Aug 2, 2016 | News Release
Broad support for common-sense emissions reductions persists[UPDATE: After releasing this statement, 14 states filed a lawsuit against the EPA and Gina McCarthy over the methane new source rule, calling it “in excess of the agency’s statutory authority and...
Jul 29, 2016 | News Release
Ending Public Coal Leasing, Mining Would Keep 212 Million Tons of Carbon in Ground, Save $7 TrillionLocation:Washington, DCA coalition of groups today called on President Obama to permanently end the federal coal program, highlighting the fact that ending leasing and...
Jul 25, 2016 | News Release
Location:SeattleOn behalf of youth climate activists who secured an unprecedented court order directing the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) to issue a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year, attorneys Andrea Rodgers (WELC) and...
Jul 18, 2016 | News Release
Plan Allows Concentrated Drilling in Communities, But Fails to Consider Human Health and ClimateLocation:DenverToday a coalition of environmental watchdog groups challenged a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to expand oil and gas drilling on Colorado’s Western...
Jun 23, 2016 | News Release
We are the attorneys who represent the eight courageous youths who presented Gov. Inslee with an unprecedented climate protection opportunity to issue rules to protect their future from carbon pollution. We write not just as their advocates, but as mothers of young...
Jun 16, 2016 | News Release
Location:SeattleYesterday, in an act betraying the youth of Washington, “green” Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration appealed a Washington Superior Court decision ordering his administration to issue a rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year. Today,...
Jun 16, 2016 | News Release
Location:SeattleYesterday, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) issued a draft concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit, replacing one that expired in 2011. Faced with the opportunity to protect Washingtonians from...
Jun 1, 2016 | News Release
Location:SeattleToday, the Inslee administration released its revised Clean Air Rule that defies an unprecedented May 16, 2016 court order issued by King County Superior Court Judge Hollis R. Hill, and fails the children of Washington. Judge Hill ordered the state to...
May 16, 2016 | News Release
Latest BLM Plan Increases Clearcutting and Dismantles Streamside Forest Protections for Clean Water, Salmon, and CommunitiesLocation:Washington, DCToday, Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of 22 conservation and fishing groups, