Tag: Center for Biological Diversity
Conservationists warn weaker Trump rules could doom Colorado dancing grouse
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s efforts to weaken the Endangered Species Act could make it harder to bring animals back from the brink, including...
Cory Gardner joins conservation caucus; environmentalists scoff
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) on Wednesday joined his GOP colleagues on Capitol Hill in announcing the formation of a new conservation...
Guest Post: Gray wolf protection imperiled by politics, again Gray wolf...
In an era when environmental regulations throughout the United States are under siege, one particular species that has only recently begun to bounce back...
Trump’s next Interior secretary expected to push energy extraction in Colorado...
WASHINGTON – The Colorado native poised to become the next secretary of the U.S. Interior Department could bring more energy development to the state’s...
BLM’s planned lease sale of 100,000 Colorado acres for drilling prompts...
The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to auction approximately 100,000 acres of federal public lands in northern Colorado for oil and gas drilling has...
Grand Canyon wolf visit signals possible Colorado comeback for the species
As the Grand Canyon's new lone wolf howls at the silvery moon, biologists hope to learn more about how the West's great predators may someday recolonize their ancestral hunting grounds.
Southwestern willow flycatcher: A feather in the cap of wildlife litigators
A proposal made this month to increase critical habitat for the endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher represents a shift in philosophy at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which instead of merely trying to maintain populations of endangered species is now aiming to boost them.
Environmental groups petition EPA to set air-pollution limits on coals mines
A coalition of national environmental groups Wednesday petitioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson to begin limiting air pollution from coal mines...
Green groups battling uranium boom in SW Colorado laud district court...
A U.S. District Court judge late last week gave opponents of a looming uranium mining boom in Southwest Colorado some more fuel, if you...