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, gro.w1742123041alnre1742123041tsew@1742123041yelwa1742123041h1742123041 Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206) 829-8299, gro.p1742123041lec@n1742123041regge1742123041snovd1742123041 John Roskelley, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (509)...
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, gro.w1742123041alnre1742123041tsew@1742123041gskir1742123041e1742123041 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, gro.s1742123041naidr1742123041aught1742123041raedl1742123041iw@sl1742123041ohcin1742123041j1742123041 Today the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of 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 30, 2017 | Climate & Energy
All Climate & Energy Cases Reforming Oil & Gas Operations Protecting Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin From Fracking Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules Keystone XL: Defending the Right to Protest Protecting Colorado’s North Fork...
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...