Dispatches from the litigious environmental group war on America
Thursday, May 26th, 2011Besides burying US Fish and Wildlife with petitions to list endangered species, and filing lots of lawsuits over the Endangered Species Act, litigious environmental groups make sure the media knows about their efforts.
At least in Tucson, the press release is the only story published (for example: KGUN Group says threatened frogs at AZ mine site
Here is a listing of recent press releases issued by Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project:
From Center for Biological Diversity’s web site:
May 25, 2011 New Orleans Court Hearing Will Include Arguments on $19 Billion Lawsuit Against BP Over Gulf Oil Spill
May 25, 2011 Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Boreal Toads
May 24, 2011 Deadly Bat Disease Arrives in Maine
May 19, 2011 Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Puts Fragile Pronghorn Population at Risk From Motorized Mayhem
May 18, 2011 Senate Rejects Massive Expansion of Dangerous Offshore Drilling
May 18, 2011 New Habitat Protections Finalized for California Desert Plant Threatened With Extinction
May 18, 2011 State Politician Holds Farce “Science” Panel on Endangered Species Act Protection for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
May 17, 2011 Oregon Kills Imnaha Pack Wolf, Gunning for a Second
May 17, 2011 New Federal Plan to Tackle Bat-killing Disease Inadequate to Stop Epidemic
May 17, 2011 Judge Halts Settlement Over Hundreds of Endangered Species, Orders Parties Back to Negotiations
May 16, 2011 Years of Advocacy to Protect Kaua’i's Imperiled Seabirds Pay Off
May 16, 2011 Federal Pumps in Delta Are Killing Huge Numbers of Critically Imperiled Salmon and Other Native Fish
May 13, 2011 Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Shell’s Submission of Its Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan for 2012-2013
May 12, 2011 More Wolf-killing Legislation Proposed
May 12, 2011 Government Urged to Increase Habitat Protection for Chiricahua Leopard Frog
May 11, 2011 Groups Call on Government to Finally Kill Proposed Dam
May 6, 2011 United Nations Report Projects 10 Billion People by Century’s End
May 5, 2011 Pearce Asked to Immediately Release Data Said to Support Claims About Imperiled Lizard
May 5, 2011 U.S. House of Representatives Approves Dangerous Measure Expanding Offshore Drilling
May 5, 2011 Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Anti-wolf Rider
May 4, 2011 Obama Administration Prematurely Lifting Wolf Protections in Great Lakes, Northern Rockies
May 4, 2011 Congressional Proposals Aim to Eviscerate Environmental Laws Along U.S. Borders, Coasts
May 4, 2011 Report Debunks New Mexico Congressman Pearce’s Claims About Protection for Rare Lizard
May 3, 2011 Lawsuit Filed to Stop Unlawful Killing of Endangered Wolves in Oregon
April 29, 2011 Activists Confront AES Over Damaging Dam Project, Broken Promises in Panama
April 28, 2011 Group Calls on New Mexico Congressman to Recant False Statements about Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
April 28, 2011 Lawsuit Launched to Protect Alabama Shad Under the Endangered Species Act
April 28, 2011 Lawsuit Launched to Speed Recovery of Imperiled California Amphibians
April 27, 2011 Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Sierra Nevada Red Fox
April 21, 2011 Lawsuit Seeks to Rescue Pacific Walrus From Indefinite Wait for Endangered Species Protection
April 21, 2011 Lawsuit Launched to Protect 400-plus Freshwater Species in Southeast Under Endangered Species Act
April 20, 2011 Conservationists Intervene in Lawsuit That Aims to Take Away Polar Bear Habitat
April 20, 2011 Conservation Groups Appeal Ruling on Failure to Designate Critical Habitat for Endangered Florida Panther
April 20, 2011 One Year After Gulf Disaster: Reforms Left Unaddressed, New Offshore Drilling Must Be Halted
April 19, 2011 Lawsuit Seeks to Protect U.S. West Coast Waters for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles
April 19, 2011 Forest Service’s New Mexico Road Plan a Financial Boondoggle That Puts Wildlife, Watersheds at Risk
April 18, 2011 Lawsuit Launched to Force EPA to Study Oil-dispersant Impacts on Endangered Wildlife
April 15, 2011 Proposal Would Prematurely Strip Endangered Species Act Protections From Gray Wolves in Great Lakes Region
April 14, 2011 Congress Approves Wolf-killing Rider in Budget Act to Aid Montana Democrat’s Re-election
April 14, 2011 –One Year After Gulf Oil Disaster, Significant Dangers Remain Unaddressed
April 14, 2011 –Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Iconic Plains Bison
