Center for Biological Diversity

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Endangered Earth

No. 1,310, August 14, 2025

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Save Cook Inlet Belugas From This Climate Disaster
The critically endangered beluga whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska, are under threat — again. In the heart of their habitat, the Trump administration wants to allow destructive underwater construction activities for a gas pipeline and massive export terminal.
The project’s noise pollution would disrupt belugas’ feeding, communication, and mother-calf bonding in a population already hanging by a thread. Only about 330 of these special whales survive, down from 1,300 just a few decades ago.
This export terminal would also be a climate disaster, locking us into decades of fossil fuel extraction and burning when transitioning to renewable energy is more urgent than ever.
Take action to stop this reckless project from hurting Cook Inlet’s one-of-a-kind belugas — and the whole planet’s future. [[link removed]]

Lawsuit Seeks Dirty Details on Trump Order
The Center for Biological Diversity just sued the Trump administration [[link removed]] to get public records on “energy emergency” actions that could harm endangered species across the United States, from polar bears to prairie chickens.
Upon taking office, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to make lists of actions to boost fossil fuel production on an emergency basis — letting those agencies skip the Endangered Species Act’s requirement to make sure projects don’t drive protected species extinct.
Even after we filed two Freedom of Information Act requests, the administration has refused to share any of the action lists. That’s illegal.
Help the Center fight for transparency and protect wildlife with a gift to our Future for the Wild Fund . [[link removed]]

A Temporary Halt to Trump’s “Alligator Alcatraz”
After a lawsuit by the Center and allies, a federal judge has ordered the state of Florida and the Trump administration to temporarily halt construction of the mass detention center in the Everglades [[link removed]] cruelly known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Meanwhile our lawsuit, filed in June and joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, is allowed to proceed. The detention center site is surrounded by the Big Cypress National Preserve, which protects fragile wetlands and a dozen federally protected species, including endangered Florida panthers and Florida bonneted bats.
We’re relieved by the temporary halt, but we still need your help: Tell officials to stop this Everglades evisceration for good. [[link removed]]

Win: Wolf Asha Released With Mate, Pups in New Mexico
Following pressure from the Center, our allies, and the public, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finally released the beloved endangered Mexican gray wolf named Asha [[link removed]] , along with her new family, into the New Mexican wild. After twice crossing the arbitrary northern boundary of Interstate 40, Asha was captured and kept in prolonged captivity, where she gave birth this spring.
Asha, her five puppies, and her mate, Arcadia, were released onto conservation-managed lands next to the Gila National Forest. Hopefully, when the pups grow up and reproduce, they’ll help boost their species’ low genetic diversity.

Working to Protect Snake, Flower, Salamander, Beetle
We just petitioned to get federal protection for Dixie Cavern salamanders [[link removed]] , found in just three cave locations in Virginia’s Roanoke County. These slender salamanders, who have white and brassy flecks along their dark bodies, are threatened by deforestation, development, disease, and climate change.
In the Southeast, we’ve sued the Trump administration for failing to protect Florida pinesnakes [[link removed]] , large and secretive snakes who spend most of their time underground. Logging, urbanization, and fire suppression have destroyed and degraded their habitat, so we petitioned for their protection more than a decade ago.
Meanwhile we’re also seeking safeguards for Willcox Playa tiger beetles [[link removed]] — fast-running insects who emerge from lakebed burrows during the monsoons — and Columbia yellowcress [[link removed]] , tough-but-rare flowers in the mustard family that survive in only a few dozen Pacific Northwest locations.

Revelator: Fighting — and Winning — Against PFAS
Activist Emily Donovan is making polluters pay for the traces of PFAS — aka “forever chemicals” — tainting drinking water in her North Carolina community (and others around the country).
Read more in The Revelator. [[link removed]]
And if you haven’t yet, subscribe to The Revelator ’s free weekly e-newsletter for more wildlife and conservation news. [[link removed]]

That’s Wild: Wolves Get “Thunderstruck”
Researchers looking for nonlethal ways to keep wolves away from livestock are experimenting with a novel approach: overhead drones playing audio clips, including AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” and an intense argument scene from the 2019 movie Marriage Story .
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is running hazing experiments at ranching operations in southern Oregon and Northern California. The audio blasts have so far yielded some positive results in scaring wolves from cattle. No word yet if Kenny G will have to be deployed.


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