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June 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Save turtles from deadly crab traps

Diamondback terrapins deserve better than being left to drown in cages.   John,  Between 60,000 and 80,000 diamondback terrapins drown in crab traps each year.  Lured into underwater cages by bait, the beautiful turtles can't escape to breathe — and they die painfully. These drownings have decimat…

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June 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Protect animals and people from this dangerous drug

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1300, June 5, 2025  Tell the FDA: It’s Past Time to Ban Ractopamine    Ractopamine is a drug used to rapidly grow muscle in cows, pigs, and turkeys who are being raised for meat. It has documented adverse effects on the health …

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June 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Help save Tongass old growth from chainsaws

Endangered Earth All gifts to our Future for the Wild Fund will be matched.               Give Now » Hi John, Covering most of Southeast Alaska, the Tongass is the largest national forest in the United States. But …

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May 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Saving toads from Trump’s agenda

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1299, May 29, 2025 Suit Filed Over Toads Found in Only One Place The Center for Biological Diversity just sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to finalize Endangered Species Act protection for critically imperiled …

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May 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Congress takes aim at largest wolf population

Endangered Earth The destruction of public lands must be stopped.               Give Now » Hi John, America's largest population of endangered wolves depends on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern …

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May 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM

Sound the alarm for right whales

Speak up against President Trump's plan to slash North Atlantic right whale protections.  John, North Atlantic right whales are among the world's most endangered whale species. More than 140 of them have been killed or injured since 2017. Now only 370 whales, including 70 breeding females, remain …

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May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Put the heat on your governor to address climate impacts

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1298, May 22, 2025  Speak Up to Protect People From Extreme Heat Extreme heat kills more people than hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods combined in the United States, claiming around 154 lives each day during heatwaves and hot sp…

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May 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Breaking: We sued Trump to save forests, grizzlies

Endangered Earth All gifts to the Future for the Wild Fund will be matched.               Give Now » Hi John, Grizzly bears are drawn to forests because they use the tree cover to sleep at night and stay cool in the…

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May 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM

Stop the sell out of public lands and wildlife

Tell your representative to oppose any bill that undermines conservation and environmental values.  John,  The all-out assault on wildlife, public lands, and the environment continues, this time in the form of the budget bill making its way through Congress. The proposal from Republicans on the H…

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May 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM

Dancing birds in danger

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1297, May 15, 2025  Trump Takes Aim at Lesser Prairie Chickens In a move both true to form and likely illegal, the Trump administration just asked a district court in Texas to end endangered species protection for lesser prairie…

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May 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Trump moves closer to Arctic destruction

Endangered Earth Public lands are being sold out at a record pace.               Give Now » Hi John, Few places on Earth are more central to preserving the wild than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Yet Trump's …

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May 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM

Demand a U.S. ban on these poisons

Call for a U.S. ban on pesticides outlawed elsewhere around the world.  John, Every year more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States. One-quarter of that total, roughly 300 million pounds, are so dangerous they've been banned in many other countries — including Brazil, …

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May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Saving species from troubled waters

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1296, May 8, 2025 Suing to Save Species From Pesticides Put in Water The Center for Biological Diversity just sued the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency for failing to protect imperiled wildlife from pesticid…

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May 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Congress sells out wild, endangered species

Endangered Earth The plan to sell public lands is underway.               Give Now » Hi John, Canada lynx are federally protected and being pushed to the brink by habitat loss and fragmentation. Yet Congress just ma…

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May 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Tell Etsy and eBay: Stop selling wildlife products

You can help imperiled species by pressuring these companies to crack down on wildlife trade.   John,  Nautilus-shell bolo ties. Taxidermized coyote paws and preserved bobcat hearts. Imperiled cacti in pots. Art and jewelry made from butterflies’ wings and threatened sharks’ teeth. The shells and…

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May 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM

Digging deep to defend the deep

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1295, May 1, 2025  Suit Seeks Records on Harms of NOAA Firings Mass firings and layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have undoubtedly hurt the marine species — from whales to sea turtles to corals — the…

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April 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Stop Trump's fast-track extinction plan

