December 30, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect U.S. Bluefin Tuna from Overfishing
December 30, 2011 – Sierra Nevada Red Fox One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
December 29, 2011 – After 85-year Absence, Wolves Return to California
December 28, 2011 – "Hump Smarter Hotline" Puts You in the Mood to Save Endangered Species
December 28, 2011 – Survival of Two Arizona Snakes Depends on Endangered Species Act Protection
December 22, 2011 – Budget Deal Slashes Public's Oversight of National Forests
December 22, 2011 – Congress Passes Payroll Tax Cuts Bill With Rider on Disastrous Keystone XL Project
December 22, 2011 – Thousands Oppose Disastrous Flaming Gorge Pipeline
December 21, 2011 – New Clean Air Act Protections Tackle Deadly Mercury Pollution from Dirty Power Plants
December 21, 2011 – Great Lakes Wolves Stripped of Protection
December 21, 2011 – Environmental Groups Hail Historic Court Decision Upholding European Law to Curb Airplane Pollution, Address Climate Change
December 21, 2011 – Tucson Joins Growing List of U.S. Cities Calling for Action on Global Warming
December 20, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched Challenging Massive Power Plant Expansion in Northern California
December 16, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Rider Forcing a Decision on Disastrous Keystone XL Pipeline
December 16, 2011 – Congress Directs $4 Million to Fight Against Bat-killing Disease
December 16, 2011 – Colorado River Protection Coalition Intervenes Against Flaming Gorge Pipeline
December 16, 2011 – Rare Stonefly, Found Only in Glacier National Park and Threatened by Melting Glaciers, Moves One Step Closer to Protection
December 15, 2011 – Feds Shoot Lonely Mexican Gray Wolf Attracted to Dogs
December 15, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Murkowski Attempt to Take Arctic Air Permitting Out of EPA Hands
December 15, 2011 – New Study: 75 Percent of U.S. Animals Internationally Recognized as in Peril Lack Protection of Endangered Species Act
December 14, 2011 – Court Rejects Plan to Build Warehouses Next to Southern California Wildlife Preserve
December 14, 2011 – Deepwater Horizon Report Highlights Unaddressed Risks of Ocean Oil Drilling
December 13, 2011 – New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
December 12, 2011 – Seattle Joins Growing List of U.S. Cities Seeking Urgent Action on Climate Crisis
December 12, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection for Ice-dependent Arctic Seals Improperly Delayed
December 8, 2011 – Suit Filed to Protect California Watersheds From Dangerous Fracking
December 8, 2011 – Proposed Obama Policy on Endangered Species Act Is Recipe for Extinction
December 7, 2011 – Catron County Urged to Denounce San Francisco River Destruction
December 6, 2011 – San Francisco Supervisors Vote to Consider Partnership with National Park Service for Sharp Park
December 6, 2011 – Long Overdue Pollution-reduction Review Sought for Pulp Mills
December 6, 2011 – Vermonters' Forests, Health Would Be Hurt by Expansion of Large-scale Wood-burning "Biomass" Energy
December 5, 2011 – Endangered Species Act 99 Percent Effective at Saving Imperiled Species
December 2, 2011 – Lawmakers Push Disastrous Legislation on Keystone XL
December 1, 2011 – Protection for Rare Lizard Delayed As Feds Cave to Big Oil
December 1, 2011 – Georgia Officials Called on to End Cruel, Dangerous Rattlesnake Roundups
November 30, 2011 – Lawsuit Over Sharp Park Golf Course Harm to Endangered Species Will Continue to Trial
November 30, 2011 – Canada's Failure to Protect Polar Bears Challenged
November 29, 2011 – Endangered Woodland Caribou Win Critical Habitat
November 29, 2011 – Report Debunks Oil and Gas Industry Hysteria Over Lizard Protection
November 29, 2011 – Appeal Challenges Shell's Air Permits for Arctic Oil Drilling
November 29, 2011 – More Than 21,200 People Voice Opposition to Water Rights for Disastrous Nevada Water Project
November 28, 2011 – Appeal Challenges Uranium Mine Threatening Grand Canyon
November 28, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges San Diego Governments' Flawed Transportation Plan
November 28, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Emperor Penguins
November 23, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed Against EPA to Protect Public Health, Safety and Climate From Coal-mine Air Pollution
November 22, 2011 – Lawsuit That Would Kill Endangered Fish Opposed by Conservation Groups
November 22, 2011 – Reward Offered for Sighting of South Florida Rainbow Snake
November 21, 2011 – Court Upholds Endangered Species Act Protections for Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
November 21, 2011 – A Jaguar Again Roams Southern Arizona
November 21, 2011 – Hundreds of Arizona Residents Turn Out Against Rosemont Mine
November 21, 2011 – Demands for Durban Climate Summit: Environmentalists, Human and Civil Rights Activists, Religious Leaders Press Obama Administration for Bold Action
November 18, 2011 – Judge Considers Injunction to Halt Endangered Species Violations at Sharp Park Golf Course
November 15, 2011 – Gas-mileage Rules Small Step Forward; Fall Short of What's Needed
