Advocates file lawsuit to overturn Trump-era permit to kill spotted owls

Nov 9, 2023 | News Release, Wildlands

The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, challenged a 50-year U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) permit issued to Sierra Pacific Industries, the nation’s largest private landowner, to “take”...

VICTORY! Protecting Outstanding New Mexico Waters

Aug 9, 2022 | Wildlands

VICTORY! Protecting Outstanding New Mexico Waters We successfully represented a diverse coalition, including community members, state and local governments, farmers, acequia associations, and water conservation groups in a bid to protect some of New Mexico’s precious...

After Years of legal advocacy, community organizing, Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and pipeline is dead

Dec 2, 2021 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

Pembina, the Canadian company that tried to impose a fracked gas pipeline and export terminal on communities across Southern Oregon, today filed a formal request asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to cancel its permit for the project. The company’s...

Erasing Pendley’s Anti-Public Lands Legacy on 6.25M Acres

Jul 28, 2021 | Wildlands

Erasing Pendley’s Anti-Public Lands Legacy on 6.25 Million Acres William Perry Pendley’s tenure as acting secretary of the Department of the Interior was defined by his desire to take public lands away from regular people and privatize them. The Trump...

Protecting States’ and Tribes’ Voices on Clean Water Nationwide

Jul 13, 2020 | Wildlands

Protecting States’ and Tribes’ Voices on Clean Water Nationwide A Trump rule gutted provisions of the Clean Water Act (Section 401), which for nearly 50 years provided for states’ and authorized Tribes’ self-determination in permitting for a wide array of...

Preserving A Natural Marvel at Mount St. Helens

Jul 7, 2020 | Wildlands

Protecting a Natural Marvel at Mount St. Helens The Pumice Plain – the blast zone of Mount St. Helens in Washington state – is unique on planet Earth. Nowhere else can we observe the natural formation of new land and the reemergence of plants and animals to form an...

Southern Oregon advocates challenge federal approval of Jordan Cove LNG

May 27, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

Today, southern Oregon organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline. FERC issued its approval in March, conditioned on the project...

Organizations opposing Jordan Cove LNG thank Oregon leaders

Mar 25, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis, on Thursday, March 19 a politically unbalanced Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline over the objections of numerous state, federal, and...

Despite Oregon permit denials and public health crisis, FERC approves Jordan Cove LNG

Mar 19, 2020 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic and national health emergency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline today. The approval is conditioned on...

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...