Center for Biological Diversity
At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature - to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law, and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters, and climate that species need to survive.
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Newswire article Thursday, September 27, 2018 Reviews of Glyphosate's Cancer Risk Failed to Fully Disclose Monsanto's Role The scientific journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology has issued a rare “Expression of Concern” and requested corrections to articles it published that failed to fully disclose Monsanto’s role in reviews of glyphosate’s cancer risks. The journal said all five articles it published in a 2016... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 25, 2018 EPA Watchdog: 'Emergency' Pesticide Approval Process Is Flawed The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of the Inspector General released a report today finding that the agency’s practice of routinely granting “emergency” approval for use of pesticides across millions of acres does not effectively measure risks to human health or the environment. The... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, September 17, 2018 Lawsuit Seeks Records on Trump's Refusal to Set Airplane Pollution Standards The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the Trump administration for refusing to release public records related to the government’s failure to develop greenhouse gas emission standards for airplanes as required by the Clean Air Act. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in D.C.,... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, September 10, 2018 Analysis: 11 Disadvantaged L.A. Communities See Heaviest Oil-drilling Pollution Eleven disadvantaged neighborhoods and communities endure the heaviest use of toxic oil-drilling chemicals in Los Angeles County, according to South Coast Air Quality Management District data analyzed by the Center for Biological Diversity. The 15 zip codes in which oil companies used the most... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, September 06, 2018 Legal Petition Urges Feds to End Toxic Agricultural Pesticide Use on Alabama Wildlife Refuge Complex Conservation groups filed a petition today asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end toxic agricultural pesticide use on the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which was established to protect endangered species, migrating birds and other wildlife. The private commercial farming of... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 27, 2018 Senate Urged to Block Super-Polluting Supersonic Flights Over U.S. Land Thirty-eight environmental, public-health and community groups today called on the Senate to reject a bill provision that would lift the ban on civilian supersonic flight over U.S. soil. As today’s letter notes, the provision would boost the return of luxury supersonic planes projected to burn five... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 16, 2018 Analysis: Most Oil Wells Approved by Gov. Brown Are in Low-income Areas, Communities of Color More than three-quarters of new oil wells approved during California Gov. Jerry Brown’s tenure are in low-income communities and communities of color, according to state data analyzed by the Center for Biological Diversity. Today’s analysis found that 77 percent of the permits for new oil and gas... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, August 08, 2018 Trump Administration Moves to Reopen California Public Lands to Oil Leasing The Trump administration today took the first step in a process that could open more than a million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to oil drilling and fracking. The move could end a five-year-old moratorium on leasing federal public land in the state to oil companies... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, August 08, 2018 Legal Action Challenges Trump Reversal of Prohibition on Bee-killing Pesticides, Genetically Modified Crops on National Wildlife Refuges Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for suddenly reversing a 2014 decision prohibiting bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides and genetically modified, pesticide-resistant crops on national wildlife refuges. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s acting... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, August 01, 2018 California Study: Four Widely Used Neonicotinoid Pesticides Harm Bees Four commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides can harm bees and other pollinators, according to a new analysis by California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation. The study found that current approved uses of the “neonics” on crops like tomatoes, berries, almonds, corn and oranges exposes bees to... Read more |