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Chicago Supports Clean Air Act, Joins Urgent Call for Climate-change ActionCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)Through a May 9 resolution, Chicago is the 25th city to join the Center for Biological Diversity's national Clean Air Cities campaign, which urges national leaders to take action on global warming. "We need strong air-pollution standards for the sake ... |
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AZ Game and Fish Opposes Grand Canyon Watershed National MonumentlakepowelllifeThe Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument is being proposed by the Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, Center for Biological Diversity and the Wilderness Society. The proposal encompasses 1.7 million acres of mostly public land spread across five ... |
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APNewsBreak: Protection sought for rare woodpeckerFox NewsCo-petitioners are the Center for Biological Diversity based in Tucson, Ariz., the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project in Fossil, Ore., and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance in Laramie, Wyo. Hanson, a wildlife ecologist at the University of ...and more » |
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Philadelphia Joins Urgent Call for National Action on Climate ChangeCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)Philadelphia's city council, in passing a resolution Thursday, is the 24th city to join the Center for Biological Diversity's national Clean Air Cities campaign. “The facts speak for themselves—climate change is real and can no longer be swept under ... |
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Dwarf Seahorse Trade in PerilPetProductNews.comThe National Marine Fisheries Service is considering adding the dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) to the threatened or endangered species lists after receiving a petition from the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity. |
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Government considers protection for dwarf seahorseBastrop Daily EnterpriseThe beds have declined dramatically since the 1950s, and were contaminated by the BP oil spill of 2010, said Center for Biological Diversity conservation biologist Tierra Curry. The National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday agreed to conduct a ...and more » |
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Alaska News Nightly: May 15, 2012Alaska Public Radio NetworkThe Associated Press The Native Village of Chickaloon, The center for Biological Diversity and two other groups are suing the National Marine Fisheries Service, claiming the federal agency's permit for oil exploration will hurt endangered beluga whales ...and more » |
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EPIC joins others in lawsuit challenging Willits bypassRedwood TimesBy Gary Graham Hughes The Center for Biological Diversity, Willits Environmental Center, Redwood Chapter of the Sierra Club and Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit in federal court last week challenging the approvals and ...and more » |
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Climate change may leave many mammals homelessScience NewsMoreover, adds ecologist Shaye Wolf of the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco, this analysis doesn't account for additional factors, such as whether a migrating species' food will exist in its newfound home or whether the animal will ...and more » |
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Lawsuit Challenges Old-growth Logging Near Grand CanyonKansas City infoZinePhoenix, AZ - infoZine - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a 25000-acre timber sale on the Kaibab National Forest near Grand Canyon's north rim. Approved in January, this is the US Forest Service's ...and more » |
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Government considers protection for dwarf seahorseDaily CometThe beds have declined dramatically since the 1950s, and were contaminated by the BP oil spill of 2010, said Center for Biological Diversity conservation biologist Tierra Curry. The National Marine Fisheries Service today agreed to conduct a year-long ...and more » |
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Tampa Joins Urgent Call for National Action on Climate ChangeCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)The city council, in passing a resolution Thursday, is the latest city to join the Center for Biological Diversity's national Clean Air Cities campaign. “Climate change is a grave threat to the economy and environment of Tampa Bay, so the city council ... |
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Lawsuit Challenges Old-growth Logging Near Grand CanyoneNews Park ForestPHOENIX--(ENEWSPF)--May 9 - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a 25000-acre timber sale on the Kaibab National Forest near Grand Canyon's north rim. Approved in January, this is the US Forest ...and more » |
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Impassioned voices speak out on King Cove roadCordova TimesRepresentatives of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, The Wilderness Society, Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and Defenders of Wildlife, as well as several individuals, said adamantly that the road would be detrimental to ... |
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Colorado: Wolverine recovery plan on hold for nowSummit County Citizens VoiceAbout the same time (in 2010) the US Fish and Wildlife Service put wolverines on the candidate endangered species list, following a 2004 petition for endangered listing from the Center for Biological Diversity. Additionally, during the stakeholder ... |
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56 corals getting review for possible protectionKeysNetSome of the most common corals along the Keys reef tract, including those known as boulder star and mountain star, will be included in the survey, required under a legal settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group. |
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Colorado: Lawsuit planned to protect threatened troutSummit County Citizens VoiceThe population of cutthroat trout in Bear Creek is one of a kind and deserves better protection than it's getting,” said Center for Biological Diversity endangered species director Noah Greenwald, explaining why the conservation group is getting ready ... |
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Groups push for new national monumentKingman Daily MinerFour organizations - The Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, the Wilderness Society Western Lands, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity - are pushing for President Barack Obama to propose a new 1.7 million acre national monument ... |
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Marine Life Suffers Near BP's Deepwater Horizon SiteHuffington Post (blog)The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity want more restraints placed on seismic surveying so as not to disrupt the acoustic cues of dolphins. Meanwhile, NOAA has also documented hundreds of stranded dead sea turtles ...and more » |
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Big Wedge Over Sharp Park's FutureWall Street Journal"This is a poorly maintained, money-losing public golf course that no one has the money to manage and yet local leaders don't want to make it a park," says Jeff Miller, a spokesman for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups that filed ...and more » |
