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On the Bureau of Land Management's Draft Oil Shale Leasing Regulations
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 22, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity is dedicated to ensuring that atmospheric carbon dioxide pollutant levels are reduced to below 350 ppm, which leading ...

PhysOrg.com

Northern Rockies Wolves Temporarily Back on Endangered List
Environment News Service - Jul 21, 2008
"The wolf slaughter is halted," said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity. "We're elated. This injunction will give the wolves a fighting ...
Wolf Hunt Stopped Outside Online
Federal Court Reinstates Federal Wolf Protections Common Dreams (press release)
google news commentComment by Doug Heiken Conservation & Restoration Coord., Oregon Wild
KOIN.com - Kansas City infoZine
all 574 news articles

Way Too Many People Live Out Here
San Diego Reader, CA - 5 hours ago
Hogan is the conservation manager for the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help “those who come after us to ...

Australia.TO

Bush calls for offshore drilling
Australia.TO, Australia - 14 hours ago
Kassie Siegel, climate programme director at the California-based Center for Biological Diversity, condemned the Bush offshore initiative. ...

Statement of the Center for Biological Diversity on the
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 10, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity is a nonprofit conservation organization with more than 180000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection ...

Statement of the Center for Biological Diversity on the Gas Price ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jun 27, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity is dedicated to ensuring that atmospheric carbon dioxide pollutant levels are reduced to below 350 parts per million ...

Group aims to revive salamander strategy
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - Jul 21, 2008
Another unknown is whether the Center for Biological Diversity, which has sued the wildlife service several times over the salamander listing and has been ...

Environment News Service

Habitat Protection Sought for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal
Environment News Service - Jul 2, 2008
The petition, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, and Ocean Conservancy, seeks to have beaches and ...

Minnesota Ordered to Take Action to Protect Lynx From Trappers
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 14, 2008
In its March 28, 2008, decision, the court agreed with Born Free USA/Animal Protection Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity that the state was ...

Comment period opens on delta smelt federal uplisting
Capital Press (subscription), OR - Jul 18, 2008
The service made the finding on July 10 in response to a petition from The Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defense ...

Critical Habitat Finalized for Kootenai River White Sturgeon
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 9, 2008
Responding to a court order in a suit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and WildWest Institute, the US Fish and Wildlife Service today ...

Wildlife Agency Agrees to Revisit Protections for Rare Plant
RedOrbit, TX - Jun 25, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, a non-profit environmental advocacy group, sued the Fish and Wildlife Service in an attempt to make the department ...

Emergency Protections Enacted for Grand Canyon; Interior ...
E-Wire (press release), TX - Jun 27, 2008
In a companion effort, the Center for Biological Diversity Wednesday also petitioned the Secretary under the Administrative Procedures Act to immediately ...

Pact with Tejon Ranch Co. splits environmentalists
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 7, 2008
Adam Keats, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, which is considering suing over the Tejon projects, was equally blunt about what he called ...

Conservation Group Blasts Proposed National Gas-mileage Standards
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 1, 2008
WASHINGTON— In comments filed today, the Center for Biological Diversity criticized the Bush administration’s proposed automobile fuel-economy standards as ...

Environment News Service

California's Delta Smelt Could Merit Endangered Listing
Environment News Service - Jul 11, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, which, along with The Bay Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council, petitioned for the reclassification in ...

Lead-Free Ammunition Requirements for Hunting in California Condor ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jun 30, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity and a coalition of health and conservation organizations, hunters, and Native Americans launched a “Get the Lead Out” ...

Judge OKs DNR plan to protect lynx from trapping
Duluth News Tribune, MN - Jul 14, 2008
The DNR must report all trapped lynx to the plaintiffs, the Animal Protection Institute and Center for Biological Diversity, as well as the federal ...
Federal judge approves MN DNR plan to protect lynx Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Suit attacks relocation effort
San Bernardino Sun, CA - Jul 6, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors, which filed the lawsuit Wednesday in US District Court in San Francisco, allege the federally ...