November 15, 2011 – Court Extends Ban on Killing Oregon's Endangered Wolves
November 15, 2011 – House Republicans Attack Laws Protecting U.S. Waterways From Dangerous Pesticides
November 15, 2011 – Endangered Sea Turtles Threatened by Delay in Federal Help
November 10, 2011 – Canada Denies Much-needed Protections for Polar Bears
November 10, 2011 – First Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Approved Since BP Explosion, Spill
November 10, 2011 – Obama Administration Delays Decision on Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline
November 8, 2011 – Appeals Court Hears Argument Over Congressional Rider That Stripped Protections From Gray Wolves
November 8, 2011 – Obama Offshore Oil Plan a Disaster for Wildlife, Climate
November 7, 2011 – Public Gets Another Chance to Speak Up to Protect Hawaiian Coasts for Endangered Monk Seals
November 3, 2011 – Suit Challenges EPA Exemption of California Power Plant From Pollution Laws
November 3, 2011 – Coconino National Forest Plan Opens 3,100 Miles to Off-road Driving, Puts Imperiled Species at Risk
November 1, 2011 – Public Backs Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Protection
October 31, 2011 – 7,000,000,000 People on Earth Crowding Out Imperiled Animals, Plants
October 28, 2011 – Top 10 U.S. Endangered Species Threatened by Overpopulation
October 28, 2011 – Groups Demand Marita Noon Cease Violent "Smash the Watermelons" Rhetoric
October 26, 2011 – Plan Would Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining for 20 Years
October 26, 2011 – Sensitive California Shores Protected for Endangered Black Abalone
October 25, 2011 – New Federal List Announced: 244 Species Are Candidates for Endangered Species Act Protection
October 25, 2011 – Keystone XL Pipeline Lawsuit Expanded to Challenge Bogus Claim That Spills From Pipeline Are Unlikely
October 24, 2011 – Obama Administration Clears Way for Wave of Industrial Offshore Oil Drilling in Arctic
October 21, 2011 – Appeal Halts Illegal New Mexico Logging Plan
October 20, 2011 – Wind-energy Project Proposed in California Threatens Thousands of Birds
October 20, 2011 – Wildlife Officials in Georgia, Alabama Urged to Save Gopher Tortoises From Poisoning by Rattlesnake Hunters
October 20, 2011 – Cities in California, North Carolina Become Latest to Voice Support for Combating Carbon Pollution, Global Warming With Clean Air Act
October 20, 2011 – Report Outlines Top Ways Obama Administration Should Strengthen Endangered Species Act
October 19, 2011 – California Commission Advances Climate-threatened Pika Toward Legal Protection
October 19, 2011 – Federal Judge Halts 42-Square-Mile Uranium Leasing Program in Colorado
October 19, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks Review of Pesticides Harmful to California Red-legged Frog
October 18, 2011 – Citizens Protest Pro-Uranium Mining Legislation for Grand Canyon's Watershed
October 18, 2011 – Illegal Fishing Threatens to Drive Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Extinct
October 17, 2011 – Statement of Conservation Groups on Court Ruling Regarding Endangered Species Act Protection for Polar Bears
October 14, 2011 – Berkeley City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution to Strengthen EPA's Use of Clean Air Act to Reduce Carbon Pollution
October 14, 2011 – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wins 2011 Rubber Dodo Award
October 13, 2011 – Protection Sought for Unique Cave Creature Threatened by Pennsylvania Quarry
October 13, 2011 – Conservation Groups Move to Stop Sea Turtle Deaths From Shrimp Trawling
October 12, 2011 – GOP Lawmakers Launch Uranium Mining Assault on Grand Canyon
October 12, 2011 – Court Slams Forest Service's Refusal to Monitor Southwestern Endangered Species
October 12, 2011 – North Coast Red Tree Vole Warrants Protection Under Endangered Species Act
October 11, 2011 – EPA Ignores Severe Risk of Ocean Acidification to California Coast
October 11, 2011 – Tiny Puerto Rican Tree Frog, Recently Discovered, Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
October 11, 2011 – More Than 200 Miles of River Proposed for Protection to Save Endangered Fish in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee
October 11, 2011 – Logging Challenged in Endangered Woodpecker Habitat at Mississippi's Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
October 11, 2011 – Republicans Push Bill to Limit Access to Justice for Citizens, Nonprofits
October 7, 2011 – Rare Georgia Mussel Gains Endangered Species Act Protection, Safeguards for Habitat
October 6, 2011 – European Court's Preliminary Opinion Supports Legality of EU Law That Curbs Aviation Pollution
October 6, 2011 – Court Stays Execution of Two Oregon Wolves
October 5, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop Killing of Endangered Oregon Wolves
October 5, 2011 – Two Florida Species Declared Extinct
October 5, 2011 – Ozark Hellbender, North America's Largest Amphibian, Gets Endangered Species Act Protection
October 5, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges State Department Decision Allowing Work to Begin on Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Even Though Project Not Approved
October 4, 2011 – Groups Challenging Lake Arrowhead Development Awarded Attorney Fees
October 4, 2011 – 26 Pacific Northwest Mollusks Move Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
October 3, 2011 – Eight Freshwater Mussel Species in Alabama, Florida Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
October 3, 2011 – Lawsuit Targets New Mexico County's Illegal Bulldozing in San Francisco River
September 30, 2011 – National Petition to Ban Toxic Lead Ammunition Snags on Procedural Issue
September 29, 2011 – Arctic Shell Game: No Spill Plan, No Problem -- Feds Say Just Drill
September 28, 2011 – Inspector General Review Again Affirms EPA Finding That Greenhouse Gas Pollution Endangers Public Health, Welfare
September 27, 2011 – Settlement Requires Feds to Act on Protecting 82 Coral Species From Extinction
September 26, 2011 – Actions to Protect Kauai’s Imperiled Seabirds Finally Under Way
September 26, 2011 – Mississippi Gopher Frog to Get Big Jump in Protected Critical Habitat
September 26, 2011 – Court Motion Filed to Restrict Illegal Sharp Park Golf Course Activities, Protect Endangered Species
September 26, 2011 – EPA Faces Lawsuit for Failure to Control Air Pollution From Pulp Mills
September 26, 2011 – 374 Southeast Species Move Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
September 23, 2011 – 100,000 Endangered Species Condoms Shipped to 50 States
September 23, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Force EPA to Study Effects of Oil Dispersants on Endangered Wildlife
September 21, 2011 – Casey's June Beetle Protected Under Endangered Species Act
September 21, 2011 – California State Logging Program Called Out for Violation of Fish and Wildlife Protection Laws
September 20, 2011 – New Campaign Urges Cities Across Country to Support EPA Use of Clean Air Act to Reduce Carbon Pollution
September 20, 2011 – Settlement Protects Habitat, Requires Green Building
September 16, 2011 – Utah Congressional Delegation Pushing Unnecessary Legislation Weakening Protections for Prairie Dog
September 16, 2011 – Loggerhead Sea Turtles Declared Endangered
September 15, 2011 – New Mexico Legislature Rejects Bill Seeking to Delay Endangered Species Act Protection for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
September 15, 2011 – Despite Mounting Climate Crisis, EPA Delays Cuts for Greenhouse Gases
September 14, 2011 – Idaho Congressional Delegation Proposes Baffling Amendment to Endangered Species Act
September 14, 2011 – Congressman Steve Pearce Sharpens Call for Renegade Logging
September 14, 2011 – Congressional Push Continues to Gut Environmental Protections Along U.S. Borders
September 13, 2011 – New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce Incites Vigilantes to Destroy Public Lands
September 12, 2011 – 35 Springsnail Species Move Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
September 9, 2011 – Arctic Summer Sea Ice Breaks Historic Low
September 9, 2011 – Court Approves Historic Agreement to Speed Endangered Species Act Protection for 757 Imperiled Species
September 9, 2011 – New Mexico Politician Relies on Misinformation in Seeking Delay of Protection for Rare Lizard
September 7, 2011 – United States, European Commission Agree to Enforce Fishing Regulations
September 7, 2011 – Timber Sale Appealed in New Mexico National Forest
September 7, 2011 – Rediscovered, Highly Endangered San Francisco Plant Proposed for Endangered Species Status
September 7, 2011 – As World Population Hits 7 Billion, Nationwide Campaign Launches Linking Human Overpopulation, Species Extinction
September 6, 2011 – Groups Applaud Legislation to Restore Sharp Park and Partner With National Park Service
September 2, 2011 – Obama Hits New Low by Abandoning Smog-reduction Plan
September 2, 2011 – Border Patrol Plan to Triple Base Size on Arizona-Mexico Border Puts Endangered Wildlife, Fragile Lands at Risk
August 31, 2011 – Study: Industry Sues EPA More Often Than Environmental Groups
August 30, 2011 – 47,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Protected for Sonoma County Population of California Tiger Salamander
August 26, 2011 – Clark County Called on to Withdraw Support for Disastrous SNWA Water Project
August 26, 2011 – Hazardous Keystone XL Pipeline Moves Forward Despite Protests Outside White House
August 25, 2011 – New Recovery Plan Weakens Protections for Desert Tortoise
August 25, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges Livestock Grazing on Quarter-million Acres of Arizona's National Forest Lands
August 24, 2011 – More Than 25,000 Acres of Protected Habitat Proposed for Endangered California Plant
August 23, 2011 – Anti-fish Lawsuit Condemned by Conservation Group
August 22, 2011 – As One Snake Is Saved, Scientists Identify Another Needing Protection
August 22, 2011 – New, Free Android App: Find Endangered Species Wherever You Are
August 18, 2011 – As Imperiled Walruses Are Forced to Shore by Melting Ice, Obama Administration Moves Forward With Dangerous Arctic Drilling Plan
August 17, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Mexican Gray Wolves From Leghold Traps
August 16, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Shell's Oil Spill in North Sea
August 16, 2011 – Public to Feds: No New Uranium Mining, Clean Up Mess
August 15, 2011 – New Mexico Politician Leads Farce "Science" Panel on Endangered Species Act Protection for Rare Lizard
August 15, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Success: Lake Erie Water Snake Recovered
August 15, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges Clean Air Act Exemption for Biomass Burners
August 15, 2011 – International Trade Restrictions Sought to End Unsustainable Exploitation of Wild Turtles across the Midwest, South
August 12, 2011 – 2,000+ Stream Miles of Critical Habitat Proposed for Protection of Endangered Desert Bird
August 12, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Fullerton's Prime Open Space, Where Project Would Harm Gnatcatchers, Coastal Sage Scrub
August 11, 2011 – Six Imperiled Foreign Bird Species to Gain Endangered Status
August 11, 2011 – Appeal Challenges Congressional Rider That Stripped Wolves of Protection
August 10, 2011 – Ban Sought on International Bluefin Tuna Trade
August 10, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Rare Alaskan Wolf
August 9, 2011 – New Truck Fuel-economy Standards Are Baby Step, Not Much-needed Giant Leap
August 9, 2011 – Miami Blue Butterfly Granted Emergency Protection Under Endangered Species Act
August 8, 2011 – Rare Fish in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee Get Protection Under Endangered Species Act
August 8, 2011 – Broad Coalition Calls on Obama to Halt Dangerous Expansion of Fracking
August 4, 2011 – Federal Protections Reinstated for Wyoming Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse
August 4, 2011 – Feds Ignore Risks and Green-light Shell Drilling in Arctic Ocean
August 4, 2011 – Environmental Groups Cry Foul Over Suspension of Polar Bear Scientist as Arctic Oil Drilling Plan Is Approved
August 3, 2011 – Court Reluctantly Denies Challenge to Congressional Rider That Stripped Wolves of Protection
August 3, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Agreement to Strip Wolves in Wyoming of Federal Protections
August 3, 2011 – Pearce, Gosar "Forest Forum" on Wrong Track
August 1, 2011 – Rare New Mexico Springsnail Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
August 1, 2011 – 23 Oahu Species Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
July 29, 2011 – New Mexico Congressman Relies on Misinformation to Halt Protection for Endangered Species
July 28, 2011 – Proposed Gas-mileage Rules Too Weak to Make Needed Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Pollution
July 27, 2011 – California Extends Ban on Harmful River Mining; Protects Natural Resources, Saves Taxpayers Money
July 27, 2011 – House Votes Down 'Extinction Rider' That Would Have Halted Spending to Protect New Species Under the Endangered Species Act
July 26, 2011 – House Pushes Dangerous Keystone XL Pipeline, Threatening Endangered Species Habitat and Dramatically Increasing Risk of Oil Spills
July 26, 2011 – Eastern Gopher Tortoise Added to Waiting List for Endangered Species Act Protection
July 26, 2011 – Lawsuit Prompts Full Environmental Review of Uranium Mining Threatening Dolores, San Miguel Rivers in Colorado
July 22, 2011 – Study: Barely Half of Attorney Fees in Forest Service Cases Go to Environmental Groups
July 18, 2011 – Mount Ashland Ski Area Expansion Challenged
July 18, 2011 – Protest Filed to Save California Watersheds From Dangerous Fracking
July 14, 2011 – New Poll: Americans Support Greater Investment in Ports of Entry, Not Border Walls
July 14, 2011 – Public Hearings Set on Monk Seal Habitat Protections
July 13, 2011 – Cleanup Launched to Stop Lead Poisoning of up to 10,000 Albatross Chicks Each Year on Hawaii's Midway Island
July 12, 2011 – Federal Regulators Dismiss Controversial Southern California Dam Project
July 12, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Joins Sky Island Alliance in Releasing New Poll Data Revealing America's Views on Border Security
July 12, 2011 – Historic Agreement Moves 757 Imperiled Species Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
July 11, 2011 – World Population Day Marks Global Population's March Toward 7 Billion
July 7, 2011 – Judge Orders California to Halt Work on Richardson Grove Highway Expansion That Would Harm Ancient Redwoods
July 6, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Help Stop Spread of Bat-killing Disease to Colorado, West
July 6, 2011 – House Spending Bill Halts Protections for Species, Rewards Polluters, Kills Ban on Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
July 6, 2011 – Court Finds Fisheries Agency Violated Law, Must Take New Action to Protect Threatened Sea Turtles After Gulf Oil Spill
July 5, 2011 – Court Rules EPA Must Act on Aircraft Emissions
July 5, 2011 – Settlement Reached to Protect Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles in West Coast Waters
June 30, 2011 – Feds Set High Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Allowing Continued Harm to Ravaged Species
June 30, 2011 – Court Upholds Endangered Species Act Protection for Polar Bears
