Restoring the Similkameen River by Removing Enloe Dam

Sep 14, 2015 | Wildlands

Restoring the Similkameen River by removing Enloe Dam Until 2019, the Okanagon Public Utility District planned to re-energize north-central Washington’s dormant Enloe Dam, a 54-foot concrete wall blocking hundreds of miles of upstream salmon and steelhead...

Judge Fails to Halt Fracking in Greater Chaco

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...

Protecting Mexican Wolves

Jun 22, 2015 | Wildlife

Protecting Mexican Wolves Mexican gray wolves belong to one of the smallest, rarest, and most genetically distinct subspecies of gray wolf. In 1976, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the Mexican wolf as a protected species under the Endangered Species...

Groups Seek to Stop Unstudied Chaco Fracking (Press Release 5/11/15)

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...

Climate & Energy Victories

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...

Protecting Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin From Fracking

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...

VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington

Feb 26, 2015 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington Wildlife Services is a stand-alone federal extermination program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that kills roughly 4 million animals per year, including wolves, bears, otters,...

National Coalition Plus Tens of Thousands Submit Comments Opposing West Coast Fracked Gas Export Plan

Feb 13, 2015 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

On behalf of a diverse national coalition, including conservation, commercial fishing and private property owners, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) and Sierra Club submitted comments today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) opposing what...

VICTORY! Stopping the Piñon Pipeline

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...

BLM Defers Fracking Near New Mexico’s Sacred Chaco Canyon (press release 1/6/15)

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...