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Communities Push Back on Opening Waters for Oil Drilling
Defenders of Wildlife filed comments this week opposing new offshore oil drilling. More than 44 thousand public comments were submitted to the first comment period
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Sells Out Wildlife Along with American Lands and Waters
Defenders of Wildlife strongly condemns the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for selling out wildlife in its text for the upcoming budget reconciliation bill.
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Defenders of Wildlife Welcomes Alicia Washkevich as New Chief Operating Officer
Defenders of Wildlife is pleased to announce Alicia Washkevich as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Press Releases
House Clearcut Bill Slashes Forests and Guts Environmental Laws
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 9, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, gmade@defenders.org, (202) 772-0288 House Clearcut Bill Slashes Forests and Guts Environmental Laws WASHINGTON— Today the
New National Poll Finds 90 Percent of American Voters Support the Endangered Species Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Liz Judge – (415) 217-2007- ljudge@earthjustice.org New National Poll
Fish and Wildlife Service Passively Monitors Red Wolves’ Continued Decline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Fish and Wildlife Service Passively Monitors Red Wolves’ Continued Decline Chapel Hill, N.C
Bill is death sentence for Mexican gray wolves
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Bill is death sentence for Mexican gray wolves Congressmen Pearce and Gosar introduce legislation
House Drought Bill Disastrous for Environment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org; 202-772-0253 House Drought Bill Disastrous for Environment Latest draft of drought legislation sacrifices fish and
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