June 29, 2011 – Rocky Mountain Fishers Denied Federal Protection: Despite Serious Threats, Rare Carnivore Left to Fend for Itself
June 28, 2011 – Groups Challenge EPA Decision to Exempt California Power Plant From Pollution Laws
June 28, 2011 – New Study Finds Desert Tortoises Are Two Different Species, Increasing Need for Protection
June 28, 2011 – Judge Orders Increased Protections for 40-plus Imperiled Species on Southern California National Forests
June 28, 2011 – BLM Acknowledges Threat of Bat-killing Disease, But Agency's Limits on Cave Access Don't Go Far Enough
June 28, 2011 – Feds Ignore Mexican Wolf Science for 10 Years; Endangered Animals Have Paid Steep Price for Mismanagement
June 28, 2011 – Two U.S. Bat Species One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
June 24, 2011 – Scientists Call on Congress for More Research Funding for Bat-killing Disease, Stress Importance of Cave Closures
June 23, 2011 – Feds Announce Plan to Address Sea Turtles Drowning in Shrimp Trawls
June 23, 2011 – 300 Groups Urge President Obama to Pledge Veto of Any Attack on Clean Air Act
June 22, 2011 – Suit Launched to Force EPA to Address Black Carbon Pollution
June 20, 2011 – U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Landmark Climate “Nuisance” Lawsuit
June 20, 2011 – 1 Million Acres of Grand Canyon Watershed Protected From Uranium Mining
June 20, 2011 – Legal Petition Demands Stricter Protections for Consumers From Mercury in Fish
June 20, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges Army Corps' Program to Cut Trees From Levees
June 16, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Reinstated for West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel
June 16, 2011 – Alliance Calls for Stronger Measures to Protect Human Health, Wildlife From Dangerous Pesticides
June 16, 2011 – Washington State Ignores Increasing Acidification of its Oceans
June 15, 2011 – Wallow Fire: Debunking the Blame Game
June 14, 2011 – Government Takes Initial Steps to Address Oil Companies’ Noisy Blasts Harming Whales, Dolphins
June 14, 2011 – Forest Service Implements Rules at National Cave Convention in Colorado to Prevent Spread of Bat-killing Disease
June 10, 2011 – Collaborative Forest Restoration Project Has Lessened Damage, Severity of Arizona's Massive Wallow Fire
June 10, 2011 – Governor Martinez Ends New Mexico's Cooperation With Feds on Endangered Wolves
June 9, 2011 – Government Approval of New Deepwater Oil Drilling Ignores Gulf Disaster
June 8, 2011 – Citing Decreasing Predations on Livestock, Conservation Groups Ask Governor to Continue State Support of Wild Wolves
June 8, 2011 – California Pumps Kill 6 Million Sacramento Splittail, 50,000 Imperiled Salmon
June 7, 2011 – Habitat Protection to Increase for Nebraska's Vanishing Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
June 6, 2011 – Wildlife Advocates Call on State to Suspend Wolf Killing, Prioritize Recovery
June 6, 2011 – Critical Habitat Protected for Four Species of Endangered Snails, Freshwater Shrimp
June 6, 2011 – Legal Petition Filed to Limit Ship Speeds, Protect Whales in California's Marine Sanctuaries
June 6, 2011 – Obama Administration Fails to Protect Southeastern Newt Threatened With Extinction
June 1, 2011 – New Habitat Protections Proposed for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals
June 1, 2011 – Broad Coalition of Conservation, Organic Farming and Anti-pesticide Groups Calls on Congress to Save Bats From Lethal Disease
May 31, 2011 – Riverside Fairy Shrimp to Get Nearly Tenfold Increase in Habitat Protection
May 31, 2011 – Court Rejects Fort Huachuca's Groundwater Pumping Plan
May 31, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Sea Turtles From Drowning in Shrimp Trawls
May 27, 2011 – EPA Exempts California Power Plant From Pollution Laws
May 27, 2011 – Puerto Rican Butterfly Denied Endangered Species Protection
May 27, 2011 – Feds Deny Endangered Species Act Protection for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
May 27, 2011 – Court Finds Sierra Nevada Off-road Vehicle Plan Illegal
May 25, 2011 – Conservation, Farming Groups Launch Lawsuit Seeking Emergency Action to Protect Bats From Deadly Disease
May 25, 2011 – Challenge Seeks to Halt California Highway Project That Would Destroy Ancient Redwoods
May 25, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges Delay in Protecting Vanishing Bluefin Tuna
May 25, 2011 – New Orleans Court Hearing Will Include Arguments on $19 Billion Lawsuit Against BP Over Gulf Oil Spill
May 25, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Boreal Toads
May 24, 2011 – Deadly Bat Disease Arrives in Maine
May 19, 2011 – Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Puts Fragile Pronghorn Population at Risk From Motorized Mayhem
May 18, 2011 – Senate Rejects Massive Expansion of Dangerous Offshore Drilling
May 18, 2011 – New Habitat Protections Finalized for California Desert Plant Threatened With Extinction
May 18, 2011 – State Politician Holds Farce "Science" Panel on Endangered Species Act Protection for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
May 17, 2011 – Oregon Kills Imnaha Pack Wolf, Gunning for a Second
May 17, 2011 – New Federal Plan to Tackle Bat-killing Disease Inadequate to Stop Epidemic
