Lizard
October 19, 2020 – Efficient, Electric: Report Offers Path to U.S. Aviation Climate Pollution Cuts
October 16, 2020 – Judge Denies Motion, Opening Door to Lawsuits Challenging Pendley Decisions Spanning 30 Million Acres of Public Land
October 15, 2020 – ‘March for Black Lives’ to Say No to Louisiana’s Amendment 5, Formosa Plastics
October 15, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Department of Energy Documents on Industry Influence Over Grid Resilience Model
October 14, 2020 – Legal Action Initiated to Speed Endangered Species Act Protections for Giraffes
October 14, 2020 – Legal Action Supports North Carolina’s Denial of Water Permit for Destructive Southgate Gas Pipeline
October 13, 2020 – Judge Rejects Challenge to Critical Habitat for New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mice
October 13, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Force Critical Habitat for Threatened Hawaiian Forest Bird
October 13, 2020 – Public Records Sought Over Delays in National Climate Report
October 12, 2020 – Court Denies UNC’s Request to Dismiss Claims of Clean Air Act Violations at University’s Coal-fired Power Plant
October 12, 2020 – Forest Service Review Would Greenlight Extreme Sports in Rare Nevada Butterfly Habitat
October 12, 2020 – Governors Band Together for Salmon, Orcas After Federal Plan Falls Flat
October 09, 2020 – Puerto Rican Harlequin Butterfly Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
October 08, 2020 – Lawsuit Forces EPA to Jump-start Work to Clean Up Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution in Indiana, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Guam
October 08, 2020 – Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto Proposes Massive Public Lands Seizure for Bombing Range, Development
October 08, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Over Federal Refusal to Protect Wolverines
October 08, 2020 – Regulators Warned of Champlain Hudson Power Express Project’s Environmental Impact
October 08, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Feds’ Failure to Protect Frontline Workers From COVID-19
October 07, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Documents Tied to Cover-up of Groundwater Pumping at Arizona Army Base
October 07, 2020 – Agriculture Department’s ‘Wildlife Services’ Killed Approximately 1.2 Million Native Animals in 2019
October 07, 2020 – Rare, Elusive Marsh Bird Receives Endangered Species Protections
October 06, 2020 – Rare Nevada Fish One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protection
October 05, 2020 – Legal Victory Secures New Recovery Plan for Endangered Red Wolves
October 02, 2020 – Opponents of Formosa Plastics’ Louisiana Plant Move to Overturn Federal Approval
October 01, 2020 – EPA OKs First Finfish Farm in Federal Waters
October 01, 2020 – Seismic Blasting Efforts Halted in Atlantic Ocean
October 01, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Federal Failure to Protect Panama City Crayfish
September 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Compel Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect Bi-state Sage Grouse
September 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Emergency Protections for Rare Nevada Wildflower
September 29, 2020 – Sens. Cornyn, Booker Introduce Landmark Bill to End U.S. Live Wildlife Markets, Curb Trade
September 29, 2020 – Coastal California Sunflower Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
September 29, 2020 – Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Protecting Wild Animals from Super-toxic Rat Poisons
September 29, 2020 – Trispot Darter Fish Gains Protected Critical Habitat in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
September 28, 2020 – Rare Flower in New Mexico’s High Desert Proposed for Federal Protection
September 28, 2020 – Two Eastern Freshwater Mussels Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
September 28, 2020 – Report: America’s Massive Wildlife Imports Fuel Global Pandemic Risks
September 25, 2020 – Red-cockaded Woodpecker Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
September 25, 2020 – Thousands Oppose First Federal Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years
September 24, 2020 – U.S. Forest Service Plan Guts Protections, Allows Clearcut Logging of Old-growth Trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
September 24, 2020 – Legal Petition Seeks to Close California Forest Carbon Loophole
September 24, 2020 – Documents: Powerful Pro-pesticide Groups Shaped U.S. Push to Weaken International Oversight of Medically Important Antibiotics
September 24, 2020 – Petition Aims to Protect Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake Under Endangered Species Act
September 23, 2020 – Gov. Newsom’s Climate Initiative Omits Key Actions on Oil Drilling, Fracking
September 23, 2020 – Advocates Demand Regulation of Toxic Neonic-treated Seeds
September 23, 2020 – Endocrine-disrupting Pesticide Atrazine to Be Banned in Hawaii, Five U.S. Territories, Prohibited on Conifers, Roadsides
September 23, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Colorado’s Critically Imperiled Gunnison Sage Grouse
September 23, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Federal Failure to Protect Caribbean Lizards as Endangered
September 22, 2020 – California Commission OKs Petition Protecting Joshua Trees Under State’s Endangered Species Act
September 22, 2020 – Fate of Puget Sound Commercial Fish Farms to Be Decided at Thursday’s Virtual Hearing
September 22, 2020 – Agreement Reached to Protect Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee at Minnetonka’s Lone Lake Park
September 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approval of Alaska LNG Project
September 21, 2020 – Gov. Newsom Faces Lawsuit Over California’s Illegal Oil-well Permits
September 18, 2020 – EPA Scraps Protections for Children From Pesticide Linked to Birth Defects, Cancer
September 18, 2020 – Park Service Finalizes Disastrous Point Reyes Plan to Kill Native Wildlife, Prioritize Commercial Livestock Grazing
September 18, 2020 – Colorado Agency Caves to U.S. Forest Service, OKs More Bulldozing of Roadless Forest
September 18, 2020 – Students, Orange County Commissioner Marcoplos to Host Tuesday Rally at UNC to Protest University’s Ongoing Use of Coal-fired Power Plant
September 17, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Arizona’s Verde River From Ravages of Illegal Grazing
September 17, 2020 – EPA Airplane Pollution Rule Blasted for Failing to Help Climate
September 17, 2020 – Administration Sued for Records Detailing U.S. Role on Behalf of Glyphosate-maker Bayer in Pressuring Thailand to Reverse Plan to Ban Pesticide
