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April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 14, 2010) – Congress gave final approval for a budget deal today that includes a non-budget provision to strip federal protections for wolves in the Northern Rockies. The provision, put forth by Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), requires the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate the same 2009 delisting rule that was declared unlawful by a federal district court, while insulating the provision from any legal challenge.
April 9, 2011
BOISE, Idaho (April 9, 2010) – Congress and the Obama administration reached an agreement late last night on a Continuing Budget Resolution that includes a provision to strip federal protections for wolves in the Northern Rockies. The provision requires the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate the same 2009 delisting rule that was declared unlawful by a federal district court, while insulating the provision from any legal challenge. The budget resolution is expected to be approved by Congress early next week.
April 7, 2011
With the help of the California Sea Otter Fund and caring Californians, scientists are looking into why sea otters are dying. This important research is largely funded by taxpayers through the voluntary tax check-off fund.
April 7, 2011
In a vote of 255-172, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bill offered by Representative Fred Upton which completely strips Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of all ability to regulate greenhouse gases and safeguard the nation from the impacts of climate change. The vote comes on the heels of a Senate decision to strike down four similar provisions only yesterday.
April 6, 2011
The U.S. Senate rejected four amendments today that would strip the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its ability to regulate the emission of greenhouse gas pollution that causes climate change and threatens the health of our communities and natural resources.
April 5, 2011
WildEarth Guardians, the Sierra Club, and Defenders of Wildlife today filed suit for clean energy, challenging Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s and the Bureau of Land Management’s refusal to properly manage and plan coal leasing in the nation’s largest coal producing region.
April 1, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 1, 2011) – Rep. Jim Costa introduced legislation on March 30 that would eliminate vital Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled fish and other wildlife in California’s struggling Bay Delta ecosystem.
March 31, 2011
Bills introduced today in the House and Senate seek to rapidly accelerate the production of dirty fossil fuels, including opening up more sensitive areas off American coasts and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to dangerous oil drilling, pushing lease sales of oil shale reserves, and reinstating Bush-era oil and gas leases on public lands
March 31, 2011
As Republicans in Congress continue to do Big Oil’s bidding, more than 250,000 people from across the country spoke out to demand that oil companies keep out of America’s Arctic Ocean.
March 30, 2011
President Obama outlined federal efforts to reduce dependence on foreign oil and diversify energy sources, including renewable energy and efficiency in a speech today