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A federal court Wednesday afternoon ordered all activities under Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea off the north coast of Alaska halted pending further environmental review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement, and Regulation, formerly the Minerals Management Service.
A third Mexican gray wolf has been confirmed to have been shot illegally this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today
'Clean Energy, Community Investment, and Wildlife Conservation Act' would help the U.S. transition to the clean energy economy
A bill by Chairman Nick Rahall to reform the lax oil and gas drilling practices that allowed millions of gallons of oil to spew into the Gulf of Mexico was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Natural Resource Committee.
More than 150 leading researchers and science practitioners from across the country today sent a letter urging the Senate to pass comprehensive legislation this year that will both reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and begin to substantively address the impacts of climate change on our communities, wildlands and wildlife.
A coalition of conservation groups today filed suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior to halt the sale and mining of coal leases containing more than 400 million tons of coal in the Powder River Basin of northeastern Wyoming. The groups, including WildEarth Guardians, the Sierra Club, and Defenders of Wildlife, are seeking to halt the mining in order to safeguard clean air, protect the climate, and open the door for clean energy. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and is the first case challenging the Obama Administration’s failure to confront the climate change impacts of its federal coal leasing program.
Obama administration holds threats to America’s coasts at bay, issues new offshore oil and gas drilling moratorium
Idaho wildlife officials announced they will allow trapping and the use of electronic calls in this year's wolf hunt.
Defenders of Wildlife is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing two perilously endangered Mexican gray wolves in the past two weeks in Arizona and New Mexico. In combination with rewards from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the states of Arizona and New Mexico, other conservation organizations and individuals, Defenders’ offer brings the total reward offered to $52,000.
Defenders of Wildlife announces a reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who shot an threatened California sea otter in June 2010.