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Trump Sage Grouse Policy is Industry Giveaway

March 15, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today is finalizing the agency’s plan for managing the greater sage grouse, among other species, on some 11 million acres of Western lands.

Federal Government Attempting to Strip Protections from Gray Wolves…Again

March 6, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

For the second time in five years, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has released a proposal to strip gray wolves of Endangered Species Act protections in the lower-48 states. The Endangered Species Act requires federal agencies to…

Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect the Gulf of Mexico Whale

February 21, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Federal agency ignored deadline to list imperiled species as Endangered

Groups seek court order blocking Atlantic Seismic Blasting

February 20, 2019 Press ReleaseSouth Carolina

A group of conservation organizations today asked a federal judge to block the start of harmful seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean until the case can be fully heard in court.

New York State Legislature Passes Offshore Drilling Ban

February 5, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

The New York State Senate today passed legislation blocking any offshore drilling activity off the state’s coastline, including pipeline permits and state leases that could potentially support oil and gas development.

Vineyard Wind, Conservation Groups Reach Historic Agreement to Protect Right Whales

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseMassachusetts

Vineyard Wind and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Wildlife Federation, and Conservation Law Foundation today entered into an unprecedented agreement to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Report: Giraffes Among Ten Species Imperiled by the Trump Administration

December 18, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Securing Protections for the Long Necks Is Crucial to Its Survival

Report: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Among Ten Species Imperiled by the Trump Administration

December 18, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Securing Its Habitat Is Crucial to Its Recovery

Groups Sue Feds to Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

First Step Toward Offshore Drilling Jeopardizes Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, Puts Marine Life at Risk

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Giraffes

December 6, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration for its failure to consider protections for Africa’s rapidly dwindling giraffe population under the Endangered Species Act.

Zinke Move Threatens Western Sage Grouse to Advance Oil and Gas Leasing

December 6, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a sweeping decision that threatens massive swaths of land, hundreds of species and precious wildlife habitat, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today moved to roll back a conservation plan for the greater sage grouse on western U.S. lands.

Trump Administration to OK Blasting for Oil and Gas in Atlantic

November 30, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Seismic Testing, First Step Toward Offshore Drilling, Threatens Marine Wildlife and Fisheries

Court of Appeals Upholds U.S. Ban on Mexican Seafood Imports to Save Vaquita

November 28, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States, Mexico

In a victory for one of Earth’s most endangered marine mammals, a third U.S. court decision today upheld a four-month-old ban on importing Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught with gillnets that drown vaquita porpoises.

Floridians are Counting on Rick Scott to Keep His Promise on Offshore Drilling

November 19, 2018 Press ReleaseFlorida

Democrat Bill Nelson’s concession to Republican Governor Rick Scott in the Florida Senate race means sunshine state citizens are losing a longtime fighter for Florida’s environment and strong opponent of offshore drilling. Floridians made clear the importance of this issue…

House Votes to Strip Endangered Species Act Protections for Gray Wolves Across the U.S.

November 16, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

In its first scheduled vote of the lame duck session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation today that would strip Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled gray wolves across the continental United States and prohibit judicial review of those…

Conservation Groups Respond to Decision not to Issue Emergency Protections for Endangered Whales

November 2, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The federal government announced today that it refuses to issue an emergency order to protect endangered killer whales under the Species at Risk Act, despite the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans’ recommendation…

Canada Urged to Expand Fisheries Closures to Save North Atlantic Right Whale

November 1, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Wildlife and animal-protection groups submitted recommendations today urging Canada’s fishery management agency to continue and expand protections for critically imperiled North Atlantic right whales. Following an unprecedented 12 right whale deaths in Canadian waters in 2017, Fisheries and Oceans Canada…

Ongoing Gulf Spill Refutes Claim U.S. Could Expand Drilling Safely

October 23, 2018 Press ReleaseLouisiana

A damaged Taylor Energy oil site 12 miles off the Louisiana coast has been leaking as much as 29,400 gallons of toxic crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico every single day since 2004, according to a shocking new Washington…

Federal Court Delivers Major Victory for Oceans, National Monuments

October 5, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

A federal court today dismissed an industry challenge to the first marine national monument in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean.

Congress Set To Attack American Wildlife This Week

September 26, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

This week Congress will turn its attention to a series of bills that threaten to undermine the Endangered Species Act. Today, the House Natural Resources Committee is holding a legislative hearing on a suite of nine bills that would weaken…