May 17, 2011 – Judge Halts Settlement Over Hundreds of Endangered Species, Orders Parties Back to Negotiations
May 16, 2011 – Years of Advocacy to Protect Kaua'i's Imperiled Seabirds Pay Off
May 16, 2011 – Federal Pumps in Delta Are Killing Huge Numbers of Critically Imperiled Salmon and Other Native Fish
May 13, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Shell's Submission of Its Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan for 2012-2013
May 12, 2011 – More Wolf-killing Legislation Proposed
May 12, 2011 – Government Urged to Increase Habitat Protection for Chiricahua Leopard Frog
May 11, 2011 – Groups Call on Government to Finally Kill Proposed Dam
May 6, 2011 – United Nations Report Projects 10 Billion People by Century's End
May 5, 2011 – Pearce Asked to Immediately Release Data Said to Support Claims About Imperiled Lizard
May 5, 2011 – U.S. House of Representatives Approves Dangerous Measure Expanding Offshore Drilling
May 5, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Anti-wolf Rider
May 4, 2011 – Obama Administration Prematurely Lifting Wolf Protections in Great Lakes, Northern Rockies
May 4, 2011 – Congressional Proposals Aim to Eviscerate Environmental Laws Along U.S. Borders, Coasts
May 4, 2011 – Report Debunks New Mexico Congressman Pearce's Claims About Protection for Rare Lizard
May 3, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop Unlawful Killing of Endangered Wolves in Oregon
April 29, 2011 – Activists Confront AES Over Damaging Dam Project, Broken Promises in Panama
April 28, 2011 – Group Calls on New Mexico Congressman to Recant False Statements about Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
April 28, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Alabama Shad Under the Endangered Species Act
April 28, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Speed Recovery of Imperiled California Amphibians
April 27, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Sierra Nevada Red Fox
April 21, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks to Rescue Pacific Walrus From Indefinite Wait for Endangered Species Protection
April 21, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect 400-plus Freshwater Species in Southeast Under Endangered Species Act
April 20, 2011 – Conservationists Intervene in Lawsuit That Aims to Take Away Polar Bear Habitat
April 20, 2011 – Conservation Groups Appeal Ruling on Failure to Designate Critical Habitat for Endangered Florida Panther
April 20, 2011 – One Year After Gulf Disaster: Reforms Left Unaddressed, New Offshore Drilling Must Be Halted
April 19, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks to Protect U.S. West Coast Waters for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles
April 19, 2011 – Forest Service's New Mexico Road Plan a Financial Boondoggle That Puts Wildlife, Watersheds at Risk
April 18, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Force EPA to Study Oil-dispersant Impacts on Endangered Wildlife
April 15, 2011 – Proposal Would Prematurely Strip Endangered Species Act Protections From Gray Wolves in Great Lakes Region
April 14, 2011 – Congress Approves Wolf-killing Rider in Budget Act to Aid Montana Democrat’s Re-election
April 14, 2011 – One Year After Gulf Oil Disaster, Significant Dangers Remain Unaddressed
April 14, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Iconic Plains Bison
April 13, 2011 – Southern California Butterfly Denied Endangered Species Protection
April 13, 2011 – Fast-spreading, Bat-killing Disease Arrives in Kentucky
April 13, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Disappearing Miami Blue Butterfly
April 13, 2011 – Legal Action Filed to Defend Habitat Protections for Imperiled Green Sturgeon
April 12, 2011 – Tester, Simpson Sneak Wolf-killing Rider Into Budget Bill
April 12, 2011 – A Year After Gulf Oil Spill, New Report Tallies Full Cost of Wildlife Disaster
April 11, 2011 – Two Arizona Springsnail Species Proposed for Federal Protection
April 11, 2011 – Upper Klamath River Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
April 8, 2011 – More than 22,000 Pledge Support for Saving Imperiled Bluefin Tuna
April 8, 2011 – Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Gains Nearly 2 Million Acres of Protected Habitat
April 8, 2011 – Three New Scientific Studies Confirm Lead Poisoning of Wildlife Due to Hunting Ammunition
April 7, 2011 – House Passes Legislation to Gut America’s Most Important Pollution Law
April 6, 2011 – Senate Rejects Back-door Moves to Roll Back America's Most Important Air Pollution Law
April 6, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Nation’s Smallest Seahorse
April 5, 2011 – Georgia Wildlife Officials Criticized for Rattlesnake Roundup Permit
April 4, 2011 – Obama Administration Fails to Protect Rare Glacier National Park Insect Threatened With Climate-caused Extinction
March 31, 2011 – National Campaign to Boycott Endangered Bluefin Tuna Coming to Las Vegas Sushi Restaurants
March 31, 2011 – Rare Alabama Fish One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
March 30, 2011 – Bat-killing White-nose Disease Spreads to Ohio, New Brunswick
