Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed suit against six federal agencies alleging that they failed to protect endangered species from climate change. The lawsuit alleged that the federal agencies failed to respond to a petition filed by CBD in 2007 seeking a federal conservation plan for species that were threatened by climate change. The petition asked the agencies for, among other things, a review of all threatened, endangered, and candidate species to determine which were threatened by climate change; a review of all federal recovery plans to ensure endangered species are able to adapt to a warming environment; a requirement for all federal agencies to implement endangered species recovery plans; and a review of the climate change contribution of all federal projects and mitigation of impacts on imperiled species.