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Biting the Hand That Feeds Them
Justice :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
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The U.S. government hands out millions of dollars each year to various environmental organizations to help protect fish, wildlife and other aspects of the environment. And every year, those same groups spend millions suing the government over everything...
Tags: federation government, Fox News, attorney fees, told fox, environmental group, Western Legacy Alliance, public interests, little guy, Congress, U.S, Justice, Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, Western Environmental Law Center, Attorney's fee, Environment, Law Crime, Politics
Obama's pick for Chief Agricultural Negotiator: pesticides for Michelle's garden
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Due to his loyalty to the pesticide and biotech industry, the Center for Biological Diversity opposes the nomination of Islam Siddiqui as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Dr....
Tags: Obama, White House, Michelle Obama, Islam Siddiqui, pesticides, pollution, organic, genetically modified food, CropLife America, Clean Water Act, ESA, Children, Center for Biological Diversity, farming, agriculture
Environmental groups file law suit to protect the Grand Canyon from mining
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Today the Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Trust, and Sierra Club filed suit in an Arizona federal court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of the restart of a defunct uranium mine just north...
Tags: Grand Canyon National Park, uranium mining, letigation, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, envrironment
Obama's choice "coal ash Joe" confirmed by the senate
On Friday, November 6, 2009, the Senate confirmed controversial nominee Joseph Pizarchik, nick named “coal ash Joe” due to his record--to be director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the federal agency charged with...
Tags: Obama, Office of Surface mining, coal mining, Joseph Pizarchik, Center for Biological Diversity
BLM gets public outcry against uranium mining in the Grand Canyon
Mining in the Grand Canyon? Is there no place in this country safe from resource exploitation? According to a press release from Center of Biological Diversity-- In a resounding display of public support, tallies released today show that the public...
Tags: BLM, Grand Canyon, Center for Biological Diversity, EPA, uranium mining, CBO
Mining company to destroy last mountain in Coal River Valley
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— A subsidiary of Massey Energy has begun mountaintop-removal coal-mining operations on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia, the only peak in Coal River Valley that hasn’t been blasted away for mining. Blasting for the mine...
Tags: Moutain top coal mining, Obama, EPA, Center for Biological Diversity, Coal River Valley
Climate Action Day highlights the urgent need to protect endangered species
Polar Bear, Sea Turtles, Spotted Owl, Caribou, and Salmon Could Go Extinct if Carbon Dioxide is Not Quickly Reduced to 350 Parts Per MillionSAN FRANCISCO— As part of today’s Global Day of Climate Action, the Center for Biological Diversity...
Tags: global warming, climate change, Obama, NASA, IPCC, endangered species, extinct, Center for Biological Diversity, CO2 polar bears, salmon, caribou, sea turtles, spotted owl
Salazar forced to throw polar bears a life line following lawsuit by environmentalists
Washington— Pursuant to a partial settlement in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Greenpeace, today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to designate over 200,000 square miles...
Tags: Polar bears, Ken Salazar, Bush, US Fish and Wildlife, ESA, Center for Biological Diversity, NRDC, Greenpeace, Obama
Group wants '3 coral species listed as endangered
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Environmental activists are petitioning the federal government to put 83 coral species on the endangered species list. They say global warming and ocean acidification are threatening the corals with extinction. The Center for Biological Diversity said...
EPA: Clean Air Act will save thousands of lives and reduce greenhouse gases
LOS ANGELES— U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced in a press release--another step towards curbing greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. The EPA proposal will require large industrial facilities...
Tags: EPA, Greenhouse gases, climate change, Clean Air Act, Center for Biological Diversity, Obama, Lisa P. Jackson
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