Ranking Member Grijalva Pushes for Answers On Interior Dept. Weakening of Public Access to...
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 19, 2018 - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter today to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke seeking information about...
Nevada: Conservation Organizations Oppose Military Expansion into Desert National Wildlife Refuge
Las Vegas, Nevada, October 18, 2018 - Conservation organizations are outraged by the US Air Force’s lack of respect to the public interest with...
Air pollution linked to “huge” reduction in intelligence
Oct. 16, 2018 - Air pollution can have a “huge” negative effect on cognitive intelligence – especially amongst older men – according to a...
Senate Approves Trump Climate Skeptic To Run Environmental Enforcement at Justice Dept
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2018 – A climate change skeptic who once labeled President Obama’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a communist plot is...
Trump Administration Attempts to Delay Juliana v. U.S. Trial by Pleading with the Ninth...
Eugene, Oregon, Oct. 12, 2018 - Today, the Trump administration filed a third writ of mandamus petition with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Unilever backs Humane Society International global effort to ban animal testing for cosmetics
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2018 —Today personal care giant Unilever has announced its support for Humane Society International's #BeCrueltyFree campaign aimed at banning animal testing...
New ocean invader spotted in Alaska
October 8, 2018 - Scientists and local volunteers have detected a new invasive species in the waters of Southeast Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant’s Gary Freitag, Marine...
Alaskan Carbon Assessment Has Implications For National Climate Policy
Oct. 5, 2018 - Alaska’s land mass is equal to the size of one-fifth of the continental United States, yet stores about half of the...
EDF and Health Advocates Prevail: FDA Bans Seven Cancer-Causing Flavorings
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2018 - Today, in response to a 2015 food additive petition by Environmental Defense Fund and other public health advocates, the Food...
New Elephant Rights Lawsuit Demands Liberty, Sanctuary for Elephant Confined Alone at the Bronx...
New York, NY, Oct. 2, 2018—The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) announced today it is filing a petition in New York Supreme Court, Orleans County...
Old age, neglect and a changing climate are rendering US dams dangerous
ANNAPOLIS, MD, Oct. 1, 2018 - DJ Buckley spent most of his afternoon on Aug. 3 picking up branches and debris out of the...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Industry Challenge to Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.Oct. 1, 2018 - The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the mining industry’s challenge to the 20-year ban...
Horse Advocates Seek Injunction to Block Trump Administration from Surgically Removing Ovaries of Wild...
Portland, OR, Oct. 1, 2018 - A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a preliminary injunction in U.S....
One-Fifth of National Wildlife Refuge Law Enforcement Officers Being Decommissioned
Washington, DC, Sept. 28, 2018 — There will be 20% fewer law enforcement officers policing our national wildlife refuges by the end of this...
Trump Administration Rolls Back Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2018 - The Trump administration today relaxed offshore drilling safety rules adopted after the deadly BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil...
Judge Upholds Endangered Species Act Protections for Gunnison Sage Grouse
GUNNISON, Colo. September 28, 2018 - Late yesterday a federal judge rejected efforts to remove Endangered Species Act protection from the Gunnison sage grouse,...
Large Stretches of Coral Reefs Can Be Rehabilitated
September 27, 2018 - Even after being severely damaged by blast fishing and coral mining, coral reefs can be rehabilitated over large scales using...
House Committee Hearing on Expansive Wildlife Extinction Package
WASHINGTON, September 26, 2018 – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on an expansive anti-wildlife package of bills that would...
EPA again drags its feet on banning a pesticide linked to brain damage in...
SEATTLE, WA, Sept. 24, 2018 - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the case in which...
Coalition Submits More Than 800,000 Comments Opposing Trump’s Plan to Weaken the Endangered Species...
WASHINGTON,September 24, 2018 - Today, a broad coalition formally submitted more than 500,000 public comments bringing the total to more than 800,000 comments opposing...