Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Challenge

Sep 28, 2016 | Climate & Energy

VICTORY! Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Challenge The Obama Administration sold more than 10 million acres of public land rights to the oil and gas industry, often for as little as $2.00 per acre. That’s an area 50 percent larger than Yellowstone, Everglades, Grand...

Montana Supreme Court Orders State To Close Loophole To Protect Water Rights

Sep 14, 2016 | News Release, Victory! Montana Exempt Well Loophole

Developers abused loophole for new subdivisions, threatening water availability for family ranches, wildlife, instream flows Late yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana upheld an Oct. 2014 district court ruling that ordered the Montana Department of...

Thousands Speak out for Climate and Chaco Canyon, Call for Canceling New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Sep 2, 2016 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin

New Mexicans Demand Obama Administration Protect Public Lands and Communities, Keep Oil and Gas In the Ground Location: Santa Fe, NM A coalition today called on the Obama Administration to rein in unchecked fracking near Chaco Canyon and abandon its plans to auction...

Protecting the Colorado River Valley From Fossil Fuel Development

Jul 18, 2016 | Climate & Energy

Protecting the Colorado River Valley From Fossil Fuel Development Through the Colorado River Valley Resource Management Plan, the Bureau of Land Management opened up 147,000 acres to oil and gas leasing without any analysis of climate change or impacts to human health...

Gov. Inslee has 45 days to decide whether to protect Spokane River flows (Press Release 5/31/16)

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...

Curbing the Federal Fur Export Program

May 3, 2016 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Curbing the Federal Fur Export Program Through an international endangered species trade treaty, the federal government is facilitating the mass export of furs and other animal parts to other countries where fur coats and the like are still socially...

Protecting the Santa Fe National Forest from Fracking

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...

Protecting Grizzly Bears

Apr 21, 2016 | Wildlife

Protecting Grizzly Bears Faced with shrinking habitat, the loss of critical food sources, and the impacts of climate change, grizzly bears are struggling to survive. Indeed, only 1,700-1,800 grizzlies remain in the lower 48 states, about 700 of which call the Greater...

BLM Defers Fracking Around New Mexico’s Sacred Chaco Canyon for Third Time (Press Release 3/22/16)

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...

VICTORY! Keeping 48 Billion Tons of Powder River Basin Coal in the Ground

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...