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10 Endangered Species Murals Connect Communities to the Natural World

10 Endangered Species Murals Connect Communities to the Natural World

In support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s campaign to protect their water and sacred grounds from the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Center for Biological Diversity and artist Roger Peet installed a mural of an endangered butterfly at the Oceti Sakowin camp, where hundreds of tribes and allies gathered in peaceful protest. Here are the […]

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    Saint Petersburg Becomes First Florida City to Commit to 100% Renewables

    Saint Petersburg Becomes First Florida City to Commit to 100% Renewables

    The Saint Petersburg City Council formally approved on Monday the city’s commitment to transitioning to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. Saint Petersburg represents the first city in Florida and the 20th city in the country to make such a commitment. In a unanimous vote, the City Council Committee of the Whole allocated $250K of BP […]

    This City Just Banned Fossil Fuel Extraction in Light of Trump Presidency

    This City Just Banned Fossil Fuel Extraction in Light of Trump Presidency

    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved legislation Tuesday prohibiting the city “from entering into or extending leases for the extraction of fossil fuel from city-owned land” in an effort to combat climate change. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved legislation prohibiting new fossil fuel leases on city-owned property in an effort to combat […]

    Monterey Becomes California’s First Major Oil-Producing County to Ban Fracking

    Monterey Becomes California’s First Major Oil-Producing County to Ban Fracking

    Voters in Monterey County, California’s fourth-largest oil-producing county, on Tuesday passed Measure Z to ban fracking and other dangerous extraction techniques. The measure won with more than 55 percent of the vote, despite supporters being outspent 30 to 1 by oil companies, including Chevron and Aera Energy. Measure Z also phases out toxic wastewater injection […]

    ‘Trump’s Election Is a Disaster’

    ‘Trump’s Election Is a Disaster’

    Totally freaked out is the best way I can explain how I’m feeling right now knowing Donald Trump has won the presidency. Yes, the billionaire television personality who denies climate change, has ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline, and has promised to “renegotiate” the Paris agreement and completely dismantle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will […]

    Stop Irrigating Your Produce With Oil Wastewater

    Stop Irrigating Your Produce With Oil Wastewater

    Would you eat oranges grown with oil wastewater? You might be already without knowing it. Wonderful Citrus, the U.S.’s largest citrus grower and the company behind the popular Halos mandarins and Bee Sweet Citrus, another huge citrus grower, are using leftover wastewater from oil companies to irrigate their citrus—while also using pink ribbons to sell […]

    $15,000 Reward Offered Over Illegal Killing of Oregon Mother Wolf

    $15,000 Reward Offered Over Illegal Killing of Oregon Mother Wolf

    The Center for Biological Diversity added $10,000 on Friday to the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for shooting and killing an endangered wolf earlier this month in south-central Oregon. The wolf—a female known as OR-28, who recently had a pup—was found dead Oct. 6. The U.S. Fish and […]