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The Center for Biological Diversity, a sexy environmental non-profit that helps save endangered species and habitats, has had a very successful year. In their annual report, the CBD lists some fantastic wins:

• Signed the largest agreement in history to speed up protections for 757 animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act.

• Obtained new, final critical habitat protection on more than 2 million acres in Alaska, California and beyond, as well as proposed protected habitat on another 9 million acres — from Hawaii to Mississippi.

• Helped kill an “extinction rider” that would have done away with funding for new species listings and habitat protection.

• Launched a campaign, 7 Billion and Counting, making a public connection between human overpopulation and species extinction; we gave away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms across the country and published a report on the 10 U.S. species most threatened by human population growth.

• Instrumental in securing from the Obama administration a 20-year ban on new uranium mining across 1 million Grand Canyon acres.

• After 10 years of fighting, we also won new protections for more than 40 threatened and endangered species on four national forests in Southern California.

• Launched the Climate Law Institute, an innovative national campaign, Clean Air Cities, that’s had stellar success to date in rallying 27 cities across the United States to sign resolutions in support of clean air and a healthy climate.

• In the high-profile fight against the destructive Keystone XL Pipeline, we led a lawsuit to halt illegal construction along a 100-mile corridor of Nebraska.

• Filed to protect more than 200 species from hundreds of pesticides — the most comprehensive legal action ever brought under the Endangered Species Act.

• Helped supporters take 1.3 million online actions to save wildlife and wild places; we launched our new Species Finder Android app, containing instantly accessible information on more than 1,000 imperiled plants and animals.

Read the report, here (it’s short and easy to read!). Check out the section on climate change on page 12!