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Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect World's Smallest Bunnies
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (431+ words) Earthjustice Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect World's Smallest Bunnies Fish and Wildlife Service failed to make required listing determination for pygmy rabbit Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, pwheeler@earthjustice. org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, greta@westernwatersheds. org Western Watersheds…...
Extinction Won't Make Anyone Safer
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (424+ words) The administration just moved to allow oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico to ignore endangered species protections. On March 31, a panel full of Trump appointees voted to give the oil industry permission to harm and kill imperiled…...
Help protect polar bear cubs from unnecessary harm
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (748+ words) The more greenhouse gases we extract and consume, the bigger problem for polar bears." "Dr. Steven Amstrup, Chief Scientist for Polar Bears International. The federal government is considering a proposal that would allow oil and gas companies to harm polar…...
Lawsuit Filed Over Trump Administration Abandonment of Sage-Grouse Protections
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (470+ words) Earthjustice Lawsuit Filed Over Trump Administration Abandonment of Sage-Grouse Protections Suit claims Bureau of Land Management walked away from 2015 commitments to sage-grouse to benefit oil and gas industry Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, 202-792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice. org Emily Denny, The Wilderness Society, 202-240-1788, edenny…...
American Prairie Challenges BLM's Proposed Revocation of Bison Grazing Permits
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (485+ words) Earthjustice American Prairie Challenges BLM's Proposed Revocation of Bison Grazing Permits The administration's proposal sets a dangerous precedent on public land management, reversing longstanding practice Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, pwheeler@earthjustice. org Beth Saboe, American Prairie, beth@americanprairie. org American Prairie…...
The Little-Known Law Congress is Abusing to Sell Out Our Public Lands
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (901+ words) How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U. S. and Alaska. By Timna Axel "/" Policy and Legislation Team Over the past several months, Congress has abused a little-known law to strip protections from millions…...
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Under Attack from Utah Members of Congress
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (224+ words) Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation's public lands system and upend public land protection as we know it President Trump illegally reduced the monument in 2017, and it has been reported that he is again considering…...
Groups File New Lawsuit to Prevent Extinction of Earth's Rarest Marine Dolphins
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) Suit seeks U. S. ban on New Zealand seafood as fishing fleets harm rare M'ui and Hector's dolphins Brett Sommermeyer, Law of the Wild (South Africa), +27 79 889 1675, brett@lawofthewild. org Earthjustice and Law of the Wild filed a legal action on behalf of…...
Court rules U. S. unlawfully authorized seafood imports that threaten M'ui dolphin
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (443+ words) We take on many of the biggest environmental and health challenges of our time and stick with them. The law makes change. Because the earth needs a good lawyer. Ruling requires government to address extinction risk of world's most imperiled…...
Trump Administration Attempt to Repeal Roadless Rule Met With Widespread Opposition
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (308+ words) We take on many of the biggest environmental and health challenges of our time and stick with them. The law makes change. Because the earth needs a good lawyer. The Forest Service already has 380, 000 miles of forest roads " funded by…...