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Taylor McKinnon @publiccarbon.bsky.social · 14h
Now: A Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit today targets approval of mining in the Patagonia Mountains, including habitat for jaguar, ocelot, Mexican spotted owl, western yellow-billed cuckoo, and four other threatened and endangered plants and animals. Read more: tinyurl.com/y73ya44b
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 13h
This destruction is only the beginning. Seizing land, walling off communities, cutting wildlife off from their only water source, pumping billions of gallons of groundwater without permits, bulldozing archaeological sites, all done in violation of our nation’s most important protections.
sacurrent.com
First segment of steel border wall goes up in Texas' Big Bend region
The first section of a 30-foot-high steel bollard wall has gone up in the Big Bend region, environmental activists said Wednesday. While construction is
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 14h
Once these mountains are carved up and their aquifers depleted, there’s no putting them back together. The Patagonia Mountains are worth far more as a thriving ecosystem than they’ll ever be worth to a giant mining company. Full story 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4rEAUbv
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 15h
ICYMI: Another humpback whale was recently found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast. Thankfully, rescuers were able to free the whale, which then swam free. This incident follows another entanglement of a humpback calf in the area in August. These entanglements are preventable.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026
Any day, #SpaceX could send in bulldozers to destroy the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Musk’s company wants to build a rocket test site and road through this vital wildlife habitat in south #Texas. We’re in court to stop this public land giveaway. Please support our fight ⬇️
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/09/2026
Trump’s DOT just finalized a rule gutting CAFE standards, which conserve billions of gallons of gas and save consumers billions at the pump. These standards were the biggest single step any nation has taken to save gas, money at the pump, and auto #pollution. Learn more 🔗➡️ bit.ly/47lQaAz
Close up of a gas pump. Text over the image reads: The fuel economy rule would have saved 64 billion gallons of gas. Even before the current rise in gas prices, it was set to deliver
$35 billion in savings to consumers over the lifetimes of the vehicles covered.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/09/2026
Privatizing federal land sets a dangerous precedent for Georgia’s top loggerhead sea turtle nesting habitat. This island is supposed to become wilder over time, preserved in its primitive state, but what these land exchanges do is take things in the exact opposite direction.
atlantanewsfirst.com
Proposed federal land swap draws battle lines on Georgia’s Cumberland Island
The proposal has already encountered local hurdles.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/09/2026
The order’s deregulatory push could threaten protections like the vessel-speed rule aimed at reducing deadly collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales. The measure requires ships to slow to 10 knots or less in certain areas and at certain times, reducing the risk of fatal strikes.
theguardian.com
Trump’s executive order on recreational fishing is a ‘giveaway of fish and ocean ecosystem’, advocates warn
Federal agencies told to prioritize recreational fishing and to reconsider scientific standards as well as regulations
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 26/09/2026
The Trump administration is trying to undo the 2001 #RoadlessRule, clearing the way for road construction and logging across more than 44 million acres of wild, natural forests. And they have only given the public a short time to weigh in. Tell the Forest Service to protect national forests 🌲⬇️
act.biologicaldiversity.org
Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 25/09/2026
Another humpback #whale was recently found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast. U.S. and Canadian rescuers were able to free the whale, but this incident follows another recent entanglement of a humpback calf in the area in August.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 25/09/2026
A Win! Thanks to a Center for Biological Diversity legal challenge, a federal judge has ruled that the Fish and Wildlife Service violated the #EndangeredSpeciesAct in refusing to protect #California habitat for extremely endangered, extremely elusive Sierra Nevada red foxes 🦊🔗➡️ bit.ly/4e0b243
A Sierra Nevada red fox walking through snow with a snow covered evergreen tree in the background. Text over the image reads: Celebrating a win for Sierra Nevada Red Foxes".
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026
Because of well-documented health concerns, #atrazine has been banned in more than 60 countries. Yet the EPA is in the process of reapproving the use of this dangerous #pesticide in the US for at least another 15 years. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4huL3CX
Image of a shallow, rocky river bed. Text centered over the image reads: "More than 70 million pounds of atrazine are sprayed on crops each year and it is the most widely detected pesticide contaminant in
U.S. rivers, streams and below-ground water supplies. It is a known hormone-disrupting pesticide linked to birth defects, multiple cancers, and fertility problems."
