May 2, 2016 | Climate & Energy
Protecting the Santa Fe National Forest from Fracking Despite more than a hundred protests from citizens and organizations, The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service auctioned 20,000 acres of the Santa Fe National Forest for fracking. The lease sales...
Mar 22, 2016 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin
Rampant Drilling in the San Juan Basin Continues to Threaten Public Health, the Climate, Clean Air and Water Location:Santa FeUPDATE: BLM has admitted an internal mix-up on this issue. The leases are not yet deferred, and we can expect a news release from the agency...
Feb 12, 2016 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Keeping 48 Billion Tons of Powder River Basin Coal in the Ground WELC is working with our partners toward the goal of keeping Powder River Basin coal in the ground. As we hurdle toward the point of no return on climate, the federal Bureau of Land Management...
Aug 18, 2015 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
Northwest New Mexico Oil Drilling Will Continue Despite Risks to Communities, Cultural Resources and the Environment Location: Santa Fe, NM Hopes for a respite from a fracking boom plaguing Navajo and public lands in New Mexico’s Greater Chaco area were thwarted...
May 12, 2015 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
Motion Filed to Halt Drilling Approvals as Feds Turn Back on Health and EnvironmentLocation:Santa Fe, NMMoving to defend culture, climate and communities, a coalition today moved to put a stop to new fracking approvals in the Greater Chaco Region of northwestern New...
Apr 7, 2015 | Climate & Energy
Climate & Energy Victories While fighting dirty energy, we also protect the landscapes that provide us with clean water, clean air, land to farm, and places to hunt, fish, and play. We are committed to helping shape our laws and policies to proactively end our...
Mar 10, 2015 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Protecting Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin From Fracking With two mine-to-mouth coal-fired power plants and some 23,000 existing gas wells, New Mexico’s San Juan Basin is one of the areas in the U.S. most exploited for fossil fuel resources. Despite...
Jan 29, 2015 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Stopping the Piñon Pipeline in New Mexico Based on our advocacy efforts, community opposition and economics, Saddle Butte San Juan, LLC, which had proposed the Piñon Gathering System Project, withdrew its application, effectively killing the Piñon Pipeline...
Jan 6, 2015 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin
Rampant drilling in the San Juan Basin continues to threaten public health, cultural resources, climate, and clean air and water.Location:Santa Fe, NMA coalition of local and regional watchdog groups supports the Bureau of Land Management’s recent decision to defer...
Apr 23, 2014 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Stopping the Bull Mountain Mine Expansion In the foothills of central Montana near Roundup, we kept 170 million tons of coal in the ground in 2017 and defended that victory in 2022. We defeated the Bull Mountain/Signal Peak Mine expansion, arguing that the...