'Air pollution standards must protect endangered plants and wildlife, but the agency failed to follow the law, or the science, to fully address this toxic air pollution's harms to the environment,' said one attorney.
SILVER CITY, N.M. — A colorful rally in support of endangered Mexican gray wolves will begin at...
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— More than 115 conservation groups urged Congress today to significantly increase the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget for endangered species conservation from $329 million to $857 million — nearly a three-fold increase over the fiscal year 2024 budget that would more accurately reflect the severity of the joint biodiversity and climate crises and the needs of the agency.
Center for Biological Diversity: VENTURA COUNTY, Calif.— Two federal agencies have confirmed the cancellation of applications for permits proposed a decade ago to drill and frack eight new wells on federal public land in Los Padres National Forest. The announcement, made April 3, comes just weeks after California officials proposed a statewide ban on this extremely dangerous fossil fuel extraction technique.
Center for Biological Diversity: Cleared Land Includes Vital Monarch Butterfly Habitat
Center for Biological Diversity: RENO, Nev.— The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a draft environmental impact statement today for a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would push the endangered wildflower Tiehm’s buckwheat to extinction despite its protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Center for Biological Diversity: Ashy Pebblesnail, Shortface Lanx Need Endangered Species Protection
PRESCOTT, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity today notified several foreign-owned mining businesses that their mining operations in the Bradshaw Mountains south of Prescott are potentially occurring in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The EPA’s latest greenhouse gas inventory shows that agriculture continues to be the leading U.S. source of methane and nitrous oxide, two highly potent climate pollutants.