Jun 21, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Sec. Zinke provides conflicting information to court, Congress Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told the Senate Energy Committee the Trump administration will rewrite or rescind the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. The methane rule, which...
Jun 21, 2017 | News Release
Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives begins its consideration of HR 2936, known as the Westerman Bill after its author, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR). The bill contains a cornucopia of loopholes, exemptions and categorical exclusions for environmental, judicial,...
Jun 14, 2017 | News Release
Federal Government Stonewalling Efforts to Obtain Public Information on Wildlife, Environment In a series of legal actions filed today and yesterday, WildEarth Guardians and the Western Environmental Law Center stepped up their efforts to compel the Trump...
Jun 14, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
BLM rule delay defies Congress’ will, harms taxpayers, public health, environment Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to indefinitely delay implementation of key parts of the BLM methane waste rule beyond the original compliance date of...
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, hawley@westernlaw.org Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206)...
Jun 2, 2017 | News Release
Contacts: John Mellgren, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-0990, mellgren@westernlaw.org Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, 707-779-9613, aweiss@biologicaldiversity.org 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, eriksg@westernlaw.org Today, President Trump stated he will withdraw the United States from the...
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, eriksg@westernlaw.org Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians,...