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026
We've heard different things about what #SpaceX wants to do with the land, from additional manufacturing areas to warehouses to worker housing. The way that they've been treating the land out there already is telling. They pave over everything. They turn it into an industrial manufacturing zone.
time.com
Everything You Need to Know About SpaceX's Wildlife Refuge Land Swap with the Trump Administration
More than 700 acres of Texas wilderness may soon be open to development.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026
A sacred site that predates Stonehenge has been damaged by Trump's border wall ➡️ bit.ly/47f01bl
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: Beluga whales need your help! The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter. The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
act.biologicaldiversity.org
Save Cook Inlet Belugas From an Underwater Data Center
The Trump administration is considering a preliminary permit application for an underwater data center in Alaska, right in the middle of critical habitat for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Tell ...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 23/09/2026
Alaska’s sponge gardens do so much for a healthy ocean, including providing shelter and serving as vitally important nurseries for all kinds of fish and crabs. Adding seafloor mining to the picture adds insult to injury, scraping up and devastating life on the bottom of the ocean.
theguardian.com
Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity
But their habitat is threatened by bottom trawling in the region and Trump’s plan to expand seafloor mining
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 23/09/2026
UPDATE: Less than one week into Wyoming's hunting season, and four #wolves have been killed in Areas 1 and 2, where Mollie's pack had been spotted. The areas have met their quota and are now closed for the remainder of the hunting season.
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 22/09/2026
Dr. Green: Do Small Environmental Actions Make a Difference? therevelator.org/small-actions
therevelator.org
Dr. Green: Do Small Environmental Actions Make a Difference? • The Revelator
Also this week: A reader asks about feeling like a cog in the machine and wonders if they can influence greener policies in their workplace.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026
Just when you thought they couldn't cause more trouble than they already are: An underwater AI #DataCenter could be coming to Cook Inlet, Alaska. A preliminary permit application for the data center is being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Take action bit.ly/3UFCKfT
Two beluga whales break the surface of calm, dark water. One is larger and appears white, the other is smaller and appears gray. Text over the image reads "Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the data center boom.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026
Randi Spivak, our Public Lands Policy Director, was a guest on the Bay Area’s @kpfa.org radio show, Upfront, bright and early yesterday morning, for a live deep dive discussion on the #RoadlessRule ⬇️
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Federal Reserve Raises Rates; Trump Seeks to Pave and Log U.S. Forests | KPFA
On today’s show: We talk with economist Dean Baker about the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the overnight interest rate – something President Trump did not want the central bank to do. In the sec...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026
The #EPA is basically allowing industry to pick the ways that those problems are mitigated moving forward. They're offering ‘choose your own regulation’, where #pesticide companies get to tell the EPA how to regulate their products.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026
Overall, the Fish and Wildlife Service lost 1,900 scientists, including fish and wildlife biologists, foresters and fire managers. This brain drain will be hard to undo now that the Fish and Wildlife Service has lost so many expert scientists who helped save #EndangeredSpecies.
jhnewsandguide.com
U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff tumbles by a quarter in Director Brian Nesvik’s home state of Wyoming
In 2024, the National Elk Refuge had 11 full-time employees helping to feed elk and bison, greet 300,000-plus tourists at its visitor center and steward 24,700 scenic acres just north
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 19/09/2026
#Narwhals aren’t creatures of myth or cartoons. The “unicorns of the sea” are real — and they’re incredible. therevelator.org/whale-of-the-month…
therevelator.org
Whale of the Month: Narwhals • The Revelator
No, they’re not creatures of myth or cartoons. The “unicorns of the sea” are real — and they’re incredible.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026
In a single week, 10 wolves have been killed by trophy hunters in #Wyoming. Four have been wiped out in #Montana. Wolf-hunting season is in full swing, and hundreds of #wolves throughout the Rockies are at risk. We're in court to protect them. Please make an urgent gift to help us save wolves ⬇️
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Give Now to Save the Wild
Join the fight to protect wildlife and wild places with a gift to the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 21/09/2026
"The Trump administration is now taking aim at the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, one of the most important conservation policies on the books that many Americans have never heard of," writes Center Executive Director, @kieransuckling.bsky.social in an #OpEd for @azcentral.com
azcentral.com
Trump's Roadless Rule rollback puts Arizona forests at risk | Opinion
Rolling back the Roadless Rule could open protected national forests to logging and road construction. Arizona has millions of acres at stake.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 21/09/2026
There are only two weeks left to speak up to protect roadless forests — public comment deadline is Oct. 6. Please speak up before it's too late to protect roadless forests. ➡️ biodiv.us/4cVN6P1
A grizzly bear adult stands in a field of small white flowers, with three small cubs in front. A bold red banner reads, "Protect wild forests." Text overlay below the banner reads, "The Trump administration wants to strip protections from 45 million acres of roadless national forests — risking imperiled species, fouling precious water, and raising wildfire risk."
