Jun 16, 2016 | News Release
Location:SeattleYesterday, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) issued a draft concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit, replacing one that expired in 2011. Faced with the opportunity to protect Washingtonians from...
Jun 1, 2016 | News Release
Location:SeattleToday, the Inslee administration released its revised Clean Air Rule that defies an unprecedented May 16, 2016 court order issued by King County Superior Court Judge Hollis R. Hill, and fails the children of Washington. Judge Hill ordered the state to...
May 31, 2016 | Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River
Citizens ask Gov. to reopen agency decision that ignored jobs, tourism, boaters, sceneryLocation:SpokaneAdvocates for the Spokane River are asking Gov. Jay Inslee to grant their petition for protecting all instream values of the Spokane River, including recreational...
May 16, 2016 | News Release
Latest BLM Plan Increases Clearcutting and Dismantles Streamside Forest Protections for Clean Water, Salmon, and CommunitiesLocation:Washington, DCToday, Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of 22 conservation and fishing groups, filed a...
May 12, 2016 | News Release
Standards are the First-Ever National Protections Against Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas IndustryLocation:AlbuquerqueToday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized standards for methane pollution, a component of natural gas, from new and modified...
May 3, 2016 | News Release
Legal Push Part of Broader Effort to Safeguard Greater Chaco from Oil and Gas IndustryLocation:Santa Fe, NMIn a bid to protect New Mexico’s water, air, and climate, a coalition of environmental groups filed suit yesterday challenging the Obama...
May 3, 2016 | News Release
Endangered Species Treaty Misused to Facilitate Mass Fur ExportLocation:MissoulaToday, conservation groups filed suit to require open, public review of the impacts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service’s) export program that facilitates international trade...
May 2, 2016 | News Release
Agency refuses to green-light project in absence of hydraulic fracturing analysisLocation:Grand Junction, Colo.In a victory for residents of Whitewater and everyone concerned with air and water quality in western Colorado, the state office of the Bureau of Land...
Apr 29, 2016 | News Release
Judge Chastises State, Rules From Bench Ordering State to Reduce Carbon EmissionsLocation:SeattleToday, in a surprise ruling from the bench (transcript here) in the critical climate case brought by youths against the state of Washington’s Department of Ecology...
Apr 28, 2016 | News Release
Ruling Upholds Forest Service Plan to Protect Irreplaceable Wildlife Habitat and Minimize User Conflicts Location:Santa Fe, NMThe Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed an appeal of the U.S. Forest Service’s 2012 Santa Fe National Forest travel...
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