A look at what the so-called Sagebrush Rebels have been up to, whose been standing up them, and what it could mean for the future of public land and U.S. politics.
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Tag Archives: Center for Biological Diversity
Old Forests Are Worth More Standing
[EF! Newswire Editor’s Note: By using the link below, you can send a personalized letter to some bureaucrats about protecting mature forests and send a few tweets around about it… Then you should go out and build a treesit in every 80+ […]
Continue readingWe Gonna Save this Mother F$*king Species
Whats the connection between black liberation, the black-footed ferret, and biological diversity? Um, we’ll let comedian D.L. Hughley and the Center for Biological Diversity’s Endangered Species Director Noah Greenwald figure that out. This shit is funny. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/53162808 w=500&h=375]
Continue readingPetition Seeks Delisting of Pacific Northwest Orcas
by Laura Petersen, E&E reporter The population of killer whales that resides primarily in Puget Sound doesn’t deserve Endangered Species Act protection, the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation says in a delisting petition filed today with the Obama administration.The petition sent to the […]
Continue readingBurrying Beetle Vs. Keystone XL Pipeline
By ART HOVEY/Lincoln Journal Star The American burying beetle is a clever critter. It’s known for secreting fluid around the carcasses of birds and rodents in the Nebraska Sandhills to disguise their scent and then using the decaying remains as hatching sites […]
Continue readingA Threatened Snail in the Path of Rosemont Copper Mine
By Samantha Bare / Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it will begin a yearlong review to determine whether the Sonoran talussnail is threatened, specifically by the proposed Rosemont Copper mine. The action is in […]
Continue readingCan a Tiny Purple Desert Orchid Stop a Massive Open-Pit Mine
by the Center for Biological Diversity TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agency’s failure to protect Coleman’s coralroot under the Endangered Species Act. Coleman’s coralroot is an extremely […]
Continue readingForest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review
by the Center for Biological Diversity GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— The U.S. Forest Service announced late Monday that it will allow Denison Mines Corp. to begin excavating the “Canyon Mine” this fall without first updating the 26-year-old environmental impact statement for the […]
Continue readingFox Thought Extinct in Oregon Possibly Photographed on Mt. Hood
By Ian C. Campbell, The Oregonian With an invisible flash of infrared light across the snow, motion-detecting cameras in the mountains of Oregon may have snapped evidence of a nocturnal fox not seen in the state in decades. These new photos provide […]
Continue readingNearly 6,500 Acres Protected as Critical Habitat for Endangered Mississippi Gopher Frogs
by the Center for Biological Diversity JACKSON, Miss.— In response to a lawsuit and advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 6,477 acres of protected critical habitat for endangered Mississippi gopher frogs. The critical […]
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