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EPA Considers 300,000-Acre Expansion for Bee-Toxic Pesticide

EPA Considers 300,000-Acre Expansion for Bee-Toxic Pesticide

The Center for Biological Diversity Thursday urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny Bayer CropScience’s request to allow the highly bee-toxic pesticide flupyradifurone to be sprayed on tobacco in states like Kentucky and North Carolina. Although flupyradifurone is known to harm pollinators like bees and freshwater invertebrates like mussels, the pesticide maker is asking […]

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    Hawaii’s Cauliflower Coral Moves Toward Endangered Species Act Listing

    Hawaii’s Cauliflower Coral Moves Toward Endangered Species Act Listing

    Cauliflower coral, a bushy species in the Hawaiian Islands that has been devastated by ocean warming triggered by human-caused climate change, could soon get federal protection. The National Marine Fisheries Service Wednesday announced that listing the species may be warranted under the Endangered Species Act, based on a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity. […]

    National Day of Action Asks Applebee’s for Plant-Based Menu Options

    National Day of Action Asks Applebee’s for Plant-Based Menu Options

    One Meal a Day for the Planet and the Center for Biological Diversity Tuesday hosted events at Applebee’s locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Clearwater, Florida to ask the restaurant to add at least one plant-based entrée to all of its menus nationwide. “Applebee’s has an opportunity to show real leadership and […]

    Judge Blocks First Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years

    Judge Blocks First Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years

    A federal judge on Thursday halted the first Yellowstone-area grizzly bear trophy hunts in four decades. Wyoming and Idaho’s grizzly hunt was set to begin this Saturday, Sept. 1 and would have allowed a potential kill of 23 bears outside of Yellowstone National Park. But U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana granted a […]

    Trump’s ‘Dirty Power Plan’ Could Cost More Than 1,000 Lives a Year

    Trump’s ‘Dirty Power Plan’ Could Cost More Than 1,000 Lives a Year

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled on Tuesday its long-anticipated replacement of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. The new coal pollution rules will increase planet-warming carbon pollution and could cost more than a thousand American lives each year, according to the EPA’s own estimates. EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler released the “Affordable Clean Energy […]

    Judge Orders Full Environmental Review of Keystone XL in Nebraska

    Judge Orders Full Environmental Review of Keystone XL in Nebraska

    TransCanada‘s long-gestating Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline was dealt another setback after a federal judge in Montana ruled Wednesday that the Trump State Department must conduct a robust environmental review of the alternative pipeline route through Nebraska. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris sided with environmentalists, landowners and tribal plaintiffs in their challenge to […]

    65 California Cities, Counties Oppose Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

    65 California Cities, Counties Oppose Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

    At least 65 California cities and counties have taken action opposing new fossil fuel leasing in the Pacific Ocean since President Trump proposed a massive expansion of drilling in federal waters last year. That ongoing campaign now represents communities with 21.3 million Californians—more than half the state’s population. These actions, combined with recent public opinion […]

    Trump Moves to Open 1.6 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Fracking

    Trump Moves to Open 1.6 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Fracking

    The Trump administration took the first steps on Wednesday towards opening up 1.6 million acres of public land in California to fracking and oil drilling, The Sacramento Bee reported. In a notice of intent published on the Federal Register Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said it would prepare an environmental impact statement on […]