Jun 14, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
BLM rule delay defies Congress’ will, harms taxpayers, public health, environment Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to indefinitely delay implementation of key parts of the BLM methane waste rule beyond the original compliance date of...
Jun 7, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River
Contacts: Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, (206) 487-7250, hawley@westernlaw.org Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206)...
May 10, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
In a close vote, the Senate chose today to protect taxpayers, public health, and the environment by preserving the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. Today’s vote reflects the will of the public, which launched a massive effort to keep the...
Apr 25, 2017 | News Release, Trump Climate Executive Order FOIA
Contacts: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, eriksg@westernlaw.org Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians,...
Apr 12, 2017 | Colorado Wildlife Services Challenge, News Release
Conservationists sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its carnivore-killing program in Colorado. Included in the larger program are controversial plans to kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a misguided...
Mar 24, 2017 | Idaho Predator Derby Challenge, News Release, Regional Resilience: Northern Rockies
Yesterday, the Federal District Court of Idaho approved a settlement agreement between six conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management ensuring public notice of a wildlife killing contest on BLM-managed public lands near Salmon, Idaho. In 2014 a vocal...
Feb 27, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Late last Friday, local and partner conservation groups intervened in two lawsuits to protect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument from challenges brought by timber interests. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of the most biodiverse places in North...
Feb 21, 2017 | News Release, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign
Location: Seattle On Feb. 17, 2017, a coalition of environmental groups filed an appeal with the Washington state Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) challenging the Department of Ecology’s waste discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations...
Feb 3, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Misguided ideological frenzy could claim innocent bystander In a close vote, the House of Representatives voted today to repeal a popular, common-sense Bureau of Management rule limiting methane waste by oil and gas companies on public and tribal lands. This was made...
Jan 19, 2017 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign
Location: Seattle Today, a coalition environmental, public health, social justice and public interest advocates and organizations representing tens of thousands of Washingtonians responded to the Washington State Department of Ecology’s issuance of a revised...
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