Jun 7, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River
Contacts: Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, (206) 487-7250, gro.w1730445270alnre1730445270tsew@1730445270yelwa1730445270h1730445270 Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206) 829-8299, gro.p1730445270lec@n1730445270regge1730445270snovd1730445270 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.w1730445270alnre1730445270tsew@1730445270gskir1730445270e1730445270 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, gro.s1730445270naidr1730445270aught1730445270raedl1730445270iw@sl1730445270ohcin1730445270j1730445270 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...
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...