Apr 9, 2020 | News Release
The Trump administration today announced the release of its final plan to expand drilling and fracking and other fossil fuel extraction across southwestern Colorado for the next two decades, threatening organic agriculture, recreation and endangered species while...
Apr 3, 2020 | News Release
On March 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a temporary policy of relaxing enforcement of key environmental laws during the COVID-19 outbreak. The COVID-19 outbreak has had and will continue to have a profound impact on daily life and...
Apr 2, 2020 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin
A coalition of groups yesterday appealed to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend a proposal to sell public lands for fracking in light of the COVID-19 crisis and the economic collapse of the oil and gas industry. In a formal administrative appeal (also called...
Apr 1, 2020 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin
A large coalition of New Mexico community, faith, tribal, and environmental advocates today welcomed the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s (PRC) decision to approve Public Service Company of New Mexico’s (PNM) request to abandon or exit the San Juan Generating...
Mar 25, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release
Despite the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis, on Thursday, March 19 a politically unbalanced Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline over the objections of numerous state, federal, and...
Mar 19, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release
In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic and national health emergency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline today. The approval is conditioned on...
Mar 18, 2020 | News Release, Protecting Mexican Wolves
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed that at least 163 Mexican gray wolves survive in the wilds of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. The annual count shows an increase of 32 individuals since last year’s total documented count of 131. The...
Mar 13, 2020 | News Release
Today, 16 young people from across Montana filed a constitutional climate lawsuit – Held et al., v. State of Montana et al. – against the state of Montana. The youth plaintiffs assert that, by supporting a fossil fuel-driven energy system, which is...
Mar 2, 2020 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) released their long-awaited Mancos-Gallup Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Greater Chaco region on Friday, February 28, 2019, embittering Greater Chaco Coalition...
Feb 27, 2020 | News Release
Today, Chair Grijalva and Rep. McEachin introduced an environmental justice bill more than a year in the making. Among other things, the bill creates a Federal Energy Transition Economic Development Assistance Fund to aid in a just transition away from fossil fuel...
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