March 28, 2011 – Court Gives Endangered Status Back to West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel, Rules That Recovery Plans Must Be Followed
March 24, 2011 – Winter Sea Ice Hits Historic Low
March 24, 2011 – New Protests Filed Against Water-rights Applications to Protect Rare Nevada Wildlife
March 22, 2011 – Harmful New Mexico Forest Road Plan Blocked in Response to Conservation Groups' Appeal
March 22, 2011 – New House Bill Would Exempt National Forest Logging From Environmental Laws
March 22, 2011 – Lawsuit Withdrawn After Minnesota Legislature Exempts Iron Range Resources From Environmental Review
March 21, 2011 – Western Snowy Plover to Get Critical Habitat Protection Doubled
March 21, 2011 – First Deepwater Drilling Plan Approved for Gulf of Mexico; Feds Claim No Significant Environmental Impacts
March 21, 2011 – Obama Administration Denies Protection to Knoxville Area Salamander
March 20, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Possible New Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
March 18, 2011 – Settlement Reached on Wolf Recovery in Idaho and Montana
March 17, 2011 – U.S. Government Fails to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles by Legal Deadline
March 11, 2011 – More Than 11,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Proposed for Rare Chiricahua Leopard Frog in Arizona, New Mexico
March 11, 2011 – As Congress Takes Aim, New Numbers Show Declining Wolf Population in Northern Rockies
March 10, 2011 – Arizona Regulators Risk Damage to Water, Air Near Grand Canyon With Uranium Mine Permits
March 9, 2011 – Senate Rejects House Attempt to Roll Back America's Most Important Environmental and Public Health Laws
March 9, 2011 – Forty-eight Conservation Groups Call on Sen. Barbara Boxer to Oppose Legislation Removing Protection for Wolves
March 7, 2011 – Obama Administration Denies Protection to Nevada Butterfly
March 3, 2011 – New Bill Would Cripple America's Most Important Pollution Law
March 2, 2011 – Eastern Cougar Declared Officially Extinct; Florida Panther Still Has a Chance If Reintroduced to Okefenokee
March 2, 2011 – San Francisco Sued for Killing Endangered Species at Sharp Park Golf Course
March 1, 2011 – New EPA Report Debunks Congressional Attacks on Clean Air Act, Demonstrates Law's Public Health and Economic Benefits
February 28, 2011 – North Carolina's Golden Sedge Plant Receives Critical Habitat Protection
February 24, 2011 – Statements by Conservation Groups on San Francisco's Change of Position on Sharp Park Golf Course Management
February 24, 2011 – Report: Nation's Best Pollution Law Should Combat Global Warming
February 23, 2011 – Obama Administration Denies Protection to Plains Bison
February 23, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Increase Habitat Protection for Nebraska's Vanishing Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
February 22, 2011 – Campaign to Stop Consumption of Endangered Bluefin Tuna Is Heading to Streets, Sushi Restaurants of San Francisco
February 22, 2011 – Obama Administration Denies Protection for Three More Endangered Species
February 22, 2011 – Southern Rockhopper Penguins Listed as Threatened Species; Climate Change Protections Needed
February 18, 2011 – U.S. House Votes to Repeal Clean Air Act Protections
February 18, 2011 – Rare Texas Cave Species Get Big Increase in Protected Habitat
February 18, 2011 – Obama Administration Delays Protection for Yet Another Endangered Species
February 17, 2011 – Statement of Center for Biological Diversity on the Comment by Representative Denny Rehberg that Federal Judge Donald Malloy Should be "on the Endangered Species List"
February 17, 2011 – Federal Plan Announced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
February 17, 2011 – Government Urged to Finalize Habitat Protection for Sonoma County’s California Tiger Salamander
February 16, 2011 – Obama Administration Denies Endangered Species Act Protection for Dwindling Alabama Shad
February 16, 2011 – House Republicans' Bill Would Gut Decades of Environmental Protections
February 15, 2011 – Settlement Sets Deadlines for Cleaning up Particulate Air Pollution
February 15, 2011 – New Bill Would Protect Bats, Other Species From Wildlife Diseases
February 15, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Proposed Confirmation of Dan Ashe as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
February 14, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Save Lake Tahoe Wildlife Habitat From Logging
February 11, 2011 – Statement From Center for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kierán Suckling on House Republicans' Continuing Resolution Bill
February 11, 2011 – As World's Human Population Approaches 7 Billion, Global Species Extinction Crisis Accelerates
February 11, 2011 – Forest Service Plan Threatens More Than 900,000 Acres of Public Lands Near Grand Canyon
February 10, 2011 – President Obama's Forest Service Tries to Weaken Wildlife Protections in National Forests
February 10, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Whales From Gulf of Mexico Oil Exploration
February 10, 2011 – Florida Panther Reintroduction to Okefenokee Needed for Recovery
