Dec 20, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Washington's Atmosphere as a Public Trust, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Location: Seattle Judge Hollis Hill ruled Monday that the youths who sued the Department of Ecology for failing to take action on climate change can again move forward, now with a constitutional climate rights claim that adds the state of Washington and Gov. Jay...
Dec 14, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Canada Lynx in Washington State, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Location: Seattle Late last week, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to list Canada lynx as “endangered” under the state equivalent of the Endangered Species Act. This move comes as estimates for the state population of lynx fall to an...
Dec 14, 2016 | News Release
Location: Taos The incoming administration has reportedly “pivoted” from nominating Washington state Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior to Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, who believes climate change is “not a settled science.” Rep....
Dec 12, 2016 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign
Department of Ecology poised to allow continued industrial ag pollution throughout state with new permit Location: Seattle Last week, Cow Palace Dairy, a large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Zillah, Wash., began installation of state-of-the-art...
Dec 12, 2016 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Location: Medford, Ore. Late Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a request from Canadian oil and gas companies for rehearing of the case surrounding the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline,...
Dec 9, 2016 | News Release
Location: Taos The nomination of Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, tasked with “protecting America’s great outdoors and powering our future,” affirms the president elect’s intent to undermine public lands...
Dec 8, 2016 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin, Regional Resilience: Southern Rockies
Groups Appeal to Overturn U.S. Bureau of Land Management Plans to Auction Public, Tribal Lands to the Oil and Gas Industry Location: Santa Fe, NM Citing the dangers and destruction caused by unchecked fracking in the Greater Chaco region of northwest New Mexico, a...
Dec 7, 2016 | News Release
Location: Taos, NM The appointment of Scott Pruitt, a climate denier and fossil fuel industry puppet as EPA Administrator in the next presidential administration effectively hijacks the mission of the agency to serve corporate masters at the expense of public health...
Dec 6, 2016 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Northern Rockies, Victory! Preserving Elk Habitat in Helena National Forest
Montana hunters and anglers commend Forest Service’s responsible management decision Location: Helena A coalition of Montana sportsmen’s groups commended the Helena-Lewis Clark National Forest’s recent decision to withdraw a controversial forest plan amendment that...
Dec 3, 2016 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Groups Seek to Join Lawsuit to Oppose Challenges to the Standards Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to defend new standards that will reduce natural gas waste...