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textEastern Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Area In Mexico Drops Precipitously by The Xerces Society
MEXICO CITY, February 7, 2024 – The annual census of monarch numbers at the overwintering sites in central Mexico was released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. It revealed that in just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their Mexico wintering grounds dropped by more than half, from 2.2 hectares to 0.9 hectares....
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:34pm PST
textU.S. Geological Survey Will Restore Annual Counts of About 400 Farm Pesticides by Center for Biological Diversity
Pesticides Applied to Seeds to Remain Uncounted...
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:25pm PST
documentLegal Petition Aims to Plug Thousands of Old Offshore Oil Wells
2024-02-29_petition_for_offshore_oil_decommissioning_regs.pdf
by Center for Biological Diversity
GAO Report Reveals Alarming Decommissioning Gaps in Gulf of Mexico, Pacific...
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 7:45am PST
imageSouthern Resident Orcas Receive Oregon Endangered Species Protections
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by Center for Biological Diversity
PORTLAND, Ore., February 16, 2024 — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted today to protect Southern Resident orcas under the state’s Endangered Species Act, responding to a February 2023 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2024 9:38pm PST
textExxonMobil Drops Court Bid to Truck Oil in Santa Barbara by Center for Biological Diversity
LOS ANGELES, February 16, 2024 — ExxonMobil’s dangerous proposal to truck massive amounts of oil along California highways is dead after the company dropped its lawsuit challenging Santa Barbara County’s denial of the plan....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2024 9:31pm PST
imageSix Pesticides Threaten Over Half of Endangered Species
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by Center for Biological Diversity
Lawsuit Targets Federal Fish and Wildlife Service’s Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Toxic Pesticides...
Posted: Thu, Feb 1, 2024 10:14am PST
documentBiden Administration Moves to Protect Old-Growth Forests
biden_announcement_old_growth_forests.pdf
by Center for Biological Diversity
Environmental Groups Welcome Needed Action on Old Growth, Urge Future Action on Mature Forests...
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2023 3:31pm PST
textLaw Center Statement on 12% Increase in Homelessness by National Homelessness Law Center
Point in Time results must drive housing investments, not despair...
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2023 11:57am PST
textPro-Palestine Student Group in Florida Sues University System to Prevent Deactivation by Palestine Legal
University of Florida’s Students for Justice in Palestine is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, and Palestine Legal...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2023 11:23am PST
textLaw Center Statement on UN Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People by National Homelessness Law Center
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (November 3, 2023) Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee highlighted serious and ongoing patterns of human rights abuses — including those against people experiencing homelessness and poverty — in the Concluding Observations from its recent convening that investigated the United States’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 10:40am PST
textDeSantis’ order to deactivate National SJP in Florida by Palestine Legal
Palestine Legal issued the following statement regarding DeSantis’ order to deactivate National SJP in Florida:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2023 2:03pm PDT
imageDebut Graphic Novel Highlights Plight of California Mountain Lions
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by Center for Biological Diversity
‘Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey’ to be Released Oct. 24...
Posted: Fri, Oct 20, 2023 11:18am PDT
textCalifornia Becomes First State to Ban “Excited Delirium” as a Cause of Death by Physicians for Human Rights
Governor Newsom signs landmark bill following tireless community activism and PHR report on the pseudoscience of “excited delirium"...
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2023 9:06pm PDT
documentU.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card
reportcard2023.pdf
by National Homelessness Law Center
Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since...
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2023 10:26am PDT
textCourt Upholds Denial of ExxonMobil’s Plan to Truck Oil in Santa Barbara, Restart Offshore Drilling by Center for Biological Diversity
LOS ANGELES, September 27, 2023 — The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California today upheld Santa Barbara County’s denial of ExxonMobil’s proposal to transport oil by tanker trucks along hazardous California highways. The plan would have helped the company restart three drilling platforms off the Santa Barbara coast, shut down since the disastrous Refugio oil spill eight years ago....
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2023 7:33am PDT
documentAppeal Aims to Protect California’s Pine Mountain, Reyes Peak From Massive Logging Project
pine-mountain-logging-project-9th-circuit-appeal-09192023.pdf
by Center for Biological Diversity
LOS ANGELES, September 19, 2023 — Conservation groups filed an appeal today asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to cancel a controversial logging and vegetation clearing project atop Pine Mountain and Reyes Peak in Southern California’s Los Padres National Forest....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 7:59am PDT
textEPA Makes Pesticide Incident Reports Publicly Available for First Time by Center for Biological Diversity
Data Details Serious Harms Caused by Pesticides...
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2023 7:16am PDT
documentReport: Carbon Storage, Sequestration Value of California’s Native Habitats Overlooked
hidden-in-plain-sight-report.pdf
by Center for Biological Diversity
Offset Programs Over-Credit Developers, Fall Short of Climate Goals...
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2023 9:18am PDT
documentLawsuit Challenges EPA’s 2023-2025 Renewable Fuels Standard
petition-for-review-of-the-epa-renewable-fuel-standard-2023-2025.pdf
by Center for Biological Diversity
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels for 2023-2025. Last month the EPA set the 2022 required minimum volume for transportation sector use at roughly 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol and 5.63 billion gallons of advanced biofuels....
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2023 8:57am PDT
imageCalifornia Oil Regulators Sued Over New Oil, Gas Wells Near Homes, Beaches
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by Center for Biological Diversity
15 Long Beach Wells Near Site of Last Year’s Oil Slick...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 7:11pm PDT
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