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 21/09/2026
To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places -- David Shiffman reports: therevelator.org/save-sharks-rays-p…
therevelator.org
To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places • The Revelator
The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has identified thousands of critical habitats for some of the world’s most threatened fishes. Now saving these sites is up to us.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 21/09/2026
"It’s obscene that Big Oil soaks in multibillion-dollar profits and subsidies year after year as our community, still weary from the last disaster, bears the billion-dollar costs to buffer the next," writes the Center's Maya Golden-Krasner in a LTE for @latimes.com. Check it out. ⬇️
latimes.com
Letters to the Editor: As Altadena faces another potential disaster, taxpayers foot the bill
'It’s obscene that Big Oil soaks in multibillion-dollar profits and subsidies year after year as our community, still weary from the last disaster, bears the billion-dollar costs to buffer the next,' ...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: The Trump administration just proposed to accelerate oil and gas drilling across 23 million public acres in the Western Arctic by ending environmental reviews and rushing project approvals. This would clear the way for rampant drilling across the largest tract of #PublicLand. Take action ⬇️
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Don’t Let Big Oil Destroy the Western Arctic
The Trump administration has proposed a new rule to fast-track drilling across 23 million public acres in Alaska’s Western Arctic by ending environmental reviews, eliminating public input, and rushing...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18/09/2026
What would you think if Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill declaring that junk food was healthy, and that funneled millions from health programs to the junk food industry? That would be absurd. But a costly, pro-industry biomass energy bill now on the governor’s desk does something similar ⬇️
capitolweekly.net
Gov. Newsom should veto biomass bill - Capitol Weekly
Despite the industry’s efforts at greenwashing, biomass is a proven loser for our health, climate, forests and wallets.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18/09/2026
Another cruise ship has docked in Alaska with a dead endangered fin whale on its bow. 💔 Ships can kill these swimming giants in an instant as they hurtle through their habitat, and these collisions are one of the most frequent causes of premature death for several highly endangered marine mammals.
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 17/09/2026
Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? therevelator.org/nonnative-plants
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Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? • The Revelator
Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17/09/2026
“Quitobaquito is the aquatic, biological gem of that broader desert landscape,” said Russ McSpadden, a conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity. Because the Trump administration waived environmental laws, “contractors are pretty much working blind." #Arizona #BorderWall
nytimes.com
For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17/09/2026
A vessel speeding through the water so fast it crushes endangered whales against its prow, a developer clearcutting a forest and killing the endangered bats who live there — these deaths may no longer be considered illegal if the Trump administration gets its way. Please help us fight back ⬇️
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Give Now to Save the Wild
Join the fight to protect wildlife and wild places with a gift to the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17/09/2026
This is a huge victory for one of California’s rarest and most beautiful animals 🦊🎉 Sierra Nevada red foxes desperately need safe places to survive and recover, and federal officials can’t simply sidestep their duty to consider protecting these places.
fox40.com
Federal judge rules conservation agency to designate a habitat for endangered fox species
(FOX40.COM) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s refusal to designate a habitat for an endangered fox species violated the Endangered Species Act, the Center …
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17/09/2026
"Denying the existence of a quarter of the country’s #climate pollution is utterly reckless. "It will lead to more lost lives and suffering from intense heatwaves, drastic storms and destructive #wildfires, just like those we’ve seen this summer," said Maggie Coulter, an attorney at the Center.
reuters.com
US EPA repeals carbon emission limits for power plants at G20 meeting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced rules to repeal former ​President Joe Biden's limits on carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants and to prevent future climat...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 16/09/2026
Even among the folks who support stronger #border security and have sought to work with CBP, the trust with the agency has been burned. The constant reversals and changes and updates and contradictory statements have eroded people’s trust. A lot of people see this as an abuse of authority.
outsideonline.com
Ranchers and Farmers Are Suing Trump to Stop the Big Bend Border Construction
A coalition of private landowners across Texas has sued the Trump Administration, alleging that federal agencies want to commandeer their properties for fences, barriers, and roads.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 16/09/2026
Less than two weeks after proposing a land swap and private access to #Yosemite National Park, the Dept. of the Interior announced plans for similar land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore. This is an #NationalPark, not a Monopoly board. A bunch of new mansions don’t belong here.
biologicaldiversity.org
Mansions Proposal Threatens National Park in Georgia
Center for Biological Diversity: Yosemite-Like Land Swap Planned for Cumberland Island
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 15/09/2026
Apparently, Burgum needed to be reminded of his confirmation hearing pledge to “protect every single inch” of the #NationalParks. We're calling on him to stop proposed #Yosemite transfer before a piece of Yosemite is given away forever. ➡️ bit.ly/4h3Gpvj #HandsOffPublicLands 🐺🦉🌲
Picture of a darkly lit stand of evergreen trees in the foreground. In the background, sunlight hits the sheer, granite face of a cliffside in Yosemite. Text centered over the image reads" Trump Administration Urged to Halt 
Yosemite Land Transfer"
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 15/09/2026
URGENT: Big Oil is pushing our planet to the limit and needs to be held accountable for the devastation it wreaks for profit. But two new bills could give the industry full legal immunity — and they're being voted on TOMORROW. If passed, they'll then go to the House for consideration.
