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PRESS RELEASES

February 11, 2010 – Bureau of Land Management Sued for Withholding Records on Uranium Mines That Threaten Grand Canyon

January 15, 2010 Uranium Mining Lawsuit Gets a Boost as Judge Unlocks Feds' Records

April 27, 2009 – EPA To Withdraw Permit for New Mexico Coal-fired Power Plant

April 21, 2009 – Protest Filed Against Oil and Gas Leasing on New Mexico Public Lands

February 25, 2009 – Conservation Groups File Protest to Halt Damaging Oil and Gas Development; Planned Lease Sale Threatens Environment, Will Increase Greenhouse Emissions

February 25, 2009 – Statement of Center for Biological Diversity on Interior Department Plans to Rescind and Reissue Public Lands Oil Shale Leases

January 16, 2009 – Groups Join Forces to Save Water, Communities, and Wildlife From Bush-era Oil-shale Proposals

January 6, 2009
– Groups Fight to Protect Fish, Wildlife, and Wilderness Areas From Last-minute Bush Regs: Oil-shale Leasing Program Jeopardizes Existence of Threatened and Endangered Species

November 17, 2008 – Gift to Oil Industry Rushed Into Federal Register Before Bush Leaves Office

September 5, 2008 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement On the Bureau of Land Management's Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Commercial Leasing Program

July 22, 2008 – Statement of the Center for Biological Diversity On the Bureau of Land Management's Draft Oil Shale Leasing Regulations

July 8, 2008 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Polar Bears and Pacific Walrus From Oil Drilling in Chukchi Sea: Rule Exempting Oil Industry Activities From Marine Mammal Protection Act Challenged

June 19, 2008 – Statement of the Center for Biological Diversity on Bush Administration's Call for Oil Shale Development on Public Lands

June 10, 2008 – Department of Interior Issues Oil Industry Blank Check to Harass Polar Bears and Pacific Walrus in Chukchi Sea: Rule Exempting Oil Industry Activities From Marine Mammal Protection Act Finalized

June 9, 2008 – Lawsuit to be Filed to Protect Polar Bears From Oil Development and Greenhouse Gases: Offshore Oil Development in Arctic Seas Challenged

April 28, 2008 – Federal Proposal to Open 1.7 Million Acres of Nevada Public Land to Oil and Gas Development Would Worsen Global Climate Change and Imperil Species

March 5, 2008 – Natural Gas Pipeline in Colorado Challenged; Could Determine Fate of 60-million Acre Roadless Rule

January 31, 2008 – Lawsuit Challenges Bush Administration’s Sell-off of 30 Million Acres of Critical Polar Bear Habitat for Fossil Fuel Development

December 20, 2007 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Yellow-billed Loon Under Endangered Species Act; Rare Bird Threatened by Oil Development and Global Warming in Alaska’s Arctic

December 20, 2007 – Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for the Ribbon Seal: Bering Sea Ice Seal Threatened by Global Warming

August 15, 2007 – Shell Oil Can’t Drill This Year in Beaufort Sea, Court Rules

July 20, 2007 – Federal Appeals Court Calls Time Out on Controversial Arctic Oil Drilling

July 2, 2007 – Bush-Cheney Offshore Oil Plan Will Destroy Polar Bear and Whale Habitat

May 29, 2007 – Yellow-billed Loon Advances Toward Endangered Species Act Protection

April 23, 2007 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Oil and Gas Drilling on Forest in Wake of Disastrous Spill

March 13, 2007 – Chevron Abandons Plans for Liquefied Natural Gas Facility on U.S.-Mexico Border

February 13, 2007 – Suit Filed to Protect Polar Bears and Walrus From Oil Exploration and Global Warming

January 25, 2007 – NAFTA Environmental Commission Rules Against Liquefied Natural Gas Facility on U.S.-Mexico Border

September 7, 2006 – Rural Landowners and Conservationists Protect Land from Oil Drilling

June 13, 2006 – Conservation Groups Send Notice to Halt Oil Drilling Expansion in Los Padres National Forest, Urge Agency Action to Avoid Lawsuit

September 15, 2005 – Conservation Groups File Appeal to Halt Oil Drilling Expansion in Los Padres National Forest

July 28, 2005 – Oil Drilling Will Expand Into Pristine Areas of Los Padres National Forest

February 12, 2004 – Groups Challenge Enormous Oil and Gas Development Near Zuni Salt Lake

May 23, 2002 – Sand Dune Lizard Petitioned for Listing as Endangered Species: Rare New Mexican Lizard Devastated by Herbicide Spraying and Oil and Gas Drilling