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Cattle Battle Heads to CourtMesquite Citizen JournalBy Barbara Ellestad The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Clark County, NV, on Monday, Apr. 30, for not taking required steps to protect the desert ...and more » |
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Rare Earth Mining Rises Again in United StatesWired NewsWhile those promises will be difficult to fulfill, one promising sign is Molycorp's response to pressure from the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group that initially opposed renovation. Molycorp addressed their major concern: Rather ...and more » |
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Stop The Reptile and Amphibian Extinction CrisisCare2.com (blog)by Alex Ralston, Center for Biological Diversity Amphibians and reptiles are amazing creatures with clever adaptations that have allowed them to brave the millennia. Consider the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard's scaly hind toes, which resemble ... |
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The Week in Review for April 30 to May 4The Florida CurrentThe Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson, Ariz., was founded in 1989 and has been more active in issues affecting Florida in recent years. "It is inevitable there will be conflict" with industry groups, staff attorney Jaclyn Lopez said.and more » |
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Enviros Want Probe of Shell's Drilling ClaimsCourthouse News ServiceBy TRAVIS SANFORD (CN) - Royal Dutch Shell may be misleading investors with "inflated claims regarding its technology and readiness to drill in Alaska's Arctic," the Center for Biological Diversity told the Securities and Exchange Commission.and more » |
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Tea Partiers' Love of Rattlesnakes Goes Only So FarBusinessWeek“Eastern diamondbacks are rapidly disappearing all across the southeastern United States and in some states, they've more or less vanished,” Collette Adkins Giese, a reptile and amphibian specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, ... |
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Group plans to sue BLM in Bundy cattle range warDesert Valley TimesThe Center for Biological Diversity said it plans to sue the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Clark County for “not taking required steps to protect the desert tortoise, a threatened species, from grazing in ...and more » |
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Willits bypass challenged in federal courtWillits NewsThe suit was filed by the Willits Environmental Center, the Redwood chapter of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Environmental Protection Information Center. The Willits Environmental Center is only a party to one of the ...and more » |
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What's In the Name 'Environmentalist'?Huffington Post (blog)... that need to be made, and how grateful I am for environmental organizations such as NRDC, the Sierra Club, Audubon, the Center for Biological Diversity, and all the others who continue to take on these most difficult battles decade after decade. |
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BLM decision makes 10670 acres ineligible for developmentLas Vegas Review-JournalConservation groups rejoiced at the decision, as it may be a stepping stone to a national park, said Rob Mrowka , ecologist with the Center for Biological Diversity . The land was protected by the BLM as a wilderness land study area until politicians ... |
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Wrangling intensifies over Grand Canyon WatershedDixie Press OnlineThe Wilderness Society and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, both headquartered in Flagstaff, Ariz., and the Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson, Ariz., in an effort to preserve the watershed, recently submitted a Proposal for National ... |
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State OKs forest-to-vineyard plan in Sonoma CountySanta Rosa Press DemocratThe other two are the Redwood Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity. A coalition of tribes, including the Kashia Pomo of nearby Stewarts Point Rancheria, is exploring its legal options, sources said.and more » |
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Sea Turtles Saved from Drowning in Fishing NetsKansas City infoZine“We are delighted that the agreement lead to a proposal to help bring these special creatures a step closer to the protection they need,” said Jaclyn Lopez, staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The Fisheries Service has a duty to ...and more » |
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US Sportsmen's Alliance top 5 fishing foesLone Star Outdoor NewsCenter for Biological Diversity: This Tucson-based, lawsuit-centered group has twice petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of lead-based fishing tackle products. After a rejection in 2010, CBD filed a second petition in ...and more » |
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Wind Energy Development in the IWVRidgecrest Daily Independent (blog)For anyone wanting to know about what our future bodes on this subject, please take note of the following opportunity: Ileene Anderson, botanist with the Center for Biological Diversity, will be at the Kerncrest Audubon meeting on May 17 to make a ... |
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Rare Woodpecker Seeks Endangered StatusPaw NationCo-petitioners are the Center for Biological Diversity based in Tucson, Ariz., the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project in Fossil, Ore., and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance in Laramie, Wyo. Hanson, a wildlife ecologist at the University of ...and more » |
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EPA sued over dispersants used in BP oil spillKGO-TVCenter for Biological Diversity, the Surfrider Foundation, and Pacific Environment are suing the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Coast Guard. The three environmental groups complain the government doesn't know enough about the effects of ...and more » |
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Oil industry, Texas, NM focus on lizard habitatAustin American-Statesmanbased Center for Biological Diversity, slammed the conservation agreements, saying the oil and gas industry would use them as a "get out of jail free card." "There is nothing in the Texas conservation plan that will benefit the dunes sagebrush lizard," ...and more » |
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Lawsuit filed to block Willits bypassSanta Rosa Press Democrat“We will be seeking an injunction” to stop the project from moving forward, said Jeff Miller of the Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based organization with its nearest office in San Francisco. Caltrans officials said they had not had a ...and more » |
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Bat-killing Epidemic Strikes and Stretches Through Nation's CapitalKansas City infoZine... a wake-up call to the White House, members of Congress and agency leaders to do more to address what's shaping up to be the worst wildlife catastrophe of the century,” said Mollie Matteson, a bat specialist with the Center for Biological Diversity. |
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