A year ago, we reported that Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. had dismissed a lawsuit brought by two environmental groups against the Departments of Energy and Treasury, alleging that the departments had violated the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by [...]

by Stan Chiueh, Law Student Intern

This week, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) notified the government of its intent to file suit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for delaying protection of Arctic seals under the Endangered Species Act.
Last May, the Center filed a petition to “protect the ice-dependent ringed, bearded, and spotted [...]

The Center for Biological Diversity announced Wednesday that it has filed notice with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — both housed within the Department of Interior – stating that it intends to file a lawsuit challenging a government plan that includes selling public lands in eastern [...]

Center for Biological Diversity Sues Six Federal Agencies Over Global Warming Failures
Earlier this month, the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against six federal agencies in Washington, D.C., for failing to respond to the Center‘s Global Warming and Endangered Species Initiative petition, filed in February 2007, which requested that the agencies develop a range of [...]

Cow Flatulence Causing Trouble
The WSJ has caught wind of a gassy controversy among American farmers.
The American Farm Bureau Association, apparently egged on by the Bush Administration, has informed its members that the EPA is threatening to levy taxes on cows due to the animals’ methane-emitting “digestive processes,” as part of the agency’s proposed [...]

This week, the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against the government for failing to consider its petition to list the Pacific walrus as an endangered species.
On February 8, the Center filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to have the Pacific walrus listed as an endangered species. Under [...]