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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

"All #BorderWall and road construction across the entire Big Bend region is halted! What a massive, historic victory for everyone across #BigBend — the toughest, most beautiful souls I know. I’m a puddle of tears. More to come soon." - @laikenjordahl.bsky.social, National #PublicLands Advocate

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

Today’s emergency injunction was sought by the Center and allies, all plaintiffs in the underlying lawsuit challenging the federal government’s waiver of dozens of laws to fast-track border barrier construction through Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park and across the Big Bend region.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

With a federal court ordering the bulldozers to stop, Big Bend gets to breathe. But this fight is far from over. We won’t rest until Big Bend’s environmental protections are fully restored and the illegal waiver that allowed so much destruction is gone for good.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

BIG WIN FOR BIG BEND!! A federal judge just issued an emergency injunction to block border barrier and road construction across the #BigBend region. The injunction will remain in place while the court considers a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s waiver to fast-track construction.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

We only have a short window to stop this so contact your senators right now and urge them to reject this bill and protect the Endangered Species Act. Once you've done so, please share this post so more people can be aware.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

Among other concerns, it would surrender one of the Act's most important safeguards — the requirement for federal oversight of wildlife decisions — to hostile state agencies. Protected species shouldn't have to pay just so fossil fuel executives and special interests can line their pockets.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

The “permitting reform” package is being called the "Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," but it's really a massive giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. This backroom deal will gut the #ESA and the Act's gold-standard “best available science” mandate.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

More than 1,700 species are protected under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct — with many more awaiting protections. The Act has saved 99% of species under its care, yet Congress is once again trying to weaken this lifesaving law — this time under the guise of helping renewable energy. Take action 🔗⬇️

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Speak out against massive attack on Endangered Species Act

A cynical deal in the U.S. Senate could gut the world’s strongest conservation law. This is a staggering betrayal of the Endangered Species Act and the more than 1,700 animals and plants it protects. ...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

Under the new directive, killing an endangered animal is entirely legal — so long as it wasn't "intentional." Without protection against our modern world, so many animals won’t stand a chance. So today we took legal action to challenge this directive and protect imperiled species.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

We're taking the Trump admin. to court to stop it from allowing endangered species to be killed. In September, FWS director, Brian Nesvik, issued a directive attempting to strip imperiled wildlife of protections from activities that can harm or kill them. In the #ESA, this is known as "take."

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026

The US should review policies that allow major food crops to be sprayed directly with #herbicides shortly before harvest and should tighten related policies that allow for high levels of residues of those #pesticides in finished food products.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026

We’ve known for years that entanglements are killing critically #endangered North Atlantic right #whales, and pop-up fishing gear could help end this gruesome problem. Federal officials and the fishing industry need to stop making excuses and start embracing safer gear.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026

The past decade as a whole has been deadly for whales and sea turtles, with at least 335 whale entanglements recorded off the Northeast and mid-Atlantic between 2017 and 2026. And these numbers only reflect instances when a whale is seen actively entangled.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026

At least 31 whales have been seen entangled in fishing gear off the East Coast just this year, according to a Center for Biological Diversity analysis of federal data. 🔗➡️ bit.ly/46UCUmo

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

Recognizing the ecological importance of wolves, bears and other #carnivores, the Center uses science-based advocacy to defend these magnificent animals from exploitation and #extinction. Learn more about Samantha's work in our Carnivore Conservation program 🐺⬇️

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Carnivore Conservation

Recognizing the ecological importance of wolves, bears and other carnivores, the Center uses science-based advocacy to defend these magnificent animals from exploitation and extinction.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

“I’m hopeful this will be more than a temporary reprieve and that the state will correct course by enacting the rules and policies that Colorado’s #wolves need for long-term recovery.”

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

“I’m thrilled to learn that #Colorado Parks and Wildlife is suspending lethal wolf removals because our wolves will never recover if our own wildlife agency keeps killing them,” said Samantha Miller, a senior carnivore campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

A WIN! We’ve just learned that Colorado Parks and Wildlife is suspending the practice of killing wolves for conflict with wildlife. This provides some much-needed safety for Colorado’s small and recovering wolf population.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

This package is dangerous on so many levels. We simply cannot allow it to pass, so get ready for the fight: We're working on a petition right now to get this bill REJECTED. In the meantime, learn more about this destructive bill 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4rDFEy9

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

As if that's not enough, the legislation also curtails the ability of individuals, nonprofits (including us) and communities to challenge fossil fuel projects by REQUIRING courts to tip the scales in favor of the fossil fuel industry — making it impossible to bring an environmental justice claim.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

And, in order to speed up approvals for these fossil fuel projects, the legislation also guts the #EndangeredSpeciesAct by surrendering one of the Act's strongest safeguards — the requirement for federal review of project impacts. This would allow for state-run rubberstamping of dangerous projects.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

Under the guise of helping renewable energy, a new legislative package, cynically titled the "Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," would give the fossil fuel industry massive long-term structural advantages and lock in thousands of fossil fuel projects.