September 17, 2020 – El Festival de Cine Virtual destaca el vínculo entre la justicia alimentaria y la justicia ambiental
September 16, 2020 – Federal Protection Proposed for Two Missouri Crayfishes, Colorado Flower
September 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Seek New Critical Habitat for Endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrels
September 16, 2020 – Virtual Film Festival Highlights Link Between Food Justice, Environmental Justice
September 16, 2020 – Legal Victory Puts Keys Lizard Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection
September 16, 2020 – More Than 17,000 Rare Nevada Wildflowers Destroyed
September 15, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Logging Threat to Endangered Wildlife in Northern California Redwoods
September 14, 2020 – More Than 1,500 Acres of Critical Habitat Proposed for Two Central Texas Salamanders
September 14, 2020 – Millions Demand Congressional Action on COVID Relief Measure
September 11, 2020 – Idaho Documents Reveal Weeks-old Wolf Pups Among 570 Maimed, Slaughtered Wolves
September 11, 2020 – Washington Bans Cruel Wildlife-killing Contests
September 10, 2020 – Oregon Urged to End Beaver Trapping, Hunting on Federal Lands
September 10, 2020 – Thousands of Californians Call on Governor to Sign Bill That Protects Wildlife From Toxic Rat Poisons
September 10, 2020 – Killing of Three Wolves Dims Hopes for New Colorado Population
September 10, 2020 – Survey Finds Subsidies Don’t Decrease Ranchers’ Hostility to Mexican Gray Wolves
September 09, 2020 – Congress Urged to Provide Immediate Pandemic Relief to U.S Food, Farm, Fish Systems
September 08, 2020 – Airplane Pollution Standards Lag 10 Years Behind Technology: Report
September 04, 2020 – Gov. Inslee Orders Rework of Washington’s Wolf-killing Policies
September 04, 2020 – Trump Administration Launches New Assault on Alaska’s Tongass Old-growth Forest
September 04, 2020 – Piden ambientalistas al Tribunal Supremo de Ecuador que proteja Los Cedros y haga cumplir los 'Derechos de la Naturaleza'
September 04, 2020 – Environmental Groups Ask Ecuador´s Highest Court to Protect Los Cedros, Enforce Constitutional ‘Rights of Nature’
September 04, 2020 – American Burying Beetle Loses Endangered Status Despite Major Threats From Oil Development, Climate Change
September 04, 2020 – Trump Administration Further Weakens Habitat Protection for Endangered Species
September 03, 2020 – Judge Allows Conservation Groups to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity From Industry Legal Challenge
September 02, 2020 – Analysis: Proposed Washington Methanol Refinery Would Produce Massive Pollution
September 02, 2020 – Trump Administration Hastening Review to Expedite Sprawl in Florida
September 02, 2020 – Documents: Trump Administration Waiving Rules for Oil Drilling, Mining
September 01, 2020 – Humboldt Martens Receive Long-awaited Endangered Species Act Protection
September 01, 2020 – Officials Urged to Strengthen ‘Connect SoCal’ Plan to Protect Mountain Lions, Discourage Development in Fire-prone Areas
September 01, 2020 – California Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Wildlife From Super-toxic Rat Poisons
September 01, 2020 – SEC Complaint Charges Misleading Claims by Australian Company Over Nevada Mine
September 01, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Challenge Seattle Harbor Expansion’s Threats to Orcas
September 01, 2020 – Trump Administration Sued for Failing to Protect Nassau Grouper Habitat
August 31, 2020 – Forest Service Plan Would Fast-track Fracking on National Forests, Grasslands
August 31, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Challenging EPA Decision to Dismiss Pesticides’ Harms to Endangered Species
August 31, 2020 – National Park Service Pressed to Tear Down Elk Barrier, Ensure Water Supply for Point Reyes Elk
August 28, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Luxury Development in Big Bear Valley
August 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Forest Service Failure to Protect Endangered Mouse, Streamside Meadow Areas in New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains
August 27, 2020 – Lawsuit: Trump Administration’s Massive Powder River Basin Coal Plan Violates Court Order
August 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Delay in Ensuring That Rules to Reduce Smog Are in Place for California, Colorado
August 27, 2020 – Trump Administration Proposes First Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years
August 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Against Fort Lauderdale Hilton for Harming Sea Turtles
August 26, 2020 – Emergency Legal Petition Filed With USDA to End Cruel Farm ‘Depopulation’ Methods
August 26, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Protection for Wolves, Grizzly Bears on Alaska’s National Preserves
August 26, 2020 – Analysis: National Wildlife Refuges Hit With 34% Increase in Acreage Sprayed With Agricultural Pesticides Over Two-year Period
August 25, 2020 – TC Energy Warned That Construction of Keystone XL Poses Unlawful Harm to Endangered Species
August 25, 2020 – Lawsuit Fights Trump Administration Plan to Open 18 Million Acres of Western Arctic to Oil and Gas Drilling
August 25, 2020 – Rare Virgin Islands Flower Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
August 25, 2020 – Legal Petition Demands Tennessee Valley Authority Halt Electricity Shutoffs, Fund Debt Relief
August 24, 2020 – California Senate Bill May Shield Oil Companies From Cleanup Costs
August 24, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Block Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
August 24, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Failure to Clean Up Ventura County Smog
August 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Mega-Resort in Northern California’s Fire-prone Guenoc Valley
August 21, 2020 – Judge OKs Millions in Executive Payouts for Bankrupt California Oil Giant
August 21, 2020 – Nation’s First Public Database Launched Featuring Research on Links Between Human Population Growth, Extinction Crisis
August 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Save Rare Southern Nevada Butterfly
August 20, 2020 – Federal Government Agrees to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat
August 20, 2020 – Legal Action Seeks Endangered Species Protection for Giant California Fly
August 19, 2020 – Judge Orders Deadline for New North Atlantic Right Whale Protections
August 19, 2020 – California Moves to Protect Declining Leatherback Sea Turtles
August 19, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Fossil Fuel Plan in Colorado ‘Climate Hot Spot’