Environmental groups sue to stop Fort Irwin tortoise relocation
Desert Dispatch, CA - Jul 2, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors filed a lawsuit against the US Bureau of Land Management and the Department of the Army Wednesday, ...
Army, Bureau of Land Management sued over tortoise relocations Press-Enterprise
all 3 news articles

Save the Farm. Deadline: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
OpEdNews, PA - Jul 19, 2008
In a 21-page analysis, the Center for Biological Diversity noted "the failure [of the Mitigated Negative Declaration] to consider feasible mitigation ...

AlaskaReport

Groups sue to force decision on belugas
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jun 30, 2008
The five conservation groups include the Alaska Center for the Environment, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, ...
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Whales: Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
Groups sue to force decision on belugas KTUU
all 14 news articles

Washington Post

Groups sue to shield Arctic mammals from drilling
KTUU, AK - Jul 8, 2008
In it, Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity alleged that federal officials violated laws designed to protect the animals and their ...
Suit seeks ban on oil companies disturbing wildlife Reuters
Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged The Associated Press
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Polar Bears and Pacific Walrus Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
all 140 news articles

Settlement Could Bring New Habitat Protections to a Desert Plant ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jun 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES— In the wake of a legal challenge by the Center for Biological Diversity, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reconsider the critical ...

Arizona Daily Star

Sahba leader says environmentalists goal is "depopulating Southern ...
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Jul 7, 2008
Taczanowsky criticized efforts by the Defenders of Wildlife and The Center for Biological Diversity to pressure the US Fish and Wildlife Service into ...

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Disastrous Army Relocation Project
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 2, 2008
LOS ANGELES— The Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors today filed suit in federal court against two government agencies over the relocation ...

Critical seal habitat urged for Hawaiian Islands
KPUA, HI - Jul 4, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, Ocean Conservancy and KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance say the additional protection is needed to save the ...

Federal Cash Brings Reward for Information on Illegal Wolf ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 3, 2008
Anderson 's sentiments were echoed by Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity in Silver City, New Mexico. “This population could probably ...

Endangered Species Protections Sought for US Wolverines
Media Newswire (press release), NY - Jul 11, 2008
Earthjustice filed the 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Northwest, ...

Santa Fe's Off-road Vehicle Plan Provides First Good Steps
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 11, 2008
... is a good first step toward protecting wildlife and natural resources from off-road vehicles,” said Cyndi Tuell at the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

Turtles: In response
Moultrie Observer, GA - Jul 2, 2008
The reader is given the impression that The Center for Biological Diversity, Satilla Riverkeeper, Altamaha Riverkeeper and The Center for Food Safety is ...

Feds Move Delta Smelt Toward Endangered Status
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 10, 2008
... Center for Biological Diversity, and Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the Service in 2006 requesting a change in the federal listing. ...

Both sides in lynx trapping debate are happy
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Jul 15, 2008
Born Free USA, formerly the Animal Protection Institute, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit in 2006 against the state Department of Natural ...

Federal Government Recognizes Extinction Threat and Upholds ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 17, 2008
... a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, “but more is needed to ensure the plant doesn’t just teeter on the brink of extinction. ...

Mussel industry goes for exports to Asia
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Jul 13, 2008
... mussel have wreaked havoc with many native species, said Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Ariz. ...

Guest Soapbox: Remember Wal-Mart decision at next election
Hi-Desert Star, CA - Jul 19, 2008
When it came to the Town Council, we know that council member Herbel read the 1008 pages that were submitted by The Center for Biological Diversity and from ...

ABC News

Bush Administration to Announce Delay of Greenhouse Gas Regulation ...
Common Dreams (press release), ME - Jul 11, 2008
The gas-mileage standards were issued in response to an Appellate Court decision in Center for Biological Diversity v. NHTSA holding that the Bush ...
President Bush Rejects Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Pushes Congress ... Nick.com
EPA Delays Action on Supreme Court Order to Determine if Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
EPA won't control climate gases KOAA
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Lane Mountain milk-vetch center of controversy between ...
Press-Enterprise, CA - Jul 13, 2008
The agreement was reached with the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a lawsuit against the federal wildlife agency after it decided the plant's ...

Feds approve critical sturgeon habitat
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul 9, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity in Portland, Ore. challenged the initial habitat designation as too small. "The sturgeon is on the brink of extinction ...