Endangered Earth Trump's threats to the wild must be fought.               Give Now » Hi John, Last week Doug Burgum, Trump's interior secretary, launched the biggest public-lands destruction plan we've ever seen. C…

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April 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM

Save the Endangered Species Act

Help stop one of the worst attacks on the Act in its history.   John,  By changing the meaning of a single word, the Trump administration could gut habitat protections for all endangered species.    The Endangered Species Act prohibits “take” — basically, the harm or killing — of protected specie…

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April 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Unearthing Trump’s planet-killing plans

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1294, April 24, 2025  Suit Seeks Sunshine on Trump Anti-Environment Plans The Center for Biological Diversity has just sued four Cabinet-level agencies to make them release information on Trump “action plans” aimed at boosting o…

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April 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Urgent: Feds launch attack on species’ homes

Endangered Earth The Endangered Species Act must be protected.               Give Now » Hi John, Florida panthers have already lost 95% of their historic range. Trump's latest plan could squeeze them out of their la…

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April 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM

Hold the line for national monuments

Beloved public lands like Bears Ears National Monument are under attack.  John,  President Donald Trump and newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum have just ordered a so-called review of every mining ban and national monument on U.S. public lands. What they're actually doing is look…

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April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Smoothing the path for roughhead shiners

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1293, April 17, 2025  Settlement Sets Deadlines to Protect Turtles, Fish The Center for Biological Diversity just secured a legal agreement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide on granting Endangered Species Act…

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April 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM

Trump takes aim at endangered species

Endangered Earth The Endangered Species Act must be protected.               Give Now » Hi John, The "unusual mortality event" that wiped out thousands of Florida's manatees in recent years was the result of pollute…

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April 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Take a stand for public lands

Tell Congress not to let Trump and DOGE sell off public lands.  John, Public lands across the United States are at risk: President Donald Trump and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency want to sell them off to private interests. But public lands are wonderfully wild, representing a ri…

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April 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Tussle for tuskers

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1292, April 10, 2025 Suing Over Trump Cuts to Elephant, Rhino Programs The Center for Biological Diversity just sued the Trump administration over its delay in complying with our request for information on funding cuts to interna…

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April 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM

Trump’s forest destruction must be stopped

Endangered Earth All gifts to the Future for the Wild Fund will be matched.               Give Now » Hi John, Black bears, bobcats, white-tailed deer, and more than 300 other species call the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest…

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April 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Give Gulf Coast wildlife a pipeline lifeline

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1291, April 3, 2025  Save This Louisiana Lake From a New Oil Pipeline Sabine Lake is an estuary teeming with life. Piping plovers, alligator snapping turtles, manta rays, West Indian manatees, and endangered Rice's whales all re…

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April 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM

Trump's doubled down on killing birds

Endangered Earth All gifts to the Future for the Wild Fund will be doubled.               Give Now » Hi John, Trump's attack on the wild has already touched forests, oceans, millions of acres of Alaska, and treasure…

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March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM

Save turtles from drowning

Beautiful diamondback terrapins don’t deserve to die in crab traps.   John,  Between 60,000 and 80,000 diamondback terrapins drown in crab traps each year. Lured into underwater cages by bait, the beautiful turtles can't escape to breathe — and they die painfully. These drownings have decimated t…

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March 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Hit the streets to tell Trump: Hands off wildlife

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1290, March 27, 2025  Join the National Hands Off! Rallies on April 5 Next Saturday, April 5, Center for Biological Diversity staff and supporters will join other national and local organizations across the United States to tur…

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March 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM

Urgent: Trump hands Alaskan wilderness to Big Oil

Endangered Earth All gifts to the Future for the Wild Fund will be doubled.               Give Now » Hi John, Trump just ordered the giveaway of Alaska to Big Oil — including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. If…

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March 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM

Stop this enemy of wildlife from wreaking havoc

It would be a crime against the wild to put Brian Nesvik in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  John, President Donald Trump just nominated Project 2025 proponent Brian Nesvik to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This is a worst-case scenario for our main wildlife agency, in cha…

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March 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Our latest pesticide win — and how you can help

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1289, March 20, 2025 Court to Feds: Protect 1,800 Species From 5 Poisons Following a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, a judge just ordered the Trump administration to assess needed steps to help safeguard federally protec…