August 18, 2020 – Federal Agency Revokes Protections for Wildlife on Scores of National Wildlife Refuges Across Country
August 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Suspension of Pollution Monitoring
August 18, 2020 – U.S. Agrees to Decide Pangolin Protections
August 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Refusal to Protect California Spotted Owl
August 17, 2020 – Animal, Environmental Organizations Call on White House to Support G20 Ban on Wildlife Trade
August 17, 2020 – Washington State Kills Last Two Members of Wedge Wolf Pack
August 14, 2020 – Ban on Collecting Hawaii Reef Fish for Aquarium Trade Upheld
August 13, 2020 – ExxonMobil Oil Trucking Plan Jeopardized by Refinery Shutdown, County Staff Opposition to Using Dangerous Route 166
August 13, 2020 – Trump Administration Rolls Back Methane Pollution Rules for Oil, Gas Industry
August 13, 2020 – Gov. Inslee Urged to Act After Washington Wolf Advisor’s Removal
August 11, 2020 – Court Overturns Trump Administration Policy That Sharply Curtailed Protections for Migratory Birds
August 11, 2020 – Alachua County Says No to Florida Plan for Huge Toll Roads
August 11, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Against EPA to Combat Asthma-causing Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution in Eight States
August 11, 2020 – Labor, Environmental Groups Urge Emergency Action to Protect Frontline Workers From COVID-19
August 10, 2020 – Department of Energy Inaction Will Cost Consumers at Least $22 Billion, Spew at Least 80 Million Tons of Carbon Into Air
August 10, 2020 – Feds: High Extinction Risk for All Seven Leatherback Sea Turtle Populations
August 07, 2020 – Black Teatfish Sea Cucumbers Move Toward Endangered Species Protection
August 06, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Reduce Dangerous Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution
August 06, 2020 – Legal Petition Urges U.S. to Certify That China’s Pangolin Trade Violates Wildlife Treaty
August 06, 2020 – Vessel Speed Limits Sought to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
August 05, 2020 – Company Puts Massive Nevada Gold Mine Expansion on Hold
August 05, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Mining Permits Near Boundary Waters Wilderness in Minnesota
August 05, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Minnesota’s Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee
August 05, 2020 – Feinstein-Daines Wildfire Bill Would Evade Environmental Laws, Compromise Community Protection
August 04, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Nearly $28 Million in Public Funding for Utah Oil Railway
August 04, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Approval of Mining Road Through Alaska National Park
August 04, 2020 – Sen. Udall, Rep. Neguse Introduce Landmark Legislation Banning Chlorpyrifos, Paraquat, Transforming Pesticide Safety Reviews
July 31, 2020 – Trump Administration Proposes New Limits on Protecting Endangered Species Habitat
July 31, 2020 – Federal Review of Columbia River Dams Fails to Protect Salmon, Orcas
July 30, 2020 – Feds Urged to Deny Third Arizona Pumped-storage Project Threatening Humpback Chub, Little Colorado River
July 30, 2020 – Santa Barbara County to Vote on ExxonMobil Plan to Restart Offshore Platforms, Truck Oil in California
July 30, 2020 – Legal Action Challenges Duke Energy’s Buildout of Unapproved Gas-fired Power Units
July 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Attack on Landmark Environmental Law
July 29, 2020 – Legal Petition Urges U.S. Forest Service to Protect Native Bees, Stop Rubber-stamping Commercial Beehives on Federal Lands
July 24, 2020 – Trump Administration OKs Liquid Natural Gas by Rail Despite Explosion Risks
July 24, 2020 – Formosa Plastics Agrees to Delay Work on Louisiana Plant After Opponents File for Injunction
July 23, 2020 – Critical Habitat Designated for Threatened Idaho Plant
July 23, 2020 – New Study Calls for Funding to Prevent Deforestation, Curtail Wildlife Trade
July 23, 2020 – Washington Wildlife Agency Issues Kill Order on Another Endangered Wolf Pack
July 23, 2020 – Central California Coast Snail Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
July 23, 2020 – Washington Governor Urged to Order New Rules to Reduce Wolf-killing
July 23, 2020 – New Data Underscores Urgent Need for Federal Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs
July 23, 2020 – California Data Show Regular Truck Crashes, Deaths Along Proposed ExxonMobil Oil-trucking Route
July 22, 2020 – Trump Administration Denies Montana Grayling Endangered Species Protection
July 22, 2020 – Trump Administration’s Weak New Aircraft Pollution Rules Fail to Protect Climate
July 22, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Finalize Endangered Species Protection for North Carolina Catfish, Salamander
July 21, 2020 – Luxury Resort Approved in Northern California’s Wildfire-prone Guenoc Valley
July 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Release Records on End of North Cascades Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan
July 21, 2020 – Two Rare Nevada Wildflowers Move Toward Endangered Species Protection
July 20, 2020 – California’s Lassen Wolf Pack Has Pups for Fourth Straight Year
July 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Order Opening Public Lands to Coal Leasing
July 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Sprawling Southern California Mega-warehouse
July 16, 2020 – EPA: Waters Around Two Hawaii Beaches Impaired by Plastic Pollution
July 16, 2020 – As Oil Giant Goes Bankrupt, California Governor Urged to Hold Industry Responsible for Well Cleanups
July 16, 2020 – Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration Cancellation of Methane Pollution Rule
July 16, 2020 – Analysis: Dietary Guidelines of U.S., Other G20 Countries, Are Pushing Planet Closer to Climate Catastrophe
July 15, 2020 – Endangered Species Protections Sought for Rare Wolf in Southeast Alaska
July 15, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Force Trump Administration to Restore North Cascades Grizzly Bears
July 15, 2020 – Trump Administration Dismantles Bedrock Environmental Law
July 15, 2020 – Dunes Sagebrush Lizard One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections
July 14, 2020 – Keystone XL Faces New Legal Challenge Over Faulty Federal Review
July 14, 2020 – Opponents of Formosa Plastics’ Louisiana Plant File for Preliminary Injunction
July 13, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Ensure Water for Rare Nevada Fish
July 13, 2020 – 60 Groups Denounce Trump Administration’s Proposal to Revive Super-polluting Supersonic Planes
