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Poll: Most Santa Barbara County Voters Oppose Plans to Restart Offshore Drilling
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— A majority of Santa Barbara County voters say they oppose proposals to restart ExxonMobil’s offshore drilling platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel, according to a new poll.
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered California Salmon Harmed by Federal Beaver-killing
Read more.Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered California Salmon Harmed by Federal Beaver-killing
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity today launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program for killing California beavers and harming native salmon, southwestern willow flycatchers and other endangered wildlife that uses habitats created by beavers.
Read more.Lawsuit Launched Against Trump EPA for Failing to Protect Hundreds of Thousands of Ventura County Residents from Deadly Smog
OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health today filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to finalize plans to curtail dangerous smog in Ventura County, Calif.
Read more.Lawsuit to Protect South Platte River From Colorado Slaughterhouse Pollution
DENVER— The Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch filed a lawsuit in federal court today against the JBS-Swift Beef Company to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into Colorado’s South Platte River.
Read more.Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Increase by 14 Animals in 2018
SILVER CITY, N.M.— The U.S. population of endangered Mexican gray wolves increased by 14 animals in 2018, from 117 to 131 during 2018, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service census announced today. The numbers represent a 12 percent population increase.
Read more.Rallies in Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara to Oppose Trump’s Oil-leasing Plan for California
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Environmental and community groups joined by elected officials will hold rallies this week to blast the Trump administration’s draft plan to open more than a million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to oil drilling and fracking. The rallies will precede each of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s public hearings in Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.
Read more.Pipeline Shutdown Prevented 27 Million Tons of Carbon Pollution in California
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— The closure of Plains All American Pipeline’s coastal California oil pipeline after it ruptured four years ago has prevented massive emissions of climate pollution. If the seven offshore drilling platforms served by the pipeline had not gone idle, they would have added 27 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution to the atmosphere. That’s roughly equivalent to operating two coal-fired power plants in California over the same period — or burning almost 30 billion pounds of coal.
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Read more.Nevada Judge Dismisses Bundy Effort to Seize Public Lands
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 acres of federal lands and have them turned over to the state.
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Read more.Lawsuit Aims to Protect West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas
SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity and Wild Fish Conservancy sued the Trump administration today for mismanaging West Coast salmon fisheries and harming critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales, a violation of the Endangered Species Act. That orca population has dropped to just 75 individuals, mostly because declining salmon runs have left them without enough to eat.
Read more.Wyoming, Idaho Petitioned to Require Hunters to Carry Bear Spray
JACKSON, Wyo.— Conservation organizations submitted petitions today to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and Idaho Fish and Game Commission proposing rules to require hunters in grizzly bear habitat to carry bear spray. The proposals follow years of high grizzly bear mortalities due to hunter-related conflicts.
Read more.Trump Administration Denies Protection to Eastern Hellbender Salamander, Other Imperiled Species
WASHINGTON— The Trump administration today denied protections to the eastern hellbender, instead protecting a distinct population segment of hellbenders that makes up just 1 percent of the highly imperiled species. Eight other species were also denied protections.
Read more.Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Administration's Failure to Protect Imperiled Arizona Plant
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 critically imperiled San Pedro River plant called Arizona eryngo under the Endangered Species Act.
Read more.Court Ruling: Feds Illegally Approved Colorado Gas Drilling in Elk Habitat
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 plans in western Colorado, finding that officials did not adequately analyze wildlife and climate impacts.
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