Feb 24, 2022 | News Release
Today, on behalf of the Friends of the Shasta River and Environmental Protection Information Center, the Western Environmental Law Center notified the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the groups’ intent to...
Feb 10, 2022 | Nationwide Wolf Delisting, News Release
Today, a federal court restored Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf after they were eliminated by the Trump administration in 2020. The ruling orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume recovery efforts for the imperiled species. Today’s...
Feb 8, 2022 | News Release
Today, Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild, and the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center (KS Wild) filed suit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Archie Creek post-fire logging plans. The agency plans to log mature and old-growth stands on public land along the...
Feb 7, 2022 | News Release
Today, the 16 youth plaintiffs and their attorneys in the constitutional climate case Held v. State of Montana announced dates for what will be the first children’s climate trial in U.S. history. Trial in Held v. State of Montana will begin on Monday, February 6, 2023...
Feb 7, 2022 | News Release
Prominent community and conservation groups today responded to ongoing legislative maneuvering to promote fossil-fueled hydrogen in New Mexico with taxpayer subsidies. The New Mexico House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee tabled the Hydrogen Hub...
Feb 3, 2022 | News Release
Conservation groups from across the nation today called on the Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) to end an emerging practice by the Forest Service that upends the bedrock environmental law requiring agencies to “look before they leap” when making decisions that...
Jan 19, 2022 | News Release
More than 360 climate, Tribal, religious and conservation groups petitioned the Biden administration today to use its executive authority to phase out oil and gas production on public lands and oceans. The petition provides a framework to manage a decline of oil and...
Jan 10, 2022 | News Release
In a filing late Friday, the Biden administration’s U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) defended two Trump-era resource management plans (RMPs) that failed to comply with a court order to account for impacts from burning publicly-owned coal, including on public...
Dec 21, 2021 | News Release
Conservation organizations filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue multiple federal agencies and Washington’s Department of Ecology for their failure to protect multiple populations of chinook and coho salmon, southern resident killer whales, steelhead...
Dec 10, 2021 | News Release
Advocates label hydrogen production as a false climate solution, citing its threats to environment, public health and equity In response to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s solicitation of comments on her proposal to make the state a “hub” for hydrogen...
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