July 10, 2020 – Federal Court Strikes Down EPA’s ‘Free Pass’ for Colorado Oil, Gas Pollution in Smog-reduction Effort
July 09, 2020 – Updated ‘Redlist:’ More Than 1 in 4 Evaluated Species Facing Extinction
July 09, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Documents on President Trump’s Order ‘Expediting’ Fossil Fuel Project Approvals
July 09, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Wildlife in California Redwood Forest
July 09, 2020 – Right Whales Decline as Deadly Entanglements Continue, IUCN Finds
July 08, 2020 – Understanding Protects Endangered Owls From Arizona, New Mexico Forest Projects
July 08, 2020 – Appeals Court Victory Maintains Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies
July 08, 2020 – California Coastal Commission Orders Oceano Dunes to Remain Closed to Vehicles to Protect Nesting Shorebirds
July 08, 2020 – 9th Circuit Court Urged to Reject Arizona Utility’s Discrimination Against Rooftop Solar
July 07, 2020 – Nevada Court Protects Bi-state Sage Grouse From Off-road Vehicles
July 07, 2020 – Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Dire Straits as Population Numbers Continue to Decline
July 06, 2020 – In Yet Another Blow to Keystone XL, Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Revive Key Water-crossing Permit
July 06, 2020 – New Air Pollution Violation Revealed at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Coal Plant
July 06, 2020 – With New Permits, Newsom Ramps Up Fracking in California
July 06, 2020 – Two Map Turtles Species Move One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection in Mississippi, Louisiana
July 02, 2020 – Prescott National Forest Withdraws Approval of Hassayampa River Gold Mine
July 02, 2020 – Feds Agree to Decide on Endangered Species Protection for Wolverines by Aug. 31
July 01, 2020 – House Democrats Set to Give 850,000 Acres of Nevada Wildlife Refuge to Military
June 30, 2020 – Miles de tortugas siguen muriendo en Costas de BCS, insuficientes los esfuerzos para su conservación
June 29, 2020 – Petition Seeks California Endangered Species Protection for Quino Checkerspot Butterfly
June 29, 2020 – 27,488 Acres of Critical Habitat Designated for Elfin-woods Warbler
June 29, 2020 – California Holds Hearing on Rule to Prevent Whale Entanglements in Crab Gear
June 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Force Recovery Plans for Two Southeastern Salamanders
June 29, 2020 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Petitioned to Ban Mass Burial, On-Site Incineration of Factory-Farmed Animals During Pandemic
June 26, 2020 – Feds Kill Another Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf
June 26, 2020 – Washington Commission Rejects Petition for New Rules to Prevent Wolf Killing, Conflicts
June 25, 2020 – Newly Discovered Wetland Flower in North Carolina Already Extinct
June 25, 2020 – Trump Administration Plan Expands Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Reserve
June 23, 2020 – Filing Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Alaska LNG Project
June 22, 2020 – Critical Habitat Finalized for Endangered Arizona Mud Turtle
June 22, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Colorado Air Pollution Agency Approval of Smog Pollution From Oil, Gas Well
June 19, 2020 – Washington Agency Issues Kill Order on Another Endangered Wolf Pack
June 19, 2020 – Trump Administration OKs Beaver Killing in Oregon, Despite Harm to Endangered Salmon, Steelhead
June 19, 2020 – Trump Administration Abandons Hammond Ranches Appeal in Reprieve for Oregon Wildlife, Public Lands
June 18, 2020 – California Agency: Protection for Leatherback Sea Turtles May Be Needed
June 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Tiny Florida Crayfish
June 17, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Compel Trump Administration to Protect Bi-state Sage Grouse
June 17, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump OK of Commercial Fishing in Atlantic Marine Monument
June 16, 2020 – Rural Residents, Hunters Join Nationwide Effort to Save Mexican Wolves
June 16, 2020 – Conservation Groups File Motions to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity
June 16, 2020 – Report: Nearly 90% of Minnesotans Recognize Importance of Maintaining State’s Wolf Population
June 16, 2020 – Solar Co-op Launches for Tucson Residents to Go Solar Together
June 16, 2020 – Oregon Wildlife Commission Keeps Cruel Trapping Practices in Place
June 15, 2020 – Nevada Takes Important Step to Protect Endangered Fish
June 15, 2020 – Trump Administration Seeks to Thwart Resident Reporting of Coal-mining Violations
June 15, 2020 – 450 Environmental, Energy Justice Groups Urge Federal Commission to Reject Threat to Solar Net Metering
June 11, 2020 – Emergency Motion Seeks Contempt for EPA Administrator Wheeler for Defying Ruling Barring Farmers from Spraying Dicamba
June 11, 2020 – Trump Administration Plan to Graze 24 Million Acres in Nevada Could Worsen Wildfire Risk
June 11, 2020 – Lawsuit Filed to Force Trump Administration to Protect Arizona’s Mount Graham Red Squirrel From Extinction
June 11, 2020 – Legal Intervention Fights Shadowy Organization’s Effort to Gut Solar Net Metering
June 11, 2020 – Demanda busca sanciones comerciales contra México mientras la vaquita marina afronta la extinción
June 11, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Trade Sanctions Against Mexico as Vaquita Porpoise Faces Extinction
June 10, 2020 – Lawsuit Halts Border Road Construction in Key Grizzly Bear Habitat
June 10, 2020 – Tiny Oregon Lake Fish Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
June 10, 2020 – Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Brown Bears, Other Wildlife in Alaska’s Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
June 10, 2020 – California Officials Interfering With Protected Shorebirds’ Nesting at Oceano Dunes
June 10, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Targeting Trump Administration’s Suspension of Pollution Monitoring
June 09, 2020 – Lifesaving Critical Habitat Proposed for Florida Bonneted Bat
June 09, 2020 – Unprecedented Lawsuit Launched Against President Trump for Order ‘Expediting’ Fossil Fuel Project Approvals
June 08, 2020 – Trump Administration Urged to Consider Sustainability, Climate, Accessibility in New U.S. Dietary Guidelines
June 08, 2020 – Endangered Status Sought for Death Valley Region Fish
June 08, 2020 – Documents Sought on Industry Giveaways in Trump Order ‘Expediting’ Fossil Fuel Project Approvals
June 05, 2020 – Legal Action Halts Federal Use of Strangulation Snares in Washington
June 05, 2020 – Trump Removes Atlantic Ocean Protections to Expand Commercial Fishing