April 13, 2011 –Southern California Butterfly Denied Endangered Species Protection
April 13, 2011 –Fast-spreading, Bat-killing Disease Arrives in Kentucky
April 13, 2011 –Lawsuit Launched to Protect Disappearing Miami Blue Butterfly
April 13, 2011 –Legal Action Filed to Defend Habitat Protections for Imperiled Green Sturgeon
April 12, 2011 –Tester, Simpson Sneak Wolf-killing Rider Into Budget Bill
April 12, 2011 –A Year After Gulf Oil Spill, New Report Tallies Full Cost of Wildlife Disaster
April 11, 2011 –Two Arizona Springsnail Species Proposed for Federal Protection
April 11, 2011 –Upper Klamath River Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
April 8, 2011 –More than 22,000 Pledge Support for Saving Imperiled Bluefin Tuna
April 8, 2011 –Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Gains Nearly 2 Million Acres of Protected Habitat
April 8, 2011 –Three New Scientific Studies Confirm Lead Poisoning of Wildlife Due to Hunting Ammunition
April 7, 2011 –House Passes Legislation to Gut America’s Most Important Pollution Law
April 6, 2011 –Senate Rejects Back-door Moves to Roll Back America’s Most Important Air Pollution Law
April 6, 2011 –Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Nation’s Smallest Seahorse
April 5, 2011 –Georgia Wildlife Officials Criticized for Rattlesnake Roundup Permit
April 4, 2011 –Obama Administration Fails to Protect Rare Glacier National Park Insect Threatened With Climate-caused Extinction
March 31, 2011 –National Campaign to Boycott Endangered Bluefin Tuna Coming to Las Vegas Sushi Restaurants
March 31, 2011 –Rare Alabama Fish One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
March 30, 2011 –Bat-killing White-nose Disease Spreads to Ohio, New Brunswick
March 28, 2011 –Court Gives Endangered Status Back to West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel, Rules That Recovery Plans Must Be Followed
March 24, 2011 –Winter Sea Ice Hits Historic Low
March 24, 2011 –New Protests Filed Against Water-rights Applications to Protect Rare Nevada Wildlife
March 22, 2011 –Harmful New Mexico Forest Road Plan Blocked in Response to Conservation Groups’ Appeal
March 22, 2011 –New House Bill Would Exempt National Forest Logging From Environmental Laws
March 22, 2011 –Lawsuit Withdrawn After Minnesota Legislature Exempts Iron Range Resources From Environmental Review
March 21, 2011 –Western Snowy Plover to Get Critical Habitat Protection Doubled
March 21, 2011 –First Deepwater Drilling Plan Approved for Gulf of Mexico; Feds Claim No Significant Environmental Impacts
March 21, 2011 –Obama Administration Denies Protection to Knoxville Area Salamander
March 20, 2011 –Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Possible New Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
March 18, 2011 –Settlement Reached on Wolf Recovery in Idaho and Montana
March 17, 2011 –U.S. Government Fails to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles by Legal Deadline
March 11, 2011 –More Than 11,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Proposed for Rare Chiricahua Leopard Frog in Arizona, New Mexico
March 11, 2011 –As Congress Takes Aim, New Numbers Show Declining Wolf Population in Northern Rockies
March 10, 2011 –Arizona Regulators Risk Damage to Water, Air Near Grand Canyon With Uranium Mine Permits
March 9, 2011 –Senate Rejects House Attempt to Roll Back America’s Most Important Environmental and Public Health Laws
March 9, 2011 –Forty-eight Conservation Groups Call on Sen. Barbara Boxer to Oppose Legislation Removing Protection for Wolves
March 7, 2011 –Obama Administration Denies Protection to Nevada Butterfly
March 3, 2011 –New Bill Would Cripple America’s Most Important Pollution Law
March 2, 2011 –Eastern Cougar Declared Officially Extinct; Florida Panther Still Has a Chance If Reintroduced to Okefenokee
March 2, 2011 –San Francisco Sued for Killing Endangered Species at Sharp Park Golf Course
March 1, 2011 –New EPA Report Debunks Congressional Attacks on Clean Air Act, Demonstrates Law’s Public Health and Economic Benefits
February 28, 2011 –North Carolina’s Golden Sedge Plant Receives Critical Habitat Protection
February 24, 2011 –Statements by Conservation Groups on San Francisco’s Change of Position on Sharp Park Golf Course Management
February 24, 2011 –Report: Nation’s Best Pollution Law Should Combat Global Warming
February 23, 2011 –Obama Administration Denies Protection to Plains Bison
February 23, 2011 –Lawsuit Filed to Increase Habitat Protection for Nebraska’s Vanishing Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