A manatee floating under calm, clear water, close to the camera and close to the sandy river bottom. Text over the image reads: BREAKING: Legislation was just introduced today in the U.S. Senate that would dismantle protections for hundreds of endangered species in order to speed approvals for corporate polluters.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

While atrazine's harms are well known, the true scop of its pollution in the US has not been widely publicized and remains largely unknown to the general public. For the report above, we analyzed both water-monitoring and modeling data compiled by the #EPA to identify contaminated waterways.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in the US, with about 70 million pounds deployed each year. It's also the most widespread pesticide contaminant in US water bodies and so dangerous to both people and wildlife that it has been banned in more than 60 countries across the world.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

#Atrazine is single-handedly making clean water unavailable and posing long-term dangers to people and wildlife in affected areas. The #EPA, which is considering reapproving this #pesticide, should follow the lead of five dozen countries around the world and implement a permanent ban on atrazine.

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Pernicious Pesticide: Atrazine's Growing Threats to Drinking Water, Rivers, People, and Wildlife

Atrazine is one of the most widely used U.S. pesticides. It's also the most widespread pesticide contaminant in U.S. water bodies and dangerous to both people and wildlife.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

The filing also says they will be initiating land condemnations outside the parks with DOJ in "coming weeks." We'll be in court tomorrow in El Paso demanding a permanent halt to the destruction. We won't let them destroy the wildest place in Texas without a fight.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

The court filing says they may "consider adjustments" that would "minimize potential impacts," but they give no assurances. And this is the same boilerplate language we've heard all along, the same thing they said before they sent in the bulldozers last time around.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: DHS just confirmed they have lifted their "pause" on construction in #BigBend National Park.

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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump Rolls Back U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standards Amid His Global Oil Crisis: Today's #BradCast Guest: Dan Becker of the @biologicaldiversity.org's @safe-climate.bsky.social; Also: Massive hack at FBI; Election infrastructure vulnerable as midterms begin... FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19395

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Trump Rolls Back U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standards in the Middle of His Global Oil Crisis

Guest: Dan Becker of the Center for BioDiversity; Also: Massive hack at FBI; Election cyber infrastructure vulnerable as midterm voting begins...

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Taylor McKinnon @publiccarbon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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 · 29/09/2026

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.

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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 · 29/09/2026

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 · 29/09/2026

This problem won't go away on its own, and nobody wants whales to suffer for seafood. Conversion to ropeless gear would finally solve the entanglement problem, which is why we are petitioning the federal government to require trap fisheries to convert to ropeless gear by 2026. Learn more: 🐋⬇️

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Ropeless Fishing Gear

Entanglement in fishing gear is a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles. Learn more and take action.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026

A commonsense solution is pop-up fishing gear, which avoids having lines in the water and is currently being used successfully in #California fisheries. Sadly, pop-up gear is not being used in the area where this entanglement occurred.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026

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

We won’t let the FWS carve up and trade away our #PublicLands. These places exist to preserve habitat and keep wildlife safe, not to be turned over to corporations to destroy. We’re pressing ahead with our lawsuit against this land deal. We’ll keep fighting in court for as long as it takes.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026

SpaceX says it urgently needs the land to expand its operations. The only thing urgent is the threat this poses to crucial ocelot and shorebird habitat. Their plans could bring bulldozers, industrial development, and more dangerous rocket explosions into the refuge, putting wildlife at risk.

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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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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 · 28/09/2026

#CAFEStandards are important because the United States is the world’s biggest oil guzzler, consuming 840 million gallons per day. By resetting standards back to 2022, the administration will allow automakers to build up credits for meeting or surpassing the standards for the last four years.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/09/2026

Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap the short-term profits. This move spells disaster for people’s health, the planet, and even U.S. automakers who’ll sit on the sidelines while clean cars advance around the world.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/09/2026

Trump’s action is illegal because the law requires that the fuel economy standards be set at the “maximum feasible” level. The final rule ignores the feasibility of clean technology and the millions of fuel-efficient cars already on the road.

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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.

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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.

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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

Opening these areas to development will pollute drinking-water sources for millions of people with sediment from road construction and #logging. More roads will also increase human-caused #wildfires, ignited by unattended campfires or sparks from vehicles.

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