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Drought and the San Joaquin Valley unemployment problem

By Mark RockwellESC California Field Representative Is it really “fish vs. people” as California Governor Schwarzenegger and U.S. Representative Nunes

June 25, 2009 No Comments

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UN Calls for Ban on Plastic Bags to Save Oceans and Ocean Species

The United Nations Climate Change Director Achim Steiner has called for a world wide ban on plastic shopping bags saying,

June 10, 2009 No Comments

(Re)protecting flying squirrels

This is a guest post from ESC member group The Wilderness Society. It has also appeared on their blog. Can

April 10, 2009 No Comments

Omnibus Land Bill Becomes Law

Today, President Obama signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the Omnibus Public Lands Bill. I’ll admit, given

March 30, 2009 No Comments

Global Warming threatens another, but the cooldown on listing may be over

If I am remembering correctly, today we have a new milestone to recognize with the Obama Administration: their first listing

March 13, 2009 No Comments

Senate protects endangered species provision

Yesterday evening, the Senate voted 52-42 to reject the amendment by Senator Murkowski (R-AK) that would have weakend an endangered

March 6, 2009 No Comments

Senator Cardin Speaks Out for Protecting Species

This morning, Senator Cardin (D-MD), chair of the Senate Water and Wildlife subcommittee, spoke about the importance of protecting endangered

March 5, 2009 No Comments

President Obama Restores Endangered Species Protections

Great news – President Obama announced today a restoration of independent, outside reviews for how government projects and decisions impact

March 3, 2009 No Comments

How the Omnibus helps endangered species

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected today to debate an omnibus bill that sets the federal government’s budget for

February 25, 2009 No Comments

Updated Stop Extinction Video

We have a couple of updated short videos to share. You might recognize parts of them from announcements last spring

February 10, 2009 No Comments

Mitch Merry

Drought and the San Joaquin Valley unemployment problem

UN Calls for Ban on Plastic Bags to Save Oceans and Ocean Species

(Re)protecting flying squirrels

Omnibus Land Bill Becomes Law

Global Warming threatens another, but the cooldown on listing may be over

Senate protects endangered species provision

Senator Cardin Speaks Out for Protecting Species

President Obama Restores Endangered Species Protections

How the Omnibus helps endangered species

Updated Stop Extinction Video

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