DALLAS— U.S. Census Bureau data released today show that Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, is the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States, ...

Contact: Michael Robinson, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org. Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Increase by 14 Animals in 2018. Releases of ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission today voted to formally oppose the Trump administration's proposal to end federal wolf ...

SAN FRANCISCO— Californians will be pleased to know that Dungeness crab will be caught off the coast with greater care for endangered wildlife under a ...

WASHINGTON― American Rivers today named the Gila River No. 1 on the list of “America's most endangered rivers” of 2019, citing the grave threat that climate ...

WASHINGTON— Despite an unfolding controversy over the suppression of scientific evidence of pesticide dangers, David Bernhardt was confirmed today to ...

WASHINGTON— Top officials at the Department of the Interior, including Acting Secretary David Bernhardt, have known since October 2017 that the insecticide ...

LAS VEGAS— Clark County commissioners voted unanimously today to urge Congress to designate nearly 110,000 acres of public lands for off-road vehicle ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.— Wildlife advocates in wolf masks will rally Wednesday morning in Santa Monica before a California Fish and Game Commission ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a motion to join a legal effort that would ban Duke Energy and other investor-owned public ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Sarain Fox, an environmental and indigenous activist, filmmaker and member of the Anishinaabe Nation, has joined the board of directors of ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* today for public records on the Trump administration's decision to ...

WASHINGTON— More than 160 conservation groups sent a letter to U.S. senators today urging them to oppose the nomination of fossil fuel lobbyist David ...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today called on the inspector general for the Department of the Interior to investigate Acting Secretary David ...

LAS VEGAS— Calling his legal claims “delusional,” a Nevada state court judge has dismissed rancher Cliven Bundy's lawsuit to seize more than 58 million ...

WASHINGTON— The inspector general for the Department of the Interior today announced it will open an investigation of Secretary David Bernhardt's role in ...

SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity has won a victory in the legal battle to force the Trump administration to protect the West Coast habitat of the last ...

FONTANA, Calif.— Environmental justice and conservation groups sued the Southern California city of Fontana today for approving the West Valley Logistics ...

SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity and Wild Fish Conservancy sued the Trump administration today for mismanaging West Coast salmon fisheries ...

BRUSSELS— Alesha Dixon, Martin Clunes OBE, Deborah Meaden, Anneka Rice, Susan George, Virginia McKenna OBE, Brian Blessed OBE, Fiona Shaw CBE ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration seeking to protect critical habitat for ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration today denied protections to the eastern hellbender, instead protecting a distinct population segment of hellbenders ...

WASHINGTON— More than 30 conservation groups today urged the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to reject David Bernhardt's ...

SANTA FE, N.M.— New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed bipartisan legislation that prohibits organizing, sponsoring or participating in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Oil-industry pollutants were present in water-supply wells in Kern County, according to a new report released by the State Water ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife this week said the state's wolf population has grown slightly to a minimum of 126 wolves, ...

SANTA BARBARA— Santa Barbara County today released an environmental study and scheduled a hearing on ExxonMobil's proposal to transport oil by tanker ...

OAKLAND, Calif.— A California state judge has affirmed the constitutional right of residents concerned about air and climate pollution to challenge power plant ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – Forty years ago in the Reagan administration, a dearth of endangered-species listings spurred Congress to impose strict new deadlines.

JACKSON, Wyo.— Conservation organizations submitted petitions today to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and Idaho Fish and Game Commission ...

BOISE, Idaho― Conservation groups sued acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and the Bureau of Land Management in federal court today over their ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon filed a lawsuit in federal district court today to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

WASHINGTON— More than 100 conservation organizations today urged the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee to increase spending on ...

WASHINGTON— On behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump ...

WASHINGTON— Thirty groups representing farmers, farmworkers, rural communities, public-safety workers and environmental advocates today urged the ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Four conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court today to overturn a key permit for the controversial proposed Rosemont Copper ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— A new study has found that a pesticide approved by the Environmental Protection Agency as a safer alternative to harmful neonicotinoid ...

WASHINGTON— A National Academy of Sciences panel today declared red wolves in the Southeast and Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest as distinct ...

Environmental advocacy group Center for Biological Diversity has sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Interior Secretary for not making protection.

MISSOULA, Mont.— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to create a comprehensive ...

In less than a month, California crabbers will have to pack in their crab pots and end their season, thanks to a settlement agreement filed in federal court ...

PENSACOLA, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* to give Endangered Species Act protection ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Bureau of Land Management today over its refusal to provide public records of its plans to clear ...

LOS ANGELES— Conservation groups today urged the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to reconsider its tentative approval of the Centennial ...

New Kickstarter campaign for "Endangered," a cooperative strategy game that explores life as a conservationist racing to save animals from extinction.

ARCADIA, Fla.— The DeSoto County board of commissioners on Wednesday will host a mediation session requested by Mosaic mining to open settlement ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* and environmentalists are at war over the agency's latest plan to strip gray wolves of their federal protections and turn ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— In a vote that could come as early as today, the Washington House of Representatives will consider a bill to protect salmon and waterways ...