February 22, 2011 –Campaign to Stop Consumption of Endangered Bluefin Tuna Is Heading to Streets, Sushi Restaurants of San Francisco
February 22, 2011 –Obama Administration Denies Protection for Three More Endangered Species
February 22, 2011 –Southern Rockhopper Penguins Listed as Threatened Species; Climate Change Protections Needed
February 18, 2011 –U.S. House Votes to Repeal Clean Air Act Protections
February 18, 2011 –Rare Texas Cave Species Get Big Increase in Protected Habitat
February 18, 2011 –Obama Administration Delays Protection for Yet Another Endangered Species
February 17, 2011 –Statement of Center for Biological Diversity on the Comment by Representative Denny Rehberg that Federal Judge Donald Malloy Should be “on the Endangered Species List”
February 17, 2011 –Federal Plan Announced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
February 17, 2011 – Government Urged to Finalize Habitat Protection for Sonoma County’s California Tiger Salamander
February 16, 2011 – Obama Administration Denies Endangered Species Act Protection for Dwindling Alabama Shad
February 16, 2011 – House Republicans’ Bill Would Gut Decades of Environmental Protections
February 15, 2011 – Settlement Sets Deadlines for Cleaning up Particulate Air Pollution
February 15, 2011 – New Bill Would Protect Bats, Other Species From Wildlife Diseases
February 15, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Proposed Confirmation of Dan Ashe as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
February 14, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Save Lake Tahoe Wildlife Habitat From Logging
February 11, 2011 – Statement From Center for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kierán Suckling on House Republicans’ Continuing Resolution Bill
February 11, 2011 – As World’s Human Population Approaches 7 Billion, Global Species Extinction Crisis Accelerates
February 11, 2011 – Forest Service Plan Threatens More Than 900,000 Acres of Public Lands Near Grand Canyon
February 10, 2011 – President Obama’s Forest Service Tries to Weaken Wildlife Protections in National Forests
February 10, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Whales From Gulf of Mexico Oil Exploration
February 10, 2011 – Florida Panther Reintroduction to Okefenokee Needed for Recovery
February 10, 2011 – First Peer-reviewed Study of Sharp Park: Removing Golf Course, Creating New Public Park Is Least Costly, Best Option
February 9, 2011 – Appeal Filed to Save Tejon Ranch, Condor Habitat
February 9, 2011 – Killer Bat Disease Reaches North Carolina as Swath of Epidemic Widens Rapidly
February 8, 2011 – Pacific Walrus Found Imperiled by Global Warming But Left Without Protections
February 8, 2011 – Arroyo Toad, Rare Southern California Lily Get Big Increases in Habitat Protection
February 7, 2011 – Lawsuit Asks Federal Court to Ensure Public Interest Is Represented in Rosemont Mine Process
February 7, 2011 – Endangered Sea Turtles Saved From Capture in Hawaii Swordfish Fishery
February 4, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Pacific Waters for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles Threatened by Fishing Gear, Climate Change
February 3, 2011 – Shell Halts Plans to Drill in Heart of Polar Bear’s Alaska Habitat
February 3, 2011 – Arctic Sea Ice Hits Historic Low Just As Congress Moves Against Controls on Global Warming
February 3, 2011 – After Closed-door Meeting With Major Polluters, Upton Moves to Repeal Clean Air Act Protections
February 2, 2011 – Endangered Mexican Wolves Increase in Southwest
February 2, 2011 – Deadly Bat Disease Expands in Midwest
February 2, 2011 – Feds Will Reevaluate Endangered Status of Longfin Smelt
February 1, 2011 – Livestock Growers, Counties Withdraw Lawsuit to Eradicate Gray Wolves From New Mexico
February 1, 2011 – Agencies Refuse to Raise Paltry Fee for Destructive Cattle Grazing on 258 Million Acres of Public Land
January 31, 2011 – Court Orders Redo of Federal ORV Plan for Millions of Acres in California’s West Mojave Desert
January 31, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed Against Interior Department Over San Juan River Coal Pollution
January 31, 2011 – Wyoming Senator Moves to Gut Long List of Environmental Protections
January 27, 2011 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Klamath River Chinook Salmon
January 26, 2011 – Plan for Delta Water Use Should End Big Agriculture Takeover of State Water Project, Groups Say
January 26, 2011 – Report: Federal Land Managers’ Failure to Close Caves Leaves Millions of Bats in West Vulnerable to Fast-moving, Deadly Disease
