Jan 12, 2016 | News Release
Location:Victor, IdahoA federal judge today ordered Idaho officials to come up with trapping restrictions to prevent Canada lynx–one of the rarest cats in the nation–from being inadvertently but illegally hurt or killed across more than 20,000 square miles of the...
Dec 22, 2015 | News Release
Location:PhoenixAfter years of refusal by U.S. government agencies to address coal pollution damage from the Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine, Diné (Navajo), regional and national conservation groups today took joint legal action to seek justice for impacts to...
Dec 21, 2015 | News Release
Court rejects indiscriminate wolf killingLocation:Olympia, WAIn response to a challenge brought by a coalition of conservation organizations, a federal court rejected plans to escalate cruel wolf killing in Washington state by the secretive federal program dubbed...
Nov 20, 2015 | News Release
“[I]f ever there were a time to recognize through action this right to preservation of a healthful and pleasant atmosphere, the time is now”Location:Seattle, WALate last night, King County Superior Court Judge Hollis R. Hill issued a groundbreaking ruling in the...
Nov 19, 2015 | News Release
Soon, King County Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill will issue a ruling in the unprecedented case of seven youth petitioners requesting the Washington Department of Ecology to write a carbon emissions rule that protects the atmosphere for their generation and those to...
Nov 4, 2015 | News Release
Location:Seattle, WAToday, young Washington citizens sat in a packed King County courtroom and watched as their attorney, Andrea Rodgers gave a stunning and impassioned argument to the court as she fought for her clients’ right to a healthy environment and safe...
Oct 20, 2015 | News Release
MT DEQ Permit Did Not Adequately Protect GroundwaterLocation:Helena, MTOn Friday, the Montana Board of Environmental Review rejected a Department of Environmental Quality coal mine expansion permit that would have doubled the size of the Bull Mountains mine near...
Oct 13, 2015 | News Release
Location:Seattle, WAWHAT:Judge Hollis Hill will hear oral argument in the important case brought by seven young Washingtonians to address Washington Department of Ecology’s persistent refusal to set science-based carbon pollution limits. WHEN:Tuesday, November...
Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Location:Santa Fe, NMThe Western Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit public-interest environmental law firm, is proud to announce the addition of Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC) founder Dyan Oldenburg to its board of directors. From 1996...
Sep 23, 2015 | News Release
New Regulations in Lynx Habitat Will Protect Montana’s Rare CatsLocation:MissoulaYesterday, the federal district court of Montana approved a settlement agreement reached between the State of Montana and conservation groups aimed at protecting threatened Canada lynx...
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