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Center for Biological Diversity

The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction.

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  Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
July 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM

Don’t let Greater Chaco be sacrificed to oil and gas development

John, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northern New Mexico, is a cultural and historic treasure, with thousands of vitally important cultural sites like great houses, roads, and shrines. Many were constructed between 850 and 1250 A.D. by the ancestors of today’s Pueblos, including the H…
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July 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM

SpaceX marked its spot — in a wildlife refuge

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,359, July 23, 2026 ********************************************* …
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July 22, 2026 at 10:02 AM

Keep ocean mining out of Virginia

John, The Trump administration recently announced plans to open federal waters off Virginia to industrial seabed mining — which would be the first time this disruptive mining for minerals has ever been allowed in public waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is conside…
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
July 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM

Another ax taken to the Endangered Species Act

Hi John, he Trump administration barely finished one devastating attack on the Endangered Species Act before circling back for another. In a sickening one-two punch, the administration eliminated automatic protections for threatened species and gave corporations a say in whether imperiled spec…
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July 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM

Tell Congress: Endangered species need habitat

John, By eliminating the longstanding definition of a single word — “harm” — the Trump administration has gutted habitat protections for all endangered species. That’s unacceptable. [link removed] The Endangered Species Act prohibits “take” which includes the killing, injuring, harassing…
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July 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM

Bad news for grizzly bears, Bears Ears

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,358, July 16, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
July 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM

Breaking: We just sued to defend endangered species

Hi John, The Center for Biological Diversity just sued the Trump administration over its brazen attempt to gut the Endangered Species Act. By redefining what it means to “harm” an endangered species, this administration is giving industry a green light to destroy the forests, rivers, wetlands,…
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
July 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM

We’ll fight Trump’s dangerous attack on endangered species

Hi Center Supporter . We're heartbroken by Trump’s attack on the Endangered Species Act and the incredibly vulnerable wildlife who depend on it. The administration has struck at the very heart of the Act, stripping away vital protection for the habitat endangered species need to survive. Th…
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
July 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM

Emergency: Trump deals death blow to endangered species

Hi John, The Trump administration just unleashed its biggest attack yet on the Endangered Species Act — and imperiled wildlife will pay for it with their lives. Trump removed nearly all habitat protections for endangered species. The Center for Biological Diversity will fight this reckless …
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July 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM

Help defend right whales from a deadly bill

John, In January a three-year-old North Atlantic right whale was found dead after being entangled in fishing gear for months. In June another young right whale was spotted with fishing lines trailing from his mouth — his second confirmed entanglement. North Atlantic right whales are on the br…
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July 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM

Save insects, public lands from a federal poisoning program

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1357, July 9, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
July 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM

This whale's death must be a turning point

Hi Center Supporter . A Royal Caribbean mega-ship recently arrived in port with the body of a pregnant endangered fin whale across its bow. Now a Center analysis suggests the ship was traveling at speeds that greatly increase the risk of a fatal strike in waters where whales are known to congr…
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July 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Stop Trump’s raid on national park funds

John, This Fourth of July, President Donald Trump is throwing himself a lavish party — paid for with $90 million he raided from America’s national parks. After slashing park budgets and firing a quarter of the National Park Service workforce, Trump is now funneling millions in park entrance fe…
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July 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM

Stop cruise ships from crashing into whales

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,356, July 2, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 30, 2026 at 11:32 AM

68 bears killed by Alaska in one month

Hi John, Between May 9 and June 7, Alaska state agents used helicopters to gun down 68 bears as part of the state’s controversial predator-control program. That's about two bears every day. Please make a gift to the Future for the Wild Fund to help us stop Alaska's bear-killing program and …
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June 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM

Don't let Big Oil destroy the Western Arctic

John, The oil industry wants to make it easier to drill in the Western Arctic in Alaska — a wild, ecologically rich region that supports spectacular species like polar bears, caribou, yellow-billed loons, and millions of migratory birds. And the Trump administration is jumping to accommodate …
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June 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM

From cruel detention to full restoration

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,124, Jan. 20, 2024 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 23, 2026 at 11:32 AM

Stop a massive threat to grizzlies in Montana

Hi John, The Trump administration is moving to dismantle two key Endangered Species Act protections that have prevented extinction for generations. The changes will strip away critical safeguards for species listed as threatened under the Act and make it easier for developers and corporations …
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June 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Save a vital refuge from a trillionaire’s takeover

John, The scrublands, prairies, and beaches of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas are home to some of the United States’ most critically endangered species — including ocelots, northern aplomado falcons, Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, and piping plovers. But now …
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June 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM

Tell the feds: Don’t fail whales 

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,354, June 18, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM

Endangered Species Act protections under renewed attack

Hi John, The Trump administration is moving to dismantle two key Endangered Species Act protections that have prevented extinction for generations. The changes will strip away critical safeguards for species listed as threatened under the Act and make it easier for developers and corporations …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM

Urgent: We're suing to stop SpaceX's land grab

Hi John, Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire today. Now his company SpaceX is poised to take 715 acres from a national wildlife refuge in Texas. The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect some of the most important wildlife habitat in the U…
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  Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Don’t let avocados annihilate monarchs

John, Last year the United States consumed a record-setting 3 billion pounds of avocados, roughly 90% of them imported from Mexico. To meet skyrocketing demand, plantations have been gobbling up Mexican forests where imperiled monarch butterflies spend the winter. Thanks to pressure from the C…
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June 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM

Help wildlife dodge a poison bullet

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,353, June 11, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM

6,543 animals poisoned in one year

Hi John, The Trump administration is bringing back deadly M-44 wildlife traps that will kill coyotes, foxes, and dozens of other wildlife species across 245 million acres of public lands. The Center for Biological Diversity helped secure a widespread ban on these devices just two years ago, an…
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June 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM

Seeking a legal lifeline for living fossils

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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
June 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM

Trump to auction off the Arctic this week

Hi John, Just days from now, the Trump administration plans to auction off up to nearly 700,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. The sale targets crucial habitat for polar bears, caribou, and more than 200 migratory birds species. The Center for Biological Dive…
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  Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
May 29, 2026 at 12:53 PM

Keep cyanide bombs from killing wildlife

John, Inhumane, wildlife-killing M-44 devices — aka “cyanide bombs” — have no place on public lands. [link removed] These spring-loaded metal cylinders lure foxes, coyotes, birds, and others with a sweet-smelling scent. As soon as the animal sniffs close, they spray sodium cyanide, causing a s…
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May 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM

Tangling with fatal foreign fisheries

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,351, May 28, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
May 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM

Center launches new action to save the Everglades, panthers

Hi John, The cruelly named detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has been a disaster for the Florida Everglades and its native wildlife — like endangered panthers. While there are reports the prison may be closing, the Center for Biological Diversity is doing all we can to ensure it c…
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  Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
May 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM

Stop the feds from logging the beautiful Tongass

John, The Tongass National Forest in Alaska is the largest intact old-growth temperate rainforest in the world — and it needs your help. During his first administration, President Donald Trump unleashed a brazen assault on the Tongass, which included the proposed Twin Mountain II timber sale …
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May 21, 2026 at 7:04 PM

Support Colorado’s wild wolves

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1350, May 21, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
May 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM

A $1.7 billion wrecking ball is headed for Big Bend

Hi John, Last week the Trump administration said Big Bend National Park would be safe from a wall. But on Friday it handed out the largest border-wall contract in American history — $1.7 billion — for the park. This would wreck one of the most treasured landscapes in the country, directly hurt…
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May 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM

Killing elephants isn't conservation

John, This Endangered Species Day, let’s tell the Trump administration killing isn’t conservation. [link removed] During his first term, President Donald Trump called trophy hunting “a horror show” and said he “didn't want elephants killed and stuffed [to] have the tusks brought back.” Thankfu…
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May 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM

Doing right by right whales

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,349, May 14, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
May 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM

Alaska bears are in urgent danger

Hi John, State game agents in Alaska are in the field this week hunting down and killing bears from helicopters. It’s horrific and heartbreaking. An unlimited number of brown and black bears across 40,000 square miles of southwest Alaska can be killed — including mothers and cubs. The Center’…
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May 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM

Tell Congress: Oil and gas polluters aren't above the law

John, There's no question the fossil fuel industry leaves widespread destruction in its wake. Oil and gas production — a leading driver of climate change — fuels the superstorms, megafires, and droughts that harm people, degrade habitat, and push wildlife toward extinction, from polar bears to mo…
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May 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM

Tuskers aren’t trophies

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,348, May 7, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
May 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM

Aerial gunning of bears could resume in Alaska this week

Hi John, Brown and black bears in southwest Alaska are still emerging from their winter dens. But state game agents are taking advantage of this vulnerable period to gun down as many mothers, cubs, and breeding-age adults as they can find from helicopters across 40,000 square miles. The ram…
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May 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM

North American wildlife need strong protections

John, What do monarch butterflies, vaquita porpoises, jaguars, and sea turtles have in common? They all benefit from a critical international trade agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, it provides environmental investigation provision…
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April 30, 2026 at 8:11 PM

Tell the feds: Slow ships save whales

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,347, April 30, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
April 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM

Alaska's bear slaughter must be stopped

Hi John, Bears in southwest Alaska could soon be chased down by helicopters and killed across 40,000 square miles of wild habitat, including mothers and their cubs. The state’s “predator control” program has no limits on the number of bears that can be gunned down. State game agents are prepar…
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April 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM

Stop the toxic farm bill

John, The U.S. House of Representatives will vote soon — as early as next week — on the Farm Bill, a piece of must-pass legislation to guide farming policy and funding for the next five years. Thanks to industry influence, the current version of the bill is chock full of poisonous provisions to f…
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April 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM

Defending against another Deepwater Horizon

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,346, April 23, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
April 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM

We can't let the Endangered Species Act be torn apart

Hi John, The U.S. House of Representatives is about to vote on a sweeping effort to hollow out the strongest tool we’ve got to save wildlife: the Endangered Species Act. It’s a blueprint for extinction — an attack that will doom countless species. The Center for Biological Diversity is figh…
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  Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM

Take heart, take action this Earth Day

John, Next week we're celebrating 56 years of Earth Day. It may be hard to feel hopeful right now. Over the past 56 years, we've witnessed heart-wrenching harms to Planet Earth: animals and plants lost forever, devastating oil spills and fires, ever-intensifying extreme weather, and public la…
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April 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM

The Act attack, unpacked

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,345, April 16, 2026 ********************************************* …
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  Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity · [email protected]
April 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM

Congress wants to greenlight extinction

Hi John, Fewer than 200 Florida panthers are left in the wild, yet a 10,000-acre development in the heart of their breeding habitat is moving forward in southwest Florida. The Center for Biological Diversity is in court to save these majestic cats. But Congress is pushing a bill that would …
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April 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM

Urgent: Stop Congress’ attack on endangered species

John, Anti-wildlife members of Congress are pushing full steam ahead to gut protections for some of the United States’ most critically endangered species. As soon as next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on sweeping legislation that would dismantle the Endangered Species Act.…
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April 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM

Stopping the seal meal steal

Center for Biological Diversity [link removed] Endangered Earth No. 1,344, April 9, 2026 ********************************************* …
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