January 26, 2011 – Study: Peril From Fort Huachuca/Sierra Vista Groundwater Pumping Nears San Pedro River
January 25, 2011 – Obama Plan to Eliminate Oil Subsidies a Good First Step, But “Clean Energy” Shouldn’t Include Coal, Nuclear, Biofuels or Natural Gas
January 25, 2011 – Suit Filed to Protect One of Nevada’s Largest Bat Roosts, National Park
January 25, 2011 – Two Georgia Counties Asked to Enforce State Wildlife Laws at Rattlesnake Roundups
January 25, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks Protections for 82 Corals Facing Extinction
January 21, 2011 – Environmental Report Card: Obama Gets “C-” for First Half of Term
January 20, 2011 – Landmark Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hundreds of Rare Species From Pesticides
January 19, 2011 – Snowmobile Plan Challenged to Protect Wildlife, Quiet Recreation
January 19, 2011 – Coalition of Clean Air Groups Brings Actions Against Federal Government for Its Failure to Reduce Air Pollution in Iconic National Parks
January 19, 2011 – Two Colorful Mussel Species Proposed for Federal Protection
January 19, 2011 – Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee
January 18, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop Release of Toxic Metals at Wisconsin’s Flambeau Mine
January 18, 2011 – Two Public-land Grazing Plans Dismissed to Protect Arizona Wildlife
January 18, 2011 – World-renowned Chefs Join Call to Boycott Bluefin Tuna
January 14, 2011 – Lawsuit Filed to Block Minnesota Agency’s $4 Million Loan to PolyMet Mining Company
January 13, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Polar Bear Critical Habitat From Oil Development
January 13, 2011 – Habitat Protection Sought for Endangered Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel
January 13, 2011 – EPA Vetoes Permit for Largest Mountaintop-removal Mine Ever Proposed in Appalachia
January 12, 2011 – EPA Capitulates to Timber, Biomass Industries on Global Warming Pollution
January 11, 2011 – In Memory of Federal Judge John M. Roll (1948-2011)
January 11, 2011 – Oil Spill Commission Releases Safety Recommendations
January 11, 2011 – Court Blocks Federal Effort to Cut San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat Habitat Protection
January 11, 2011 – Emergency Protection Sought for Disappearing Miami Blue Butterfly
January 7, 2011 – San Francisco River Would Be Protected From ORVs in Proposed Gila National Forest Plan
January 5, 2011 – New Report: Sierra Nevada Among Top 10 Places Whose Species Are Threatened by Climate Change
January 5, 2011 – New Report: Southwest Deserts Among Top 10 Places Whose Species Are Threatened by Climate Change
January 5, 2011 – New Report: Arctic Sea Ice Among Top 10 Places Whose Species Are Threatened by Climate Change
January 3, 2011 – Lawsuit Opposes Wildlife Agency’s Approval of Massive Newhall Ranch Project
Press Releases from WildEarth Guardians:
Rare Texas Lizard Could Gain Endangered Status
Monday, May 23, 2011
Government Issues Positive Finding on Guardians’ Petition
Groups Formally Call Upon New Mexican Officials to Ban Traps
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Cruel, Indiscriminate, and Harmful to Wildlife and Recreationists
Government Report: Less Than 1% of Cattle Killed by Native Carnivores and Domestic Dogs
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Taxpayers Fleeced by Federal, Predator-Control Program
Coalition Offers Reward in Case of Wolf Illegally Poisoned in Colorado
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Offering a reward of as much as $4,500 for information leading to the identification
Hope for Endangered Species Act Candidates
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
WildEarth Guardians and Interior Reach Settlement on Endangered Species Listings
Cattle Growers Fight Clean Water Rules in New Mexico
Monday, May 9, 2011
Hearing in Santa Fe to Consider a Stay of Outstanding Waters
Conservation Groups Challenge Wolf Delisting Rider
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Federal Protection to Gray Wolves in Northern Rockies
Group Charges Pearce with Perpetrating Hoax over Lizard Listing
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Drilling would be Unaffected by Species’ Conservation in More than 99 Percent of Permian Basin
Interior Withdraws Illegal Endangered Species Memo
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Group Urges Obama Administration to Leave Flawed Bush Policies Behind
Lawsuit Challenges Uranium Development in New Mexico
Friday, April 29, 2011
WildEarth Guardians demands transparency in Forest Service Permitting.