Alaska's SuperStation

Suit filed over whales: Groups sue fisheries service over beluga ...
Kenai Peninsula Online, AK - Jul 1, 2008
Reached Monday, Brendan Cummings, ocean programs director with the Center for Biological Diversity, said plaintiffs hope to get a quick decision from the ...
Conservation Groups Sue Government Over ESA Listing Delay Alaska's SuperStation
all 2 news articles

Christian Science Monitor

Off-road-vehicle bans seem to please no one
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Jul 9, 2008
... we’re shutting down,’ ” says Cyndi Tuell, Southwest conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based environmental group. ...

New Study Raises Concerns About Proposed Mitigation Strategy For ...
Science Daily (press release) - Jun 24, 2008
... Ann Arbor; Shaye Wolf of the Center for Biological Diversity; David Priddel of the Australian Department of Environment and Climate Change; ...

Mother Jones

Polar Peril: Nine Animals In Need
Mother Jones, CA - Jul 9, 2008
Their future is of such concern due to global warming that in 2007 the Center for Biological Diversity requested federal protection under the Endangered ...

Bush ends presidential OCS drilling ban, pressures Congress
Oil & Gas Journal, TX - Jul 14, 2008
... Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity are the reasons Americans are paying record prices for energy," he declared. ...

Oil exploration challenged
Calgary Herald,  Canada - Jul 10, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity and the group Pacific Environment claim the new rules violate the Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to a complaint ...

Another Delta species, the longfin smelt, needs to be protected ...
Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Jun 27, 2008
The Bay Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council filled the petition on Aug. 14, 2007 after the longfin ...

Coast Guard Sued to Protect Whales From Ships
The Log Newspaper, CA - Jun 26, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity wants the Coast Guard to adhere to Endangered Species Act rules and consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service ...

Judge approves DNT plan to protect lynx
Morris Sun Tribune, MN - Jul 19, 2008
The order was a response to a lawsuit filed in 2006 by the Animal Protection Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

Conservation Groups Plan Legal Action to Prevent the Extinction of ...
Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ - Jul 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC— The Center for Biological Diversity, Florida Biodiversity Project, and Natural Resources Defense Council today notified the US Fish and ...

Massive solar plan is linked to SDG&E
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jul 1, 2008
... to build the Sunrise Powerlink to bring energy from the Stirling facility to San Diego,” said David Hogan of the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

Wildflower to retain federal protection; 50000 acres remain closed ...
Press-Enterprise, CA - Jul 16, 2008
Ileene Anderson, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, which sought the plant's protection, said she hoped those temporary closures would ...

DFG Says Applications for Big-Game Tags on Rise
RedOrbit, TX - Jul 8, 2008
California Fish and Game Commission is considering a petition filed by the Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defense ...

Feds approve critical sturgeon habitat
KPAX-TV, MT - Jul 9, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity in Portland, Oregon had challenged the initial critical habitat designation as too small. ...

San Diego Union Tribune

Forest marks 100 years
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jun 29, 2008
... and other exploitation,” said David Hogan, conservation manager in San Diego for the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit environmental group. ...

The Associated Press

Groups want import ban on polar bear hides lifted
The Associated Press - Jun 26, 2008
Among them: the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace, which petitioned for the polar bear listing as a ...
Groups oppose bid to overturn polar bear ban KTUU
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REGIONAL: BAY AREA LEGISLATURES PASS RESOLUTION URGING PROTECTION ...
CBS 5, CA - Jul 15, 2008
It was sponsored by the Sea Turtle Restoration Project and supported by several environmental organizations, including the Center for Biological Diversity, ...

Horizontal wells will let BP tap hard-to-reach oil field
Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - Jul 15, 2008
based Center for Biological Diversity, of the Liberty project. In an effort to preserve polar bear habitat, his group is suing the federal government to try ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Wolverine advocates give notice of intent to sue
The Associated Press - Jul 8, 2008
They include the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Northwest, Friends of the Clearwater, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Idaho Conservation ...
Groups plan wolverine lawsuit The Casper Star Tribune
Wolverine advocates give notice of intent to sue over endangered ... KPAX-TV
all 112 news articles

County trapper says turtle data not credible
Moultrie Observer, GA - Jun 23, 2008
The four groups --the Center for Biological Diversity, Satilla Riverkeeper, Altamaha Riverkeeper and the Center For Food Safety -- have filed an emergency ...