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March 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM

Trump calls in the chainsaws

Endangered Earth Clearcutting forests hurts wilderness, wildlife and our climate.               Give Now » Hi John, Trump just unleashed the chainsaws on our national forests. By executive order he's issued an edict…

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March 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Help defend these burrowing lizards of the dunes

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1288, March 13, 2025 Legal Intervention Launched for Imperiled Lizards After more than two decades of work by the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, in May the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted Endangered Species Ac…

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March 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM

We sued DOGE—again—to protect endangered species

Endangered Earth Help bolster our legal fight for the wild.               Give Now » Hi John, Only 73 Southern Resident killer whales are left. Their risk of extinction is rising. Yet Elon Musk's Department of Gover…

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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Mass firings hurt endangered species

Tell Congress to take immediate action to stop these actions and protect imperiled wildlife.   John,  Manatees. Black-footed ferrets. Spotted owls.    Endangered species across the country — from Florida to the Great Plains to the Pacific Northwest — have just been pushed closer to extinction by …

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March 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Our latest suits defying DOGE

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1287, March 6, 2025 Two New Lawsuits Filed Against DOGE  In our vigorous legal campaign to stop President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency from gutting the federal systems that safeguard …

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March 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM

We're fighting back against DOGE's war on the wild

Endangered Earth Endangered species are counting on us.               Give Now » Hi John, Last year was tragic for Florida manatees — 154 calves died before they even turned one. It was the highest total in more tha…

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February 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Stand up for this redwood stand

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1286, February 27, 2025  In Court to Save Redwoods — Again The Center for Biological Diversity and allies have appealed a California court’s dismissal of our legal challenge to the Richardson Grove Project — an “upgrade” of Highw…

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February 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Urgent: Trump's wetland destruction plan must be stopped

Endangered Earth His attacks on the wild are scorched earth.               Give Now » Hi John, The impacts of Trump's first executive orders are coming into focus, and the view is horrifying. Permits for nearly 700 …

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February 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Help keep grizzly bears safe

Make sure these majestic animals aren’t killed unnecessarily.   John,  Montana and Wyoming have long been petitioning to remove Endangered Species Act protection from grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems.    Why? So the bears can be persecuted and kil…

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February 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Buckling down for big cats and black bears in Texas

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1285, February 20, 2025 Lawsuit Challenges Killing of Texas Wildlife Wildlife Services is an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture known to kill hundreds of thousands of native animals every year, largely at the behest of the…

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February 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Breaking: We just sued Trump over his attack on oceans

Endangered Earth Please help us secure a future for the wild.               Give Now » Hi John, Just hours ago the Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration over a huge, illegal giveaway to Big O…

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February 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM

Defend this wild orchid's future

Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to keep protecting Ute ladies' tresses.  John, Ute ladies’ tresses are one of the rarest and most beautiful orchid species in the western United States — and they’re at a critical juncture. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed stripping these deli…

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February 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Push for an atrazine ban — not a pollution plan

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1284, February 13, 2025  Help Us Urge the EPA to Ban Atrazine  The herbicide atrazine is a lethal threat to frogs: Concentrations in thousands of U.S. rivers, ponds, and streams can get high enough to cause the death of amphibi…

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February 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Trump just kickstarted extinction

Endangered Earth The survival of threatened species is at stake.               Give Now » Hi John, New Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has wasted no time putting grizzlies, polar bears, Florida manatees and other wil…

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February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Defend democracy

Stop the takeover of our government.  John,  The news out of Washington, D.C., this week is terrifying and at times overwhelming. Since President Trump took office, four of his executive orders have taken aim at endangered species across the country and seek to decimate Alaska and its wildlife as…

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February 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Chonky win for hippos

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1283, February 6, 2025 Settlement Spurs Deadline for Hippo Decision Following a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, a court just approved a legal agreement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife …

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February 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Trump to decide which species go extinct

Endangered Earth We're in court to save endangered wildlife.               Give Now » Hi John, Trump's "Extinction Committee" will now be led by an oil industry shill eager to plunder public lands. Animals like pola…

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