HOUSTON— Arguments will be heard by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's approval of a permit ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon today filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and *Service* for failing to protect a ...

DENVER— A federal judge ruled today that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest *Service* illegally approved two adjacent natural-gas drilling ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (FOX 13) - The population of a Florida bee is dwindling. A national environmental organization, Center for Biological Diversity, filed a petition ...

In 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* (FWS) began phasing out the use of genetically engineered crops and certain insecticides in wildlife refuges, over ...

NAPA, Calif.— The Napa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a flawed water-quality and tree-protection ordinance on Tuesday night after more ...

Dungeness crab will be caught off the coast with greater care for endangered wildlife under a settlement announced by the Center for Biological Diversity, the ...

VICTORIA, Texas— Fishermen, community leaders and activists spoke out against Formosa Plastics' pollution of Texas waterways today as a federal civil trial of ...

A bill designating the eastern hellbender as Pennsylvania's official state amphibian has moved to Gov. Tom Woif's desk for signing into law.

RALEIGH, N.C.— A coalition of 14 environmental justice groups today called on North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to appoint members to the North Carolina ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* released its 2018 Mexican gray wolf numbers Monday, indicating a 12 percent growth in the population of the endangered ...

A report obtained by an Arizona-based environmental group reveals the severity of injuries suffered by a Mexican graywolf that was trapped and beaten with a ...

Stories from the week of April 13-20 that you should be aware of.

PHOENIX— Environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to enforce air-quality standards designed to protect more ...

4-4-2019. SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Federal officials say they may restrict salmon fishing off the West Coast to help the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Gov. Gavin Newsom today issued an emergency proclamation exempting 35 “fuel reduction” projects from environmental review.

Federal officials say they may restrict salmon fishing off the West Coast to help the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered killer whales, but two environmental ...

An entangled humpback whale as seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter off the coast of Crescent City in 2017. | Bryant Anderson, taken under NOAA ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and Animal Legal Defense Fund sued the Trump administration today over the ...

Let's hope that 20 years from now, our Gulf Coast solitary bee is still buzzing strong. It will only happen with attention and intent on our part.

Like industrial farms, aquaculture is inhumane and unsanitary and a threat to marine and human life.

OAKLAND, Calif.— Volunteer wolf advocates around the nation will gather this week to oppose the Trump administration's plans to end protections for nearly ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* today announced plans to strip gray wolves of Endangered Species Act protection across the lower 48 ...

A Montana federal judge found Friday that a Trump administration decision to lift an Obama-era coal leasing moratorium without initiating the National ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration's 2020 budget proposal contains an unprecedented $2 billion (14 percent) cut for the Department of the Interior and ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the National Marine Fisheries *Service* and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* today to prohibit ...

The Trump administration has not done enough to ensure the survival of the diminishing population of Southern Resident orcas, a lawsuit filed jointly by the ...

SANDPOINT, Idaho— Conservation groups issued a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* for failing to finalize endangered ...

AUSTIN, Texas— The Center for Biological Diversity and Save Our Springs Alliance today filed a notice of intent to sue the Texas Department of Transportation ...

OAKLAND, Calif.— Most marine mammals and sea turtles in the United States that are protected by the Endangered Species Act are recovering, according to a ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Forty thousand free Endangered Species Condoms will be given away in the 10 “best cities to get married in” by the Center for Biological ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and the House Natural Resources Committee Wednesday ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Eric Glitzenstein, a public interest attorney who has argued groundbreaking environmental and wildlife protection cases and helped secure ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to respond to a legal petition to protect giraffes ...

A settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will close California's Dungeness crab fishery three ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's, D-Mass., promise this week to ban all new oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters on her first day in the Oval Office sets a new ...

WASHINGTON— According to population estimates recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 328 million people rang in the new year in the ...

A group that has long been opposed to state management and hunting of grizzly bears last week filed an intent to sue the federal government for “failing to ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In a Trump administration memorandum leaked to the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* is directing its staff to ...

SAN DIEGO— A state court judge today upheld protection for gray wolves under the California Endangered Species Act. The ruling rejected a challenge from ...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the California Cattlemen's Association that challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service's* ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect nine imperiled species ...

Southern Resident Killer Whales achieve nearly unanimous popularity in the communities surrounding Puget Sound, acquiring folk hero status in the past half ...

SANTA TERESA, N.M.— Drone footage of new border wall in New Mexico shows that the Trump administration's border militarization is already damaging ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration's Department of the Interior has taken down environmental review websites for many of its key agencies, a step that ...

WASHINGTON— The eastern hellbender, North America's largest salamander, is among 10 species threatened by the Trump administration and its plans to ...

On behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to ...

SANTA CRUZ — California commercial crab fisheries will close their season on April 15 as an influx of whales have begun feeding off the coast. The move is ...

WASHINGTON— A Trump administration proposal today to radically slash Clean Water Act protections would free industry to dump toxic waste into streams ...

Beaches may not be as safe as the government claims because their waters are tested with samples at least two weeks old, and the nation's standards are lax.

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice today of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries *Service* to compel the designation of ...

SAN FRANCISCO— Four conservation and public health groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today for approving a permit for a new ...