June 05, 2020 – Trump Administration Releases Draft Plan to Allow Widespread Bird-killing at Industrial Sites
June 04, 2020 – Emergency Petition Filed With FDA to Suspend Ractopamine Approval
June 04, 2020 – Court Rejects Meatpacker’s Efforts to Kill Lawsuit Over Slaughterhouse Pollution in South Platte River
June 03, 2020 – Federal Court Holds Dicamba Pesticide Unlawful, Citing Unprecedented Drift Damage to Millions of Acres
June 03, 2020 – Rare Gray Wolf Found in Utah Targeted by State Trappers
June 03, 2020 – Judge: EPA Must Update 26-year-old Plan for Offshore Oil Spills
June 02, 2020 – Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Illegal Land Swap to Bulldoze Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
June 01, 2020 – New Study Warns of Dire Human Impacts if Wildlife Extinction Crisis Continues
June 01, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Delay in Protecting Rare Nevada Fish
June 01, 2020 – Tucson Solar Co-op to Help Area Residents Go Solar
May 29, 2020 – Court Rejects Koch Brothers-funded Group’s Attack on Rare Texas Arachnid
May 29, 2020 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Murder of George Floyd, Institutional Racism, Presidential Threat of Violence
May 29, 2020 – Southern California Flower Recovered, No Longer Needs Endangered Species Protection
May 28, 2020 – Appeals Court Upholds Order Blocking Keystone XL’s Water-crossing Permit
May 28, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approval of Jordan Cove Natural Gas Project
May 28, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Fight Trump EPA’s Delay in Reducing Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution
May 27, 2020 – Appeal Targets Mining Permits Near Boundary Waters Wilderness in Minnesota
May 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Push to Gut Car Pollution Standards
May 27, 2020 – EPA Asked to OK Bee-killing Dinotefuran on Apples, Peaches, Nectarines
May 26, 2020 – Trump Administration Again OKs Oil Drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument
May 21, 2020 – Decades-long Campaign Forces Nevada Board to Kill Huge Las Vegas Groundwater Pipeline
May 21, 2020 – Public Outcry Prompts Minneapolis Park Board to Prioritize Nonlethal Responses to Wildlife Conflicts
May 21, 2020 – Reward Increased to $3,500 for Info on Illegal Poisonings of Wolves, Family Dogs
May 20, 2020 – California Lawsuit Challenges Federal Water Contracts That Imperil Delta, Fish, Wildlife
May 20, 2020 – New Mexico Wolf Pack Destroyed After Alpha Female Killed, Yearling Flees
May 19, 2020 – Nevada Urged to Protect Rare Wildflower As Mine Permitting Ramps Up
May 19, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Records on Trump Administration’s Fossil Fuel Bailout
May 18, 2020 – To Revive Economy, Congress Should Invest $25 Billion in Protecting Wildlife, Restoring Public Lands
May 18, 2020 – Plan: Preventing Future Pandemics Requires Sweeping U.S. Action on Wildlife Trade
May 15, 2020 – Trump Administration Forced to Review Coal-mining Threats to Endangered Species Nationwide
May 15, 2020 – California Proposes Regulations to Prevent Whale Entanglements in Crab Gear
May 15, 2020 – Pipeline Shutdown Prevented 34 Million Tons of Carbon Pollution in California
May 14, 2020 – New Study Finds Broad Public Support For Wolf Reintroduction In Colorado
May 14, 2020 – Trump’s Border Wall Would End Jaguar Recovery, Bulldoze Sky Island Mountains
May 14, 2020 – Trump Administration Denies Endangered Species Protection for Pacific Fisher Across Most of Species’ Range
May 14, 2020 – ‘Oil 101’ Webinar to Discuss Industry Impacts on Santa Barbara County
May 14, 2020 – Petition Seeks Federal Protections for Black Teatfish Sea Cucumbers
May 12, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Arch Coal’s Illegal Air Pollution at Colorado Coal Mine
May 12, 2020 – Objections Filed Over Massive National Forest Logging, Road-building Project in Wyoming
May 12, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s $7.2 Billion Transfer for Border Wall Construction
May 12, 2020 – Virtual Town Hall to Explore Why Congress Must Fight for Power, Water, Broadband for All
May 11, 2020 – Federal Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Permit Critical to Keystone XL, Other Oil and Gas Pipelines
May 11, 2020 – Appeal Challenges Massive Sprawl Project in Rural Riverside County
May 11, 2020 – Legal Petition Seeks New Rules to Reduce Washington Wolf-killing
May 11, 2020 – Protection Sought for Southern California Freshwater Minnow
May 08, 2020 – Forest Service Trims Colorado Logging Project After Conservation Groups Object
May 06, 2020 – Louisiana Groups Urge Delay in Power Project for Industrial Polluters, Citing COVID-19 Concerns
May 06, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Toxic Copper Mine Threatening Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness
May 05, 2020 – Humboldt County Agrees to Prioritize Nonlethal Solutions to Wildlife Conflict
May 04, 2020 – National Institutes of Health Study Links Dicamba, Increased Cancer Risks
May 04, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Endangered Species Act Protections for Humboldt Marten
May 01, 2020 – Colorado Bans Cruel Wildlife-killing Contests
May 01, 2020 – Utah Oil Industry Asks Governor for Bailout in Midst of Pandemic
May 01, 2020 – Public Records Sought After Federal Agents Kill Four Wolves in New Mexico
April 30, 2020 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Consider Endangered Listing for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
April 30, 2020 – Court Allows Slaughterhouse Pollution Lawsuit to Move Forward
April 30, 2020 – Federal Court to Hold Video Hearing on Future of Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
April 30, 2020 – Legal Action Prompts New Review of Ski Resort Expansion’s Impact on Southern Nevada Butterfly
April 30, 2020 – Seven State Bans on Electricity Shutoffs Expiring Soon
April 30, 2020 – Study: Cutting U.S. Meat Intake in Half Could Prevent 1.6 Billion Tons of Climate Pollution
April 29, 2020 – Trump Administration to Consult on Protecting Endangered Whales in California Shipping Lanes
April 29, 2020 – Trump Administration Cuts Requirement to Monitor Atrazine in Midwest Rivers, Streams
April 29, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges California’s Failure to Address State Water Project’s Threat to Bay Delta, Salmon Runs
April 28, 2020 – Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Bungles Lesser Prairie Chicken Conservation Effort
April 28, 2020 – New Drone Footage Shows Damage From Trump’s Wall in Remote Arizona Wildlands