Alaskan Fish And Wildlife Regulations Challenged
RedOrbit, TX - Jul 10, 2008
Filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Environment, the lawsuit hopes to overturn a ruling reached by the US Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Offroad Restrictions ; SF Forest Proposal Would Limit Use of ATVs
RedOrbit, TX - Jul 11, 2008
The proposal got a good review Thursday afternoon from Cyndi Tuell of the Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson. "To us it looks like the forest ...

$23 off-road fee brings mixed reactions
Yuma Sun, AZ - Jun 25, 2008
Cindy Tuell, Southwest conservation advocate of Arizona of Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, said if the bill is signed, part of the funds gathered ...

New uranium mining halted at Canyon
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jun 25, 2008
In March, the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and the Grand Canyon Trust filed suit to block uranium exploration near the edge of the national ...

Arctic Slope corporation joins polar bear lawsuit
Arctic Sounder, AK - Jul 10, 2008
The lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council against Secretary of the Interior Dirk ...

ASRC Intervenes with polar bear lawsuit
Arctic Sounder, AK - Jul 3, 2008
The lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity is currently pending in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. ...

The Washington Independent

McCain's Legislative History Clashes With Support for River He ...
The Washington Independent, DC - Jun 26, 2008
... end up killing the San Pedro," said Robin Silver, conservation chairman of the Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based environmental group. ...

Down to Earth (subscription)

Uranium Rush
Down to Earth (subscription), India - Jul 8, 2008
In response to the approval, the Grand Canyon Trust, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club sued in federal court. ...

Guest Commentary
Tucson Weekly, AZ - Jun 25, 2008
In 2005, the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity demanded the polar bear's addition to the Endangered Species List. The Department of Interior ...

Preble's mouse protections removed in Wyo., but not Colo.
Denver Post, CO - Jul 9, 2008
... blew this opportunity to salvage its scientific integrity," said Noah Greenwald, Science Director for the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity. ...

Sunrise solar power line deserves careful consideration
The Desert Sun, CA - Jul 13, 2008
The $1.5 billion price tag of the power line seems unrealistic to the Center for Biological Diversity. Rooftop solar energy is better. ...

The Bakersfield Californian Lois Henry column: Lois Henry: Hard to ...
TMCnet - Jun 24, 2008
I recently read that the Center for Biological Diversity (an environmental group if ever there was one) is opposing a solar power plant because the ...

Discover Magazine

Big Oil Harassing Polar Bears: The Fight Continues
Discover Magazine, NY - Jul 10, 2008
The suit was filed in an Alaskan federal court by the Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Environment, an environmental action group that hasn’t ...

Sound Barriers
Maui Weekly, Hawaii - Jun 24, 2008
But in May 2007, the environmental law firm Earthjustice, on behalf of HONC, OMI, the Animal Welfare Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the ...

Lawsuit targets government over wolverine listing
KTUU, AK - Jul 8, 2008
... the animals under the Endangered Species Act. The coalition includes such groups as the Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity. ...

'Green' energy project draws fire
The Desert Sun, CA - Jul 7, 2008
But David Hogan, a San Diego-based conservation manager at the Center for Biological Diversity, questions SDG&E's math. "The Utility Conservation Action ...

Environmental groups fight Pinal over road in endangered-bird area
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Jul 1, 2008
The Center for Biological Diversity, the Maricopa Audubon Society and the Tucson Audubon Society are the plaintiffs in a suit that names Pinal County and ...

Public prompts changes on Idaho's roadless plan
Southern Idaho Business, ID - Jul 3, 2008
A report that the Center for Biological Diversity released in March argued that Idaho's new rule would allow eight times more logging than a 2001 federal ...

Groups oppose Safari Club's attempt to bring back polar bear ...
St. Catharines Standard, Canada - Jun 26, 2008
A half-dozen groups want more, not fewer, protections for polar bears and filed to intervene in the lawsuit, including the Center for Biological Diversity, ...

Tejon Conservancy Is Launched as Debate On Condors Heats Up
The Mountain Enterprise, CA - Jun 27, 2008
... Arnold Schwarzenegger and heated criticism from the Center for Biological Diversity and others concerned about Tejon Ranch Company’s development plans. ...
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