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NBA/NFL Celeb. Bonnie-Jill Laflin: ‘Big Black Mark’: ‘NPS Should be Really Ashamed’ of its Mgmt. of Tule Elk at Point Reyes

(EnviroNews California) -- Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California -- Almost 200 years ago, herds of tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) roamed freely along the California coast. However, as American expansion pushed westward, their numbers plummeted drastically as they were hunted for their meat and hides. The ...

Leading the Charge for America’s Wild Horses on Capitol Hill: NBA/NFL Celeb. Bonnie-Jill Laflin: ‘[Politics] won’t stop us from fighting’

(EnviroNews California) -- Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California -- Bonnie-Jill Laflin is one of America’s favorite female sports sweethearts. But for more than a decade, she's been using her popularity and celebrity appeal in a quest to save an American icon: the country’s wild horses. She's ...

NFL/NBA Sports Celeb. Bonnie-Jill Laflin Explains Being an Animal Rights Advocate ‘Right out of the Womb’

(EnviroNews California) -- Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California -- Bonnie-Jill Laflin may be one of the most recognized women in men’s sports, having gained notoriety in both the NBA and NFL. She holds the distinction of being the first NBA female scout and first NBA female front-office ...

NFL/NBA Celeb Bonnie-Jill Laflin Dunks on Cattle Ranchers at Protest to Save Point Reyes Tule Elk

(EnviroNews California) -- San Francisco, California -- Bonnie-Jill Laflin has six championship sports rings -- spanning two men's sports: five NBA rings and one NFL Super Bowl ring. She earned those as a cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL, and as an executive in the NBA ...

Rep. Jared Huffman Tours CA’s Humboldt Redwoods With Interior Sec. Deb Haaland, White House CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) -- Orick, California -- As part of a three-state tour, on Aug. 11 2021, Secretary of the Interior (DOI/Interior) Deb Haaland and White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory took a journey into Northern California's Redwood National and State Parks with Rep. ...

Video: White House CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory Addresses Stakeholders With Deb Haaland in Redwood National and State Parks

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) -- Orick, California -- As part of a three-state tour spanning Washington, California and Wyoming, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairwoman Brenda Mallory accompanied Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to meet with Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA), Yurok Tribal leadership, Save the Redwoods ...

Interior Sec. Deb Haaland Moved to Tears in NorCal’s Redwood Forest When Yurok Tribe Gives Her a Beautiful Gift (EnviroNews Exclusive)

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) -- Orick, California -- On Aug. 11, 2021, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited California's Redwood National and State Parks as part of the Biden Administrations America the Beautiful initiative. Haaland addressed members of the press and met with officials from the National ...

2020 Radiation Games: Experts Say Olympics Should Have Been Moved; Tokyo Still a Hot Fukushima Fallout Zone (Pt. 9)

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) -- Educational Editorial: Editor’s Note: The following news piece represents the seventh in a 15-part mini-series titled, Nuclear Power in Our World Today, featuring nuclear authority, engineer and whistleblower Arnie Gundersen. The EnviroNews USA special encompasses a wide span of topics, ranging from Manhattan-era madness to the continuously-unfolding crisis ...

West Coast Wildfires Now Causing Dangerous New Seasonal Air Pollution Catastrophe Across America: CA’s Rep. Jared Huffman Weighs in; Lawmakers Introduce Bills

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Breathing the air during just one pollution spike for just one day can cause catastrophic health issues — even death, according to top medical experts on the topic. And seasonal air pollution, often driven by West Coast wildfires, is ...

Brace for Impact: CA’s N. Coast Congressman Says There’s No ‘Moonshot’ Plan to Stop This Year’s Unfurling Wildfire Hell

(EnviroNews California) -- Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — California is burning yet again. Wildfires have been a persistent, growing and fast-moving threat in the state and scientists predict climate change will only cause the number of blazes to steadily increase. To make matters worse there’s currently a ...

Rep. Jared Huffman is out to Turn Biden’s Freeze on Fed-Land Fracking into a ‘Permanent Moratorium’

(EnviroNews California) -- Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California -- Taking a bold stand against new fossil fuel development on federal lands, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) said he wants to ban it for good. Those comments came during an exclusive on-camera sit-down interview with EnviroNews this spring. Weeks later, ...

Rep. Jared Huffman, Green New Deal Co-Sponsor: ‘If you don’t like this big, ambitious, equitable answer to the climate crisis, what’s your answer?’

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Rising temperatures, devastating droughts, terrifying wildfires, warming oceans and melting polar ice caps: scientists warn it's hard to ignore the signs the planet is changing, and climate disruption caused by humans is the culprit. It's a topic EnviroNews has ...

Reps. Huffman, Grijalva, Try to Glue Endangered Species Act Back Together After Trump Ripped it to Shreds

(EnviroNews California) -- Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California -- Restoring all the protections for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (ESA/the Act) that the Trump Administration dismantled might be like trying to glue a broken mirror back together. The looming question: can it be done? It's a tough ...

Did You Know There is a ‘God Squad’ That Can Overrule the ESA and Allow Any Species to Go Extinct? Rep. Jared Huffman Explains

(EnviroNews California) -- Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — What do snail darters, whooping cranes, and the iconic northern spotted owl have in common? They all had close calls with the so-called “God Squad.” The God Squad? The group's existence and power even surprised EnviroNews Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry when Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) ...

Trump Tried to Rip off N. Spotted Owl of 3.4M Acres of Habitat; Rep. Huffman, Haaland, Dem Lawmakers Say No Way

(EnviroNews California) -- Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California -- At the end of former President Trump’s only term in office, his administration worked to dismantle the Endangered Species Act (ESA/the Act) on several fronts. One of those rollbacks changed the rules and allowed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...