April 28, 2020 – Public Records Sought on Anti-Solar Group’s Efforts to Gut Net Metering
April 27, 2020 – Critical Habitat Proposed for Threatened Snakes in Arizona, New Mexico
April 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Attempt to Blame Mexico for Smog in California’s Imperial County
April 24, 2020 – Southeastern Flower Recovers in Latest Endangered Species Act Success Story
April 23, 2020 – Trump Working Group Calls for Uranium Industry Handout, Slashing Laws, Public-lands Protections
April 23, 2020 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumblebee
April 23, 2020 – Briefing to Announce Launch of National Peoples’ Mobilization to Save Lives, Prevent Second Wave of COVID-19 Deaths
April 21, 2020 – Earth Day Webinar to Highlight Plan to Protect 50% of America’s Wildlands
April 21, 2020 – Endangered Species Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Administration’s Suspension of Pollution Monitoring
April 20, 2020 – Washington Wolf Population Increased Only 11% After Another Season of Killing
April 20, 2020 – New Mexico Delegation Must Support People, Oppose Big Oil Bailout
April 20, 2020 – Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Trump EPA Approves Use of Important TB Antibiotic as Pesticide
April 20, 2020 – 300 Groups Call on Congress to Bail Out People, Not Polluters
April 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Challenging Feds’ Failure to Fully Assess Harms of Lake Okeechobee Toxic Releases to Protected Sea Turtles, Sawfish
April 16, 2020 – California Moves to Protect Imperiled Mountain Lion Populations
April 16, 2020 – Nevada Water Officials to Abandon Appeal of Massive Las Vegas Pipeline Project
April 16, 2020 – Legal Victory Secures Habitat Protection for 14 Imperiled Hawaii Island Species
April 16, 2020 – USDA Inspector Describes Filth, Mistreatment at ‘Model’ High-speed Slaughterhouse
April 15, 2020 – Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows to 22 Packs, 158 Animals
April 15, 2020 – Federal Court Invalidates Key Permit for Keystone XL
April 15, 2020 – Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Oil Pipeline Spill Rules
April 15, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Trump Administration’s Denial of Protection to California Spotted Owls
April 15, 2020 – Alexander Archipelago Wolves Need Urgent Help Following Record Killings in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
April 15, 2020 – 54 Groups Urge Congress: Don’t Use COVID-19 Funds to Prop Up Factory Farms
April 14, 2020 – California to Vote on Protections for Imperiled Mountain Lion Populations
April 14, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect North Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles
April 14, 2020 – Feds Begin Court-ordered Rewrite of Mexican Wolf Rule for New Mexico, Arizona
April 14, 2020 – Army Corps Abruptly Rescinds Its Position on Seismic Exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress
April 13, 2020 – Trump Opens Door to Return of Super-polluting Supersonic Planes
April 13, 2020 – State Agency Recommends Advancing Protection for California’s Joshua Trees
April 13, 2020 – In Next Coronavirus Rescue Bill, 830 Groups Urge Congress to Halt Electricity, Water, Broadband Shutoffs
April 10, 2020 – Oregon Coast Spring Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections
April 10, 2020 – Court: Feds Failing to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales From Lobster Gear Entanglements
April 09, 2020 – Trump Administration Plan Expands Fossil Fuel Extraction Across Southwestern Colorado
April 09, 2020 – Congress to WHO: End Live Wildlife Trade, ‘Wet Markets’
April 08, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Grazing Damage to Arizona’s San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
April 07, 2020 – Memos Show Feds Killed Four Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves in Late March
April 06, 2020 – Judge Blocks California Development That Threatens Santa Ana Mountain Lions
April 06, 2020 – California Court Approves Ban on Federal Wildlife Poisoning, Trapping
April 06, 2020 – Public Records Sought on Fossil Fuel Companies’ Bailout Requests
April 06, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Against Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Nassau Grouper Habitat
April 03, 2020 – Information Sought on Trump EPA’s Suspension of Environmental Rules
April 02, 2020 – Judge Allows Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Emergency Border Wall Declaration to Proceed
April 02, 2020 – Lawsuit Prompts Review of Plastic Pollution Impacts on Hawaiian Waters
April 02, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Challenging Trump EPA’s Delay in Cleaning Up Smog in Denver, Front Range
April 01, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Save Endangered Southern Nevada Butterfly
March 31, 2020 – Trump Administration Cripples Effort to Curb Car Pollution
March 31, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Authorization to Kill 72 Grizzlies Near Yellowstone
March 31, 2020 – 100+ Groups Urge Congress to Invest $100 Million to Save Monarch Butterfly
March 30, 2020 – Trump Administration Denies Endangered Species Protection to Bi-state Sage Grouse
March 27, 2020 – Environmentalists Object to Broad EPA Waivers for Polluters During Coronavirus Crisis
March 26, 2020 – Crews Break Ground on Formosa Plastics Project in Louisiana Despite Coronavirus Crisis, Flood Risk
March 26, 2020 – Senate Republicans Bail Out Major Fossil Fuel Polluters
March 24, 2020 – Congress Urged to Reject $400+ Billion Fossil Fuel Bailout
March 24, 2020 – Washington Enacts Law to Protect Rivers, Endangered Salmon From Suction Dredge Mining
March 24, 2020 – 100 Groups Urge Congress to Address COVID-19 Causes: Wildlife Trade, Habitat Destruction
March 20, 2020 – Trump Administration Proposes Allowing GE Crops on Thousands of Acres of National Wildlife Refuges
March 20, 2020 – Congress Urged to Hold Airlines Accountable on Climate, Workers
March 19, 2020 – More than 180,000 Americans Oppose Trump’s Plan to Cripple Migratory Bird Protections
March 19, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks to Finalize Endangered Species Protection for Eastern Black Rail
March 19, 2020 – In Coronavirus Crisis, 575 Groups Urge Halt to Electricity, Water Shutoffs
March 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Seeks Federal Protection for Wolverines in Lower 48 States
March 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Expansion of Gulf of Mexico Drilling
March 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Refusal to Release Public Records on Hog Slaughterhouse Rules
March 18, 2020 – Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Jumped to 163 in 2019
