Animal rights activists asked a federal judge Wednesday to find that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus violates the Endangered Species Act by using metal-tipped prods and chains to control its elephants. ...more

March 18, 2009

The head of the company that owns the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus acknowledged in federal court Wednesday that all his elephant handlers strike the animals with metal-tipped prods, but he said it's necessary to keep the huge animals under control and doesn't harm them. ...more

March 3, 2009

President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday to resume full scientific reviews of projects that might harm endangered wildlife and plants. ...more

March 3, 2009

Fishing is only one threat to Florida's most populous sea turtle. Oil rig spills make them sick. Plastic fishing line cuts their flippers. Boat propellers slice their bodies. They mistake garbage, especially plastic bags, for food. Heavy metals in their food sources and new diseases also cause illnesses in the aquatic reptiles. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Bush administration's effort to free federal agencies from the Endangered Species Act is bad environmental policy and a waste of tax dollars. ...more

January 2, 2009

The federal government has declared that the beluga whale in Alaska's Cook Inlet is endangered and will require additional protection to survive. ...more

October 17, 2008

Remember when President Bush promised his administration would seek "balance" on environmental issues? ...more

August 22, 2008

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. New regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

August 12, 2008

Florida officials are threatening to sue the federal government unless the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reconsiders its plan to withhold more water from federal reservoirs and lakes in Georgia. ...more

June 21, 2008

Protecting the environment is a noble cause, although the consequences can be costly. ...more

May 13, 2008