Jul 20, 2023 | News Release
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) issued a proposed rule that focuses almost exclusively on long-overdue fiscal reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing program, with a slight nod to protecting wildlife habitat and cultural sites. The proposed rule...
Jul 12, 2023 | News Release
Late yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled against a federal “Safe Harbor” program on California’s Shasta River that allowed a dam owner and water diverters to harm threatened coho salmon in exchange for scant “stewardship”...
Jul 6, 2023 | News Release
Thirteen western U.S. groups have provided the Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) a roadmap to ensure the agency’s proposal to strengthen public lands conservation succeeds. The Bureau holds the authority and responsibility to conserve public lands in the public...
Jun 22, 2023 | News Release
Today, the Oregon Senate passed HB 3464, the “Beaver Believer Bill” 19-5 on a bipartisan vote. The bill now heads to Gov. Kotek to be signed into law. The bill allows the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and its Commission to manage beavers on private...
Jun 2, 2023 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
In response to Interior Sec. Deb Haaland’s decision today to prohibit new federal oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, members of the Greater Chaco Coalition called on the Biden administration to go further and end all new...
May 30, 2023 | News Release
The Fiscal Responsibility Act—or debt ceiling bill—announced over Memorial Day weekend contains numerous pieces from the failed “Dirty Deal” that would create a decades-long legacy of pollution and further brutalize frontline communities. The Western Environmental Law...
May 25, 2023 | News Release
Siding with polluters, the U.S. Supreme Court turned back the clock 50 years gutting Clean Water Act protections for communities, fish, and wildlife. These impacts will be felt by everyone who cares about clean water, healthy communities, and thriving populations of...
May 18, 2023 | News Release
The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, gave formal notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) for violations of the Endangered Species Act that harm the threatened...
Apr 24, 2023 | News Release
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument made by President Obama in January 2017. President Clinton designated the Monument in 2000 under the Antiquities Act as a biological crossroads and ecological...
Apr 19, 2023 | News Release
Having monitored the progress of the Honoring Chaco Initiative (HCI) for 18 months, the Greater Chaco Coalition today shared recommendations on how the Department of Interior can ensure the initiative produces timely, durable outcomes that advance environmental...
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