March 17, 2020 – New Border Wall Segments Would End U.S. Jaguar Recovery
March 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Arizona’s Verde River From Ravages of Grazing
March 13, 2020 – Población de Mariposa Monarca del Este se Desploma Más de la Mitad
March 13, 2020 – Court Stalls Fracking Leases in Ohio’s Only National Forest
March 13, 2020 – Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Plunges by More Than Half
March 13, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Save San Pedro River, Slow Groundwater Pumping Tied to Arizona Military Base
March 12, 2020 – Trump EPA’s New Rules for Assessing Pesticide Risks Ignore Many Harms to Endangered Species
March 12, 2020 – Appeal Challenges Arkansas’ Unconstitutional ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
March 11, 2020 – Federal Court Rules Against Massive Old-Growth Rainforest Logging Plan in Alaska
March 11, 2020 – Idaho Agreement Restricts Wolf-killing, Bans Use of M-44 Cyanide Bombs
March 11, 2020 – Presentan Demanda Para Enlistar a Tiburones Martillo Como Especies Amenazadas
March 11, 2020 – Groundbreaking Lawsuit Pushes Mexico to Protect Hammerhead Sharks
March 10, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Construction of Northern Border Road
March 10, 2020 – Trump Move to Gut NEPA, Bedrock U.S. Environmental Law, Would Slash Protection for Air, Water, Wildlife
March 10, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Caribbean Lizards as Endangered
March 06, 2020 – Seismic Oil Activities in Big Cypress Had Adverse, Degrading Effect, Army Corps Finds
March 06, 2020 – Conservation Groups Argue in Federal Court That Trump’s Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Was Illegal
March 05, 2020 – EEUU Amplía Embargo de Pescados y Mariscos Mexicanos para Salvar a la Vaquita
March 04, 2020 – U.S. Government Expands Mexican Seafood Ban to Save Vaquita Porpoise
March 04, 2020 – Lawsuit Advances Protections for Hawaii’s Cauliflower Coral
March 04, 2020 – Opponents of Formosa Plastics Project to Demand Louisiana’s St. James Parish Council Rescind Approval
March 02, 2020 – Appeals Court: Trump Administration Wrongly Opened 5,000 Acres of Colorado Forest to Coal Mining
March 02, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Whales in California Shipping Lanes
February 28, 2020 – Trump Administration Review of Columbia-Snake River Dams Fails to Protect Salmon, Orcas, Rivers
February 27, 2020 – Judge Voids Trump Oil and Gas Lease Sales on Nearly 1 Million Acres of Sage Grouse Habitat
February 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Forces Trump Administration to Protect Habitat for 12 Coral Species
February 27, 2020 – Lawsuit Attacks Trump Failure to Protect 241 Species From Extinction
February 26, 2020 – Appeals Court Victory Secures Steelhead Protection on California’s Santa Clara River
February 26, 2020 – Legal Victory Secures Habitat Protection for Two Central Texas Salamanders
February 26, 2020 – Nearly 500,000 Acres Proposed as Protected Habitat for Western Cuckoo
February 26, 2020 – Tucson’s Pueblo High to Host Climate Science, Advocacy Forum
February 25, 2020 – California Court: Kern County Violating Law by Rubberstamping Oil Drilling
February 25, 2020 – More Than 95 Conservation Groups Oppose Trillion Trees Act
February 25, 2020 – Wednesday Border Wall Action Planned at Arizona’s Organ Pipe National Monument
February 25, 2020 – Black Pinesnake Wins 324,000 Acres of Protected Critical Habitat in Mississippi, Alabama
February 24, 2020 – Analysis: Prescott’s Water Plan Promotes Sprawl, Threatens Arizona’s Upper Verde River
February 24, 2020 – Court Orders Trump EPA to Rein in Dangerous Particulate Pollution in Arizona
February 24, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Failure to Update Plan to Save Houston Toads
February 24, 2020 – Groups Urge Arizona Sen. McSally to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
February 21, 2020 – Feds Urged to Deny Permit for 200-foot Dam on San Francisco River on Arizona-New Mexico Border
February 21, 2020 – More Than 4,000 Acres of Protected Habitat Proposed for Endangered Florida Fern
February 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Forest Service Failure to Protect Endangered Mouse, Riparian Areas in Arizona’s White Mountains
February 20, 2020 – California Terminates Plan for Southern California Gas-fired Power Plant
February 20, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Delays in Protecting Ancient Lake Sturgeon
February 20, 2020 – Congress Introduces Bill to Save Monarch Butterflies in West
February 20, 2020 – Legal Petition: TVA Violating Customers’ Rights by Giving Millions to Dirty Energy Lobbyists
February 20, 2020 – Utah Coalition to Protest Misuse of Public Money on Fossil Fuel Projects
February 20, 2020 – Legal Petition Urges EPA to End Abuse of ‘Emergency’ Pesticide Exemptions
February 20, 2020 – Trade Ban, Stronger Protections Sought for 20 Imperiled Coral Species
February 20, 2020 – Report: Refusal to Ban Trapping Threatens Turtles in Nine States, Enables Illegal Trade
February 19, 2020 – Court Orders EPA to Finalize Steps to Protect Arizona, California From Deadly Soot, Smog
February 19, 2020 – Lawsuit Forces Trump Administration Action on Emperor Penguins
February 19, 2020 – Trump Administration Announces New Plans to Slash Sage Grouse Protections in Seven Western States
February 19, 2020 – Legal Petition Aims to Protect Wyoming’s Path of the Pronghorn From Massive Drilling Project
February 19, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Delay in Protecting Denver Area From Harmful Smog From Oil, Fracked Gas
February 18, 2020 – Study: Tropical Snake Diversity Collapses After Widespread Amphibian Loss
February 18, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched Over Trump’s Massive Rollback of Pollution Protections for Rivers, Wetlands
February 14, 2020 – Appeal Challenges Louisiana’s Air Permits for Formosa Plastics’ Massive Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley
February 13, 2020 – Legal Action Threatened to Stop Construction of Keystone XL, Prevent Imminent Harm to Endangered Species
February 13, 2020 – 40,000 Endangered Species Condoms Sent to Top 10 ‘Sexually Satisfied’ Cities
February 12, 2020 – State Recommends Advancing Protection of Mountain Lions in Southern California, Central Coast
February 12, 2020 – Beloved Florida Bat to Gain Protected Habitat
February 12, 2020 – Puerto Rican Butterfly, Rare Virgin Islands Flower One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protection
February 11, 2020 – Salmon Advocates Challenge Approval of Washington Net Pen Aquaculture
