Meet the hellbender: Largest North American amphibian. Absorbs oxygen through its frilly lateral skin (“lasagna sides”). Built-in grippy socks for clinging to river bottoms. Nicknamed “snot otter.” And in need of your help. Take action: bit.ly/3X17UvL

Living next to fossil fuel pollution is awful. It's hard to breathe, your skin breaks out, everything is dirty, some get cancer. Local govs like LA want to pass ordinances to protect us from these harms, but Big Oil is saying they can't. We need AB3233 to clarify the issue. Call!

⁦Center for Biological Diversity⁩ Dianne Dubois “We have a real chance to save these striking little bats before a frivolous décor trend picks up too much steam and pushes them closer to becoming endangered,” she said. “We need the U.S. government to act quickly.” news.mongabay.com/2024/08/sensel…

YEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!! HUGE thank you to Assemblymember Dawn Addis for introducing & pushing this bill through the Legislature! CONGRATULATIONS to Last Chance Alliance Center for Biological Diversity STAND-LA Holly J. Mitchell & everyone that fought so hard for this important bill!

“When I look out the windows of my grandma’s house in Eddy County, I see rigs, flares and tanks far out onto the horizon.” The Center's Jozee Angel Zuniga 🦂 calls on New Mexico to rein in the state's toxic fossil fuel pollution. bit.ly/4cR3NYL

“[Saguaros] are one of the hardiest plants in the desert — they are very robust. The fact that they seem to be responding so negatively to extreme heat events and to climate change is particularly worrisome.” ~ Center scientist Krista Kemppinen nbcnews.to/3zh1P6e

.@Grist’s 2024 #Grist50 list is out today spotlighting badass leaders working to save our climate & communities. I’m honored to be on this list w/the team at Center for Biological Diversity CBD Climate. We need change makers more than ever now. #ClimateEmergency grist.org/fix/grist-50/2…

Congrats to the great Jean Su 蘇安君 🎉 Well done grist for spotlighting this hero

Species Spotlight: Going to Bat for Painted Woolly Bats therevelator.org/species-spotli…

We are so excited to share that the Center's Jean Su 蘇安君 has been honored as a climate leader on the grist 2024 #Grist50 list. Jean and our CBD Climate team fight every day to shift the politics around #energyjustice on a global level. Join us in congratulating Jean! 👏👏

The US leads the world in huge $$ give aways to the fossil fuel industry to prop up climate scams. Must read report from Oil Change International on how massive carbon capture and hydrogen subsidies prolong the fossil fuel industry, boosting corporate profits. theguardian.com/business/artic…

BLM’s Western Solar Plan puts energy developers ahead of wildlife and protected public lands. It allows for inappropriately sited industrial projects to proliferate across sensitive public lands throughout the West. Learn more: biodiv.us/47fWclo

BREAKING: We just launched a lawsuit over USFWS's failure to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for Kern Canyon and relictual slender salamanders. Learn more: bit.ly/3MAPz3Q 📸: Kern Canyon slender salamander by Andreas Kettenburg