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Sempra Cancels Vista Pacífico LNG Project in the Gulf of California

March 4, 2026 Press ReleaseMexico, California

Sempra announced it will not move forward with its proposed Vista Pacífico LNG export terminal in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico.

California Clears First Commercial “Pop-up” Gear Authorization for Dungeness Crab Fishery

January 29, 2026 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Milestone supports whale entanglement prevention while keeping a targeted, risk-based approach.

Large-Scale Project of Pop-Up Gear Proves Successful for California Dungeness Crab Fishery and Whales

August 1, 2025 Press ReleaseSan Francisco

Full-scale testing of pop-up fishing gear has concluded in California’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery and the results show that the technology is highly reliable, affordable, and safe for whales and other marine life.

Budget Trailer Bills Strip CEQA Protections for Ecosystems and Communities

July 15, 2025 BackgrounderCalifornia

Legislators need to clean up SB 131 language.

California Home Hardening Investments Protect Property and Boost Economy

July 8, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A new report from Earth Economics demonstrates the economic case for increasing wildfire resiliency for homes.

NRDC New Report: Transforming California’s Ports to Improve Public Health & Support Equitable Offshore Wind

May 14, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A new NRDC report outlines how to upgrade California’s offshore wind ports to be just, equitable, and environmentally responsible.

Environmental Groups Outline Flaws with Caltrans Highway Expansion

May 12, 2025 BackgrounderCaliforniaCarter Rubin

Among the concerns are the impacts on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, home to nearly 200 species of birds, dozens of threatened and endangered species, and critical wetland ecosystems. 

Environmental Groups Challenge Highway Expansion Project in Court

May 30, 2024 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The draft environmental impact report obscures true harms of the project.

Governor Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Californians and Pollinators from Dangerous Neurotoxins

October 11, 2023 Press ReleaseSacramento

With the support of Governor Newsom and persistence from the state legislature, California has passed AB 363, which bans over the counter sales of lawn and garden neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides by 2025, limiting their use to trained professionals. The bill…

Groups File Lawsuit to Require California to Regulate Pesticide-Treated Seeds 

February 21, 2023 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Legal challenge calls on state Department of Pesticide Regulation to close loophole on unregulated sale, use of pesticides on seeds.

Newsom Administration Releases Plan to Combat California’s Biodiversity and Climate Crises

December 15, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) today released its draft Pathways to 30x30 document, which identifies strategies to achieve California’s conservation goal, called “30x30,” after receiving broad public input, including from stakeholder groups and Tribal nations throughout the state. The…

Huntington Beach Disaster is Ugly, Sad Reminder: Offshore Drilling Risks are Real

October 4, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The massive oil spill off Huntington Beach this weekend tarred and killed birds, fish and other marine life, inundating sensitive wetlands and threatening ecosystems, the community and the local economy. Officials have closed local beaches indefinitely in response to the…

Court Derails Trump Administration’s Efforts to Take More Water from Bay-Delta

May 12, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The Federal Court for the Eastern District of California granted in part a preliminary injunction yesterday against the Trump Administration’s efforts to increase water diversions from California’s Bay-Delta, which threaten endangered species including winter-run Chinook salmon, Delta Smelt, and other…

Latest Vaquita Death Comes as US Expands Seafood Ban

March 9, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

According to credible media reports, another vaquita was found drowned after being trapped in illegal gillnets in the Gulf of California, potentially bringing the total population of the small porpoises to nine individuals. The death came just before a strong…

Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Act Protections During Trip to California

February 19, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

During a visit to California today, President Trump moved forward with implementing Endangered Species Act permits (known as biological opinions) that dramatically weaken environmental protections for salmon and other imperiled species in California’s Bay-Delta Watershed. The State of California previously…

NRDC’s 100th Suit Against the Trump Administration Seeks to Protect California Salmon and Endangered Species

December 3, 2019 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Today a coalition of fishing and conservation groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s Endangered Species Act permits (known as biological opinions) for the operations of the Central Valley Project and…

Court Upholds Protections for Rare California Gnatcatcher

July 3, 2019 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A federal court today dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove the imperiled coastal California gnatcatcher from the Endangered Species Act list, ensuring the bird is protected.

Legal Action Aims to Protect Imperiled Coastal California Gnatcatcher

December 22, 2017 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Conservation groups took to the courts again today to protect the threatened coastal California gnatcatcher – a tiny, gray bird that lives in the rapidly declining sage brush habitat in Southern California.

California Court Upholds Ban on State Ivory and Rhino Horn Trade

November 29, 2016 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Mystic Aquarium and Partners Praise Connecticut Congressional Delegation’s Call for New England Ocean Monument

August 4, 2016 Press ReleaseConnecticut

Mystic, Conn – The Connecticut Congressional delegation, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, asked the Obama Administration today to permanently protect the New England Canyons and Seamounts, an ocean area about 150 miles off the coast of Cape Cod.