Arapahoe Snowfly on the Brink of Extinction
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
USFWS Initiates Endangered Species Act Status Review
Conservation groups oppose “Scorched Earth” Border Patrol plan for Rio Grande
Monday, April 25, 2011
Mowing Plan Would Eliminate Wildlife Habitat Along 91 Miles of the Rio
Easter Bunny: Hopping Toward Extinction?
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Group Presses Forward on Protection for Rare Southwestern Jackrabbit
A Step Up for Wolves in the Southwest, on the Heels of Setbacks Up North
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Legal Settlement Reached for Wolf on Gila National Forest
Conservation Groups Set for Showdown Over West Fork Wolves
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Small Group of Wolves Living in Remote Area Is in the Crosshairs
Press Releases from Western Watersheds Project:
April 19, 2011
News Release BLM Temporarily Halts Fence Construction On The “Fast Tracked” Ivanpah Solar Power PlantApril 14, 2011
News Release WWP Wins Court Ordered Deadline For Removal of Livestock From 450,000 Acres of Sage-Grouse Habitat On Public Lands in Southwest IdahoMarch 1, 2011
News Release WWP Wins A Federal Court Injunction Stopping Livestock Grazing on over 450,000 Acres of Public Land in Southern IdahoJanuary 25, 2011
News Release Suit Filed to Protect One of Nevada’s Largest Bat Roosts, National ParkJanuary 18, 2011
News Release Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing FeeJanuary 17, 2011
News Release WWP Sues to Stop Fast Tracked Power Plant in CAJanuary 7, 2011
News Release Federal Court Tosses BLM Grazing DecisionsDecember 30, 2010
News Release Livestock Grazing Halted to Protect Steelhead On a Quarter-million Acres of the Malheur National ForestDecember 13, 2010
News Release Tortoise Takes Place in Line For Federal ListingWestern Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians are suing the the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in federal court over two decisions the BLM’s Bishop Field Office made to reauthorize cattle grazing on four public land allotments in the Bodie Hills just north of Mono Lake despite their impacts to imperiled Bi-State sage-grouse.
News Release Conservationists Challenge Grazing in Bodie Hills to Protect Mono Basin Sage-Grouse
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The Endangered Species Act series of articles:
Endangered Species Act…it ain’t what you think it is — Part 1
Endangered Species Act — Part 2– this land is not your land
Endangered Species Act – Part 3 – Never swat a fly
Background info on Endangered Species Act:
Endangered Species Act — an Introduction
Endangered Species Act — Which Animals and Plants are “Threatened” or “Endangered”?
Endangered Species Act — Section 7 Consultation
Endangered Species Act — USF&W Introduction and Key Sections
Endangered Species Act — Definition of ”Harm”and “Take”
Endangered Species Act–Listing and Critical Habitat
Endangered Species Act–Habitat Conservation Plans
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News about litigious environment group activities:
Center for Biological Diversity at war with US Military
Center for Biological Diversity demands Rosemont Mine site be included in protected habitat for frog
Judge puts WildEarth Guardian endangered species agreement on hold
Center for Biological Diversity fights imperiled species deal
Stop The Drilling! A Lizard Is Imperiled
Desert Pupfish Forces Border Agents to Patrol on Foot
New high recorded in frivolous environmental litigation
EPA Doles-Out Taxpayer Dollars to Environmentalist Activist Groups
Environmental groups bury feds with Endangered Species petitions
