Trump may rue firing experts when environmental rollbacks land in court Advocacy groups are better prepared than the first term for legal challenges – but will the administration obey rulings? The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2025
Trump has pledged to overturn Biden’s progress on climate change. What will that mean? The U.S. saw some of its costliest natural disasters in the last few months during the Earth’s hottest year on record because of greenhouse gases emitted by fossil fuels The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
New Border Wall Segment Threatens Rare Sonora Chub Fish Learn about the impact of border wall construction on the endangered Sonora chub fish in California Gulch and the urgent need for conservation efforts. Top News · Jan 19, 2025
What are supermarket scorecards? [Supermarket scorecards] allow us to compare how supermarkets are performing relative to each other” Salon · Dec 10, 2024
Doug Burgum could soon be driving Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ promises on public lands Conservationists fear an expansion of drilling with North Dakota governor Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior and White House ‘energy czar’ The Guardian - US · Dec 1, 2024
Nevada Lithium Mine Will Destroy Critical Plant: Lawsuit A lawsuit seeks to block a company from mining in Nevada near a rare buckwheat that has medicinal and nutritional value. International Business Times · Nov 3, 2024
Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine A grand experiment is underway in Nevada where an endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a mining company's plans to dig for lithium to help speed production of batteries for electric cars and other green energy projects The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024
Gold mines threaten rare desert fish Numerous gold mines pending approval from the Bureau of Land Management threaten the Oasis Valley speckled dace Salon · Jul 4, 2024
Fema petitioned to make extreme heat and wildfire smoke major disasters Center for Biological Diversity signed a joined petition to recognize the increasing number of heat-related crises The Guardian - US · Jun 18, 2024
Environmentalists urge US to plan 'phasedown' of Alaska's key oil pipeline amid climate concerns Environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024
Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
Thousands of dead crabs are washing up on Maryland shores after having their ‘blue blood’ harvested, suit says Horseshoe crab blood harvests have virtually doubled since 2017, with nearly one million horseshoe crabs harvested for their blood in Maryland in 2022, according to the lawsuit The Independent UK · May 29, 2024
Flower Or Power? Campaigners Fear Lithium Mine Could Kill Rare Plant Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the dusty corner of Nevada that is the only place on Earth where they exist. International Business Times · May 23, 2024
Texas lizard added to endangered species list over the oil and gas industry’s objections The dunes sagebrush lizard lives in the same West Texas land that supports the state’s biggest oil and gas fields, and industry leaders say the new designation will hurt drilling and production. The Texas Tribune · May 22, 2024
Top News · Apr 24, 2024 Biden Administration Advances Lithium Mine Amid Conservation Concerns Biden administration progresses on Nevada lithium mine amid environmental concerns and conservation opposition.
Salon · Mar 1, 2024 Wolves are back — but face new peril There are now 2,800 wild wolves in the northern Rockies — but ranchers and GOP allies want to wipe them out
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024 ‘I was thrilled and shocked’: images raise hopes of return of wild jaguars to the US A series of sightings suggests the big cats are, against the odds, growing in numbers in New Mexico and Arizona. But Trump’s border wall could yet halt their progress
Salon · Jan 31, 2024 Advocates demand halt to uranium mine Energy Fuels says nuclear power is necessary to fight climate change, but Indigenous tribes fear losing their homes
Salon · Dec 15, 2023 Lawsuit seeks to protect threatened owls Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are likely to be impacted by the proposed Interstate 11, a lawsuit alleges
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 11, 2023 Feisty young bobcat has choice ‘words’ for handlers upon release The growls and actions of the spirited wildcat, Mr. Murder Britches, are amusingly translated in the video text.
Latin Times · Nov 28, 2023 National Conservation Day: Experts Say Mexico Slow In Updating Endangered Species List According to the law, the country has to update this list every three years. However, there has been no update since August 2019, making the list more than three years old.
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023 As Mexico marks conservation day, advocates say it takes too long to list vulnerable species Mexico is celebrating national conservation day
The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2023 Biden's movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security The Biden administration’s plan to build new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas calls for a “movable” design that frustrates both environmentalists and advocates of stronger border enforcement
Salon · Nov 10, 2023 Could Biden declare a climate emergency? Would declaring a climate emergency do anything? Some are skeptical, others say Biden can't do it soon enough
WEKU · Oct 18, 2023 21 species have been declared extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.