Jun 8, 2017 | News Release
Today, a coalition of conservation and clean energy advocates challenged a decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior to allow Cloud Peak Energy to strip mine nearly 100 million tons of publicly owned coal from 1,000 acres of public lands without ever conducting...
Jun 7, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River
Contacts: Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, (206) 487-7250, gro.w1745996189alnre1745996189tsew@1745996189yelwa1745996189h1745996189 Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206) 829-8299, gro.p1745996189lec@n1745996189regge1745996189snovd1745996189 John Roskelley, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (509)...
Jun 2, 2017 | News Release
Contacts: John Mellgren, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-0990, gro.w1745996189alnre1745996189tsew@1745996189nergl1745996189lem1745996189 Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, 707-779-9613, gro.y1745996189tisre1745996189vidla1745996189cigol1745996189oib@s1745996189siewa1745996189 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials late Thursday released a...
Jun 1, 2017 | News Release
Contact: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, gro.w1745996189alnre1745996189tsew@1745996189gskir1745996189e1745996189 Today, President Trump stated he will withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement. This would deliberately reject the will of over 70...
May 10, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
In a close vote, the Senate chose today to protect taxpayers, public health, and the environment by preserving the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. Today’s vote reflects the will of the public, which launched a massive effort to keep the...
Apr 25, 2017 | News Release, Trump Climate Executive Order FOIA
Contacts: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, gro.w1745996189alnre1745996189tsew@1745996189gskir1745996189e1745996189 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, gro.s1745996189naidr1745996189aught1745996189raedl1745996189iw@sl1745996189ohcin1745996189j1745996189 Today the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of WildEarth Guardians,...
Apr 12, 2017 | Colorado Wildlife Services Challenge, News Release
Conservationists sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its carnivore-killing program in Colorado. Included in the larger program are controversial plans to kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a misguided...
Mar 29, 2017 | News Release
News Releases WELC Statement: Interior to Rewrite or Rescind BLM Methane Rule Jun 21, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste RulesSec. Zinke provides conflicting information to court, Congress Yesterday, Secretary of the...
Mar 28, 2017 | News Release
In an executive order released by the White House today, President Trump seeks to reverse the core policy safeguards put in place by the Obama Administration to address climate change. The Trump order represents a sweeping attack on action to account for intensifying...
Mar 24, 2017 | Idaho Predator Derby Challenge, News Release, Regional Resilience: Northern Rockies
Yesterday, the Federal District Court of Idaho approved a settlement agreement between six conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management ensuring public notice of a wildlife killing contest on BLM-managed public lands near Salmon, Idaho. In 2014 a vocal...
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