February 10, 2011 – First Peer-reviewed Study of Sharp Park: Removing Golf Course, Creating New Public Park Is Least Costly, Best Option
February 9, 2011 – Appeal Filed to Save Tejon Ranch, Condor Habitat
February 9, 2011 – Killer Bat Disease Reaches North Carolina as Swath of Epidemic Widens Rapidly
February 8, 2011 – Pacific Walrus Found Imperiled by Global Warming But Left Without Protections
February 8, 2011 – Arroyo Toad, Rare Southern California Lily Get Big Increases in Habitat Protection
February 7, 2011 – Lawsuit Asks Federal Court to Ensure Public Interest Is Represented in Rosemont Mine Process
February 7, 2011 – Endangered Sea Turtles Saved From Capture in Hawaii Swordfish Fishery
February 4, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Pacific Waters for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles Threatened by Fishing Gear, Climate Change
February 3, 2011 – Shell Halts Plans to Drill in Heart of Polar Bear's Alaska Habitat
February 3, 2011 – Arctic Sea Ice Hits Historic Low Just As Congress Moves Against Controls on Global Warming
February 3, 2011 – After Closed-door Meeting With Major Polluters, Upton Moves to Repeal Clean Air Act Protections
February 2, 2011 – Endangered Mexican Wolves Increase in Southwest
February 2, 2011 – Deadly Bat Disease Expands in Midwest
February 2, 2011 – Feds Will Reevaluate Endangered Status of Longfin Smelt
February 1, 2011 – Livestock Growers, Counties Withdraw Lawsuit to Eradicate Gray Wolves From New Mexico
February 1, 2011 – Agencies Refuse to Raise Paltry Fee for Destructive Cattle Grazing on 258 Million Acres of Public Land
January 31, 2011 – Court Orders Redo of Federal ORV Plan for Millions of Acres in California's West Mojave Desert
January 31, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed Against Interior Department Over San Juan River Coal Pollution
January 31, 2011 – Wyoming Senator Moves to Gut Long List of Environmental Protections
January 27, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Klamath River Chinook Salmon
January 26, 2011 – Plan for Delta Water Use Should End Big Agriculture Takeover of State Water Project, Groups Say
January 26, 2011 – Report: Federal Land Managers' Failure to Close Caves Leaves Millions of Bats in West Vulnerable to Fast-moving, Deadly Disease
January 26, 2011 – Study: Peril From Fort Huachuca/Sierra Vista Groundwater Pumping Nears San Pedro River
January 25, 2011 – Obama Plan to Eliminate Oil Subsidies a Good First Step, But "Clean Energy" Shouldn't Include Coal, Nuclear, Biofuels or Natural Gas
January 25, 2011 – Suit Filed to Protect One of Nevada's Largest Bat Roosts, National Park
January 25, 2011 – Two Georgia Counties Asked to Enforce State Wildlife Laws at Rattlesnake Roundups
January 25, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks Protections for 82 Corals Facing Extinction
January 21, 2011 – Environmental Report Card: Obama Gets "C-" for First Half of Term
January 20, 2011 – Landmark Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hundreds of Rare Species From Pesticides
January 19, 2011 – Snowmobile Plan Challenged to Protect Wildlife, Quiet Recreation
January 19, 2011 – Coalition of Clean Air Groups Brings Actions Against Federal Government for Its Failure to Reduce Air Pollution in Iconic National Parks
January 19, 2011 – Two Colorful Mussel Species Proposed for Federal Protection
January 19, 2011 – Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee
January 18, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop Release of Toxic Metals at Wisconsin's Flambeau Mine
January 18, 2011 – Two Public-land Grazing Plans Dismissed to Protect Arizona Wildlife
January 18, 2011 – World-renowned Chefs Join Call to Boycott Bluefin Tuna
January 14, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Block Minnesota Agency's $4 Million Loan to PolyMet Mining Company
January 13, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Polar Bear Critical Habitat From Oil Development
January 13, 2011 – Habitat Protection Sought for Endangered Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel
January 13, 2011 – EPA Vetoes Permit for Largest Mountaintop-removal Mine Ever Proposed in Appalachia
January 12, 2011 – EPA Capitulates to Timber, Biomass Industries on Global Warming Pollution
January 11, 2011 – In Memory of Federal Judge John M. Roll (1948-2011)
January 11, 2011 – Oil Spill Commission Releases Safety Recommendations
January 11, 2011 – Court Blocks Federal Effort to Cut San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat Habitat Protection
January 11, 2011 – Emergency Protection Sought for Disappearing Miami Blue Butterfly
January 7, 2011 – San Francisco River Would Be Protected From ORVs in Proposed Gila National Forest Plan
January 5, 2011 – New Report: Sierra Nevada Among Top 10 Places Whose Species Are Threatened by Climate Change
January 5, 2011 – New Report: Southwest Deserts Among Top 10 Places Whose Species Are Threatened by Climate Change
January 5, 2011 – New Report: Arctic Sea Ice Among Top 10 Places Whose Species Are Threatened by Climate Change
January 3, 2011 – Lawsuit Opposes Wildlife Agency's Approval of Massive Newhall Ranch Project