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Trump Administration Abandons Habitat Protections for Iconic Western Bird

August 2, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service today finalized its plan for managing the greater sage-grouse, along with hundreds of other species, on 5.2 million acres of Western lands. The move unravels an existing conservation plan to preserve fragile habitat for…

Court Upholds Protections for Rare California Gnatcatcher

July 3, 2019 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES – 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.

Japan Leaves IWC to Resume Commercial Whaling

July 1, 2019 Press Release

Departure from the International Whaling Commission breaks over 30-year ban

Conservation Groups Launch New Legal Challenges to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

July 1, 2019 Press Release

Trump administration violated National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act by approving controversial tar sands pipeline

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Massive Utah Oil Shale Development

May 16, 2019 Press Release

BONANZA — Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration to challenge what would be the nation’s first commercial-scale oil shale mine and processing facility. The lawsuit says officials failed to protect several endangered species when they approved rights-of-way across public…

Canada's Recovery Measures for Endangered Killer Whales a Positive Step

May 10, 2019 Press Release

VANCOUVER — A coalition of six conservation groups commend the federal government’s new measures to support Southern Resident killer whale recovery. The measures are the boldest yet; greater whale-watching restrictions, expanded voluntary slow downs for international shipping and the creation…

UN Scientific Report: 1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction

May 6, 2019 Press Release

Assessment Warns of Global Ecosystem Collapse Due to Human Activity

Lawsuit Prompts U.S. Officials to Consider Protecting Giraffes

April 25, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON — After a prod from a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that giraffes may qualify for protection under America’s Endangered Species Act.

Administration Lists Gulf of Mexico Whale as Endangered After Lawsuit

April 12, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON DC – A federal agency listed the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale as endangered today, after years of ignoring legal requests to protect the whale.

Trump Sage Grouse Policy is Industry Giveaway

March 15, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON – 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 Release

WASHINGTON – 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…

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

February 21, 2019 Press Release

Federal agency ignored deadline to list imperiled species as Endangered

Trump Nominates Another Industry Lobbyist as Secretary of Interior

February 4, 2019 Press Release

President Trump today nominated acting Secretary David Bernhardt as the next Secretary of the Interior.

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

January 23, 2019 Press Release

BOSTON - 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.

Farm Bill Negotiators Ditch Environmental Rollbacks

December 11, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators released a compromise farm bill today that largely steers clear of undercutting bedrock environmental protections.

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

November 28, 2018 Press Release

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.

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

November 16, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON D.C. — 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…

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

November 2, 2018 Press Release

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…

Congress Set To Attack American Wildlife This Week

September 26, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – 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…

230+ Groups Oppose Trump Administration Plan to Cripple Endangered Species Act

September 20, 2018 Press Release