🌟⚖️ Tremendous congratulations to @biologicaldiversity.org's own Hollin Kretzmann for winning a CA Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) award for his work challenging oil & gas permitting and review! 🌎 www.dailyjournal.com/special_repo...
Ctr4BioDiv: Climate & Energy Justice Programs
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Waging legal & grassroots campaigns to protect people, wildlife, and ecosystems from climate change & the fossil fuel industry while driving the urgent transition for energy justice. Part of @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social
Bay Area folks! Come hear Center scientist Tiffany Yap and campaigner Ben Grundy talk about the sonic communication of mountain lions and whales on 4/23 in SF. And you can listen to recordings of the lions and whales speaking for themselves, too. 😉🐳🎶
Hey #BayArea friends: Celebrate Earth Day this year with an evening of powerful films at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the Brower Center in Berkeley, CA on April 25. We are thrilled to be a community partner for this event again this year. Tickets and info at: www.tinyurl.com/wsff2026
NEW @thehill.com: our lawyers are fighting the illegal use of a wartime emergency law to restart an oil pipeline with a history of leaks. The White House is sending a message that it can bypass state laws that safeguard the environment, public health & the climate. thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Trump crossed an oily line of state sovereignty in California — your state is next
This blatant abuse of the Defense Production Act begs the question: How far will Trump go?
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The Trump Admin is coming for California's #BayArea (and beyond) with oil and gas drilling plans. We're on it. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Trump order could kickstart drilling for oil in popular Bay Area parks
Experts say the plans highlight the Trump administration's "disdain for California."
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Every day is the same >100% WindWaterSolar powering California's main grid for part of the day for 37 straight and 64/87 (73.5%) days in 2026 Gas is down 59.2%, solar is up 75.4%, batteries up 333% in '26 v '23 Batteries have provided 8% of all electricity output in CA in 2026
BREAKING: Today Trump's Endangered Species Committee — much better described as the Extinction Committee — granted an unprecedented exemption to all oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico from the requirements of the ESA. We're in court challenging this decision. More info ➡️ bit.ly/4bVUrMV
💪 The Trump Admin's attempt to halt hard-fought protections against oil and gas pollution have been stopped NEW: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... re: California law SB 1137
California Oil and Gas Health Protection Law Survives First-Round Trump Administration Attack
Buffer Zones Between Drilling Sites, Communities to Remain in Effect During Legal Battle
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The BLM’s plans include parcels that the agency itself acknowledges have no or low #OilAndGas potential — which could lead to the development of exploratory “wildcat” wells in pristine and populated areas alike.
Could Oil Derricks Come To Mount Diablo?
BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.
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“This is a revolting power grab by an extremist president.” --Talia Nimmer, @biologicaldiversity.org Forcing the Sable pipelines to restart will NOT lower gas prices, but it WILL expose coastal wildlife to the risk of another oil spill. More here: laist.com/news/climate...
Citing Iran crisis, Trump orders Santa Barbara oil pipeline restart. California will fight it
Trump is using Cold War-era emergency powers to force a California oil pipeline back online — and Gov. Newsom vows to sue, to block the move.
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🚨 The Trump admin is overriding CA law & ordering the restart of an oil pipeline that caused one of state’s largest oil spills. “Overriding state law to let an oil company restart pipelines sets a radically dangerous precedent.” -@biologicaldiversity.org biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump Administration Orders Restart of Dangerous Santa Barbara Oil Pipeline
Center for Biological Diversity: Energy Secretary Uses Defense Production Act, Claiming to Preempt State Law
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Idle oil and gas wells threaten our safety, health, and climate. They can leak climate-polluting gases like methane — explosive at high concentrations — and toxic chemicals like benzene, which is linked to several kinds of cancer. #California has more than 30,000. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4rQuJQx
Huge win for California mountain lions: Today they were granted protection under the state #EndangeredSpeciesAct 🙌🐾 Now, six populations within Southern #California and the Central Coast will receive much-needed protections under the Act. More info on this win for the wild ➡️ bit.ly/4tzC4FI
**Idle wells, active threat** 👈 NEW report & interactive map by @biologicaldiversity.org experts found 1000s of idle oil & gas wells alarmingly close to schools, hospitals, parks and eldercare centers in California. “These wells are ticking time bombs." www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/id....
