We’re calling on individuals, activists and organizations across the world to participate on this International Day of Awareness.
Stop
SeaWorld's Animal Cruelty Partnership with AAA. The
American Automobile Association has launched a shocking partnership with
SeaWorld. The AAA is offering reduced-price tickets and encouraging its 55
million members to see the dolphins and whales forced to live and die in
captivity for entertainment and corporate greed. Act now to urge the AAA to stop
supporting the abuse of cetaceans at SeaWorld! TAKE
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GOP
Launches Slew of Attacks on Endangered Species Act
Congressional Republicans have just launched
more than a dozen new attacks on the Endangered Species Act and the 1,800
imperiled animals and plants protected by this landmark law.
The Senate
held a hearing Tuesday on legislation that would virtually obliterate the Act
and push hundreds of species toward extinction, including grizzly bears, wolves
and Pacific salmon. Meanwhile the House is poised to vote on 13 policy riders
attempting to gut the Act. These attacks follow a nine-bill package introduced
last week seeking to eviscerate the law.
"This legislation is deeply out
of touch with the values of most Americans," said the Center's Brett Hartl.
"Since the Act was passed, it has prevented hundreds of extinctions."
Read more in our press release.
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Suit
Filed Over Huge Trump Oil Rush in Gulf of Mexico
The Trump administration has offered up more
of the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling than history has ever seen: 78
million acres, virtually all the available public acreage. So the Center for
Biological Diversity and allies this week sued Trump's Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
Our lawsuit, filed in Washington, D.C., challenges the
agency's failure to analyze risks to people and wildlife from the massive
selloff.
"Trump is turning over the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies so
they can drill and frack with no regard for the consequences. Shortcutting
environmental review puts the natural world at risk and will push us deeper into
the climate crisis," said Kristen Monsell, legal director of the Center's Oceans
program.
We've filed more than 80 lawsuits against the Trump
administration. Read more about our latest in The Hill.
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