Mexican wolf population up by 32 in 2020 count

Mar 18, 2020 | News Release, Protecting Mexican Wolves

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed that at least 163 Mexican gray wolves survive in the wilds of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. The annual count shows an increase of 32 individuals since last year’s total documented count of 131. The...

Greater Chaco Coalition responds to recklessly deficient Chaco fracking plan

Mar 2, 2020 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) released their long-awaited Mancos-Gallup Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Greater Chaco region on Friday, February 28, 2019, embittering Greater Chaco Coalition...

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission votes 2-1 against moving Jordan Cove LNG forward

Feb 20, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted 2-1 against Jordan Cove LNG. Commissioner McNamee stated that FERC needed to review permit denials from the State of Oregon, including last night’s Coastal Zone permit denial, while Commissioner Glick said...

Communities raise concerns regarding federal agency determination that shuns protected species to promote Jordan Cove LNG

Jan 17, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

Oregonians across the state responded today to the determination on Jan. 13 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline would not jeopardize protected...

Groups challenge Trump administration approval of massive Montana coal mine expansion

Nov 18, 2019 | News Release, Rosebud Mine Challenge

Today a group of concerned Montanans filed a legal challenge to protect the climate and water resources from destructive coal mining practices in eastern Montana. The groups are challenging the federal Office of Surface Mining’s (OSM) misguided approval of an enormous...

Federal Environmental Impact Statement for Jordan Cove LNG remains deficient while required permit approvals still missing

Nov 15, 2019 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline. This project has faced fierce opposition for more than a decade by a grassroots...

Grizzly advocates prepare to sue over trains killing bears

Oct 28, 2019 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

Wildlife advocates have notified Burlington Northern Railway Company (BNSF) of their intent to sue the business over its role in trains in Montana killing numerous grizzly bears, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act. In the most recent and sad example,...

Advocates force BLM to improve Colorado River Valley drilling plan

Sep 19, 2019 | News Release, Protecting the Colorado River Valley From Fossil Fuel Development

The Western Environmental Law Center, Wilderness Workshop, Western Colorado Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club recently won an important victory in Federal District Court. The lawsuit challenged BLM’s 2015 Resource Management Plan (the...

Protecting the Sonoran Desert Tortoise

Sep 5, 2019 | Wildlife

Protecting the Sonoran Desert Tortoise The Sonoran Desert tortoise is a newly recognized tortoise species found in desert scrub habitats in Arizona and Mexico, east and south of the Colorado River. In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found in a preliminary...

NM conservation, labor, and community groups file with state Supreme Court to clarify Energy Transition Act applies to San Juan Generating Station closure

Aug 30, 2019 | News Release, Speeding the Transition From Coal in the Southwest

New Mexico environmental, community, and labor advocates, as well as Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), filed a motion yesterday with the state Supreme Court asking the court to clarify that the Energy Transition Act applies to proceedings on PNM’s closure...