Under the direction of Trump, the #EPA is working to nix clean-car standards that protect the air we breathe and help save money at the gas pump. Call out Trump's polluter-first agenda: Tell the EPA to protect our progress toward a better future by preserving clean-car standards ➡️ bit.ly/4qPNxib
🚨 #California could see *1 million+ acres* opened up to fossil fuels: "We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social
Trump Proposes Opening Over 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Drilling, Fracking
The Trump administration today released plans to open more than 1 million acres of public lands and mineral rights to oil and gas drilling and fracking in Southern California and the Central Valley, C...
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Biomass is held up as a "green" energy source on par with solar and wind. But it's polluting, expensive, and not helpful with wildfires. Our Climate Science Director explains in this new op-ed w/ @calmatters.org:
Opinion | Biomass is a money pit that won’t solve California’s energy or wildfire problems
Utilities customers help pay for biomass because electric utilities buy its products to produce electricity, paying four times more. Is it worth it?
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The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful environmental law -- which is why it's under attack by the Trump Administration, which is proposing to gut the Act, driving species closer to extinction while greedy corps profit. ➡️ Take Action >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
Stop Trump's Extinction Plan
The Endangered Species Act is the world's most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperile...
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Meet Shirleen, a 900-pound #leatherback turtle and an epic traveler. Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes. Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen! Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
Exciting new leadership development opportunity for youth in the LA area interested in climate justice! Applications are open Dec 3 - Jan 7 for the South Central Youth Leadership Coalition Fellowship, founded by @goldmanprize.bsky.social winner Nalleli Cobo: scylcfellowship.com. Spread the word!
SCYLC Fellowship Application
The South Central Youth Leadership Coalition Fellowship strives to educate, empower, and equip youth with tools to become climate policy activists so they can create lasting impact in their communitie...
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A new documentary, The Land of Sacrifice: The Burden of New Mexico's Oil and Gas Extraction, explores the oil and gas crisis in NM and its damage to the health of frontline and Indigenous communities and degraded the ecosystem. The Land of Sacrifice is free for anyone to watch ➡️ bit.ly/4okDhgq
▶️ NEW: documentary short about the price #NewMexico residents pay while the fracking industry cashes in, feat. plaintiffs in our groundbreaking NM constitutional case: "Land of Sacrifice," by Annie Ersinghaus www.nmlandairwatersacred.org/sacrifice
1/ 🧵At #COP30 @govmlg.bsky.social & @gavinnewsom.bsky.social touted climate leadership. But frontline leaders called them out: both expanded fossil fuels extraction. Communities demand a just transition @ips-dc.org @cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social @yuccanm.bsky.social oilchange.org/news/communi...
Communities Confront U.S. Governors Over Fossil Fuel Expansion and False Climate Solutions - Oil Change International
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 11, 2025 Belém, Brazil — As Trump doubles down on fossil fuel fanaticism, state and local leaders in the U.S. have a responsibility to lead a just transition and not…
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The fight for Alaska’s wild future is happening right now. Join our Nov. 13 webinar at noon PT / 3 p.m. ET to learn how we’re using litigation, science, and partnerships with Alaska Native Tribes to defend the wildlife and habitats that define #Alaska. Register to stand with us ➡️ bit.ly/47YG0qJ
AI & data centers are getting tons of hype, but less discussed (but deeply important) are the AI boom’s dangers to our environment, health, & wallets: op-ed by Jean Su & Dr. John Fleming of @biologicaldiversity.org
Behind AI Hype, Climate Consequences | Common Dreams
AI’s massive energy use is giving fossil fuels a lifeline when they should be rapidly phased out in response to the climate emergency.
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Huge win for humpbacks! Dozens of humpbacks are entangled in fishing gear off the Pacific Coast every year, but it was just announced that a federal task force will be formed to curb these entanglements. This announcement stems from our 2023 legal victory. Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47C4sNj
▶️ NEW report from @biologicaldiversity.org: AI Data Center Boom Threatens U.S. Climate Goals "We need meaningful guardrails at every level to ward off this huge threat to our air, water and climate — and guard against energy price spikes for consumers.” biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
The #FixOurForestsAct will not prevent #wildfires — it will weaken environmental laws, silence impacted communities, and hinder courts' ability to block harmful logging projects. The window to stop it is closing. Urge your senators to protect forests and reject this reckless bill ➡️ bit.ly/49bOknU
Stop letting industry write the rules ✋ CO2 pipeline ruptures & leaks can endanger people & wildlife for MILES around. The proposed PIPES Act falls short & lacks commonsense, evidence-based safety measures. Call your Senators 📞 855-980-2396 📞 to tell them why pipeline safety matters to you!