An adult polar bear and two cubs sit on a flat expanse of ice or snow. Text over the image reads "Tell congress: no immunity for big oil".
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 14/09/2026
Thanks to all the readers who sent their wildlife and landscape photos and art for our new Revelator Gallery. Check out our September gallery and read how to submit! therevelator.org/environmental-gall…
therevelator.org
The Revelator Gallery: September 2026 Exhibit • The Revelator
Our September exhibit is rich with readers’ documented and artistic expressions of wild places and species around the world.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 14/09/2026
ICYMI: Wyoming’s wolf hunting season begins tomorrow, putting Mollie’s Pack and other Yellowstone wolves at risk of being killed by trophy hunters the moment they cross the invisible boundary of the park.
A text block centered over a blurred background. The text is a quote from Kristine Akland, our Northern Rockies director. It reads "Yellowstone’s longest continuously existing wolf family could be dead within weeks if Wyoming doesn’t step up to protect them. Mollie’s Pack has been studied by scientists and enjoyed by visitors for decades. It would be a massive loss for Wyoming and the millions of Yellowstone visitors if Wyoming Game and Fish let them be killed this hunting season."
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 14/09/2026
URGENT: One of the Greater #Yellowstone Ecosystem's oldest living #wolves, 1090F, is in imminent danger. But it's not too late to help. Please urge the Commission to use its adaptive management authority to protect the scientifically significant Mollie’s pack from hunting 🐺➡️ bit.ly/45D8MLy
Picture of a wolf standing in snow and looking directly at the camera. The headline reads: Nevada Hunter Vows to Fill Famous Yellowstone Mollie's Pack Wolf 1090F in Wyoming.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 12/09/2026
It doesn't make sense to adopt new rules or scrap existing ones that could lead to long-term damage to the ocean environment just for some short-term economic gains. No one wants their seafood with a side of endangered whale, no matter their political affiliation.
starnewsonline.com
NOAA proposal could change protections for NC right whales, turtles
The Trump administration is proposing rule changes to boost US seafood competitiveness. But some fear they could endanger N.C. whales and sea turtles.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 11/09/2026
The whims of one person shouldn't control the fate of an entire species. But Trump just signed an executive order directing the Dept. of the Interior to consider delisting gray wolves nationwide and Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest — and push states with species-protection laws to do the same.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/09/2026
CO Parks and Wildlife announced this morning that officers killed a yearling #wolf on 09/09. The killing of this wolf, a yearling female from the One Ear pack in Grand County, followed the agency’s killings on 09/07 of two other yearling wolves in Rio Blanco and Pitkin County. 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4hlKa0t
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/09/2026
Even though Cook Inlet beluga whales are one of the most endangered marine mammal species in the world, a company wants to build an underwater #AI #DataCenter in the heart of their home. This would threaten the survival of these whales and harm countless other marine wildlife. Take action ⬇️
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Save Cook Inlet Belugas From an Underwater Data Center
The Trump administration is considering a preliminary permit application for an underwater data center in Alaska, right in the middle of critical habitat for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Tell ...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/09/2026
There's still time to save the #RoadlessRule and all that it protects. The comment period has been extended, but it's open only until Oct 6. We need as many people as possible to raise their voices and urge the Forest Service to keep roadless #NationalForests protected 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4goOc6L
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/09/2026
Alex Olivera with the Center says #BorderWall construction under the first Trump administration has damaged the important Sonoran desert ecosystem. “Animals cannot cross that used to for millions and thousands of years from the US to #Mexico in order to look for water, for food,” Olivera said.
kjzz.org
UNESCO reiterates fears of border wall damage to World Heritage site El Pinacate
A decision from the United Nations’ cultural preservation body, UNESCO, calls for a mission to the Sonora desert nature reserve to assess the impacts of the border wall.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 09/09/2026
Environmental groups worry that drilling beneath the refuge could contaminate groundwater or the Green River. Hydraulic fracturing could also pollute the wells that supply water to the hatchery, said the Center's #southwest regional program director. “It’s a wildly irresponsible proposal.”
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