Nevada Butterfly Gains Habitat Protection Under ESA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed last week to protect 5,561 acres of critical habitat for the Mount Charleston blue butterfly in Nevada’s Clark County. The butterfly, found only in the Spring Mountains outside Las Vegas and nowhere else on Earth, was protected under the Endangered Species last September…. Center for Biological Diversity
Strong rules are urgently needed to protect us from the dangers of fracking chemicals, many of which are toxic or carcinogenic. Tell the EPA to require full disclosure of the chemicals used in fracking and the dangers they pose… NRDC
Last week the Obama administration approved the use of dynamite-like blasts to search for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor off the Atlantic Seaboard — in spite of the proven threats to marine life, mounting local opposition, and risks to fisheries. Oceana
Global warming and decades of mismanagement means that wildfires are on the increase across the West and elsewhere. What can we do to prevent them? EarthTalk
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