February 11, 2020 – Bill Would Slow Expansion of U.S. Plastic Production, Study Impacts to Communities, Oceans, Climate
February 11, 2020 – EPA Extends ‘Emergency’ Antibiotic Use on California, Florida Citrus Crops
February 10, 2020 – Judge Overturns Wildlife Agency’s Approval of Rosemont Copper Mine in Arizona
February 10, 2020 – Trump Administration’s Nevada Lease Sale for Oil and Gas on Public Lands Violates Court Order
February 10, 2020 – Trump Budget Ignores Extinction Crisis, Slashes Endangered Species Funding
February 09, 2020 – After Legal Loss, Trump Administration Disbands Illegal Trophy Hunting Council
February 07, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Southern California City’s Sprawl-promoting Climate Plan
February 07, 2020 – Today: 400 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Given Away in Boise
February 07, 2020 – Interior Secretary Bernhardt Wins 2019 Rubber Dodo Award as Top Eco-Villain
February 06, 2020 – Endangered Wolf Found Dead in California, Officials Investigating
February 06, 2020 – Federal Protection Sought for Rare Freshwater Alaska Seals
February 05, 2020 – Lawsuit Prompts Suspension of Trump Administration Fracking Leases Threatening Water, Wildlife in Arizona
February 05, 2020 – Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Hawaiian Waters From Plastic Pollution
February 05, 2020 – International Turtle Experts Urge Florida to Protect Diamondback Terrapins From Drowning in Crab Pots
February 05, 2020 – Threatened Mussel to Receive 319 River Miles of Lifesaving Habitat in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
February 03, 2020 – Sens. Sanders, Merkley Introduce Bill to Ban Fracking Nationwide
February 03, 2020 – Dugong Defenders to Rally Today at S.F. Hearing on U.S. Airbase’s Threat to Endangered Animals
January 31, 2020 – Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Border-wall Waiver Decisions
January 31, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Save Alaska’s Cook Inlet Beluga Whales From Harmful Oil Exploration
January 30, 2020 – Trump Administration Proposes Rule to Solidify Its Policy of Allowing Widespread Bird-killing at Industrial Sites
January 30, 2020 – EPA Proposes to Reapprove Bee-killing Pesticides With Token Restrictions
January 30, 2020 – EPA Reapproves Glyphosate, Claims Pesticide Poses No Human Health Threat
January 30, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Dangerously Outdated Plan for Offshore Oil Spills
January 30, 2020 – Lawsuit Threatened Over Trump Administration’s Failure to Cut Airplane Climate Pollution
January 30, 2020 – ‘Frostpaw the Polar Bear’ Arrives In Iowa to Kick Off Extinction Crisis Campaign
January 29, 2020 – House Democrats Advance Legislation to Undo Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species Act
January 29, 2020 – Court: Northern Long-eared Bat Was Unlawfully Denied Endangered Species Protection
January 28, 2020 – Florida Petition Seeks to Protect Diamondback Terrapin Turtles From Drowning in Crab Traps
January 27, 2020 – Environmental Group Launches Energy Justice Program
January 27, 2020 – Two Appalachian Coalfields Crayfish to Receive 445 Miles of Lifesaving Habitat
January 24, 2020 – Report: $550 Million Needed to Plug Abandoned California Oil, Gas Wells
January 24, 2020 – New York Urged to Protect Gray Wolves, Hellbenders, Eels
January 23, 2020 – Trump Administration Slashes Protections for Millions of Acres of Streams, Wetlands
January 23, 2020 – Groups Ask Gov. DeSantis to Prevent Oil Prospecting in Big Cypress
January 22, 2020 – Tusayan, Developers Begin New Push for Massive Grand Canyon Project
January 22, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Delay in Cleaning up Harmful Smog From Oil, Fracked Gas in 11 States
January 22, 2020 – Lawsuit Aims to Force Trump Administration to Halt U.S. Pangolin Trade
January 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Launched to Prevent Forest Service From Killing 72 Grizzlies Near Yellowstone
January 21, 2020 – Trump Administration Proposes Cutting Humpback Chub Protections Despite Lack of Recovery
January 21, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Failure to Protect Turtles in Louisiana, Mississippi
January 17, 2020 – New Mexico OKs Widespread Trapping Despite Broad Public Opposition
January 16, 2020 – Conservationists Seek Wolverine Protection
January 16, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Suppression of Grid Study Bolstering Clean Energy Transition
January 15, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Fast-tracking of Louisiana Plastics Project
January 14, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals
January 13, 2020 – Minnesota Appeals Court Strikes Down PolyMet Copper-sulfide Mine Permit, Orders New Hearing
January 13, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Livestock on Arizona, New Mexico Waterways
January 13, 2020 – Plan: Ending Extinction Crisis Requires $100 Billion, 500 New National Parks, Refuges, Ocean Sanctuaries
January 10, 2020 – Lawsuit Challenges Reapproval of Controversial Grapevine Development in Southern California
January 09, 2020 – Placer Lawsuit Challenges Sprawl Development in California Vernal Pool Habitat
January 09, 2020 – Reward Increased to $7,500 for Info on Killing of Endangered California Wolf
January 09, 2020 – Petition Seeks California Endangered Species Protections for Leatherback Sea Turtles
January 08, 2020 – Scientists Welcome Reports of Wolf Pack in Northern Colorado, Call for Reintroduction to Ensure Recovery
January 08, 2020 – Trump Administration Sued for Failing to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat
January 08, 2020 – South Carolina Senate Bill Would Protect Wild Turtles, Other Reptiles, Amphibians From Commercial Exploitation
January 07, 2020 – Louisiana Issues Air-pollution Permits for Formosa Plastics Plant
January 07, 2020 – Rare Southern California Butterfly Proposed for Protection as Threatened Species Under Endangered Species Act
January 07, 2020 – Analysis: Trump EPA Approved 100-plus Products With Pesticides Banned Elsewhere or Slated for U.S. Phaseout
January 07, 2020 – Sierra Nevada Red Fox Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
January 06, 2020 – Cost of Destructive U.S. Airbase Project in Japan Nearly Triples
January 06, 2020 – Study: International Action Needed to Save Declining Insects
January 06, 2020 – Trump Administration Attacks National Environmental Policy Act on Bedrock Law’s 50th Anniversary
January 03, 2020 – Agreement Protects Rare Nevada Wildflower From Mine Exploration
January 02, 2020 – Trump EPA Used ‘Emergency’ Loophole to Approve Pesticides Toxic to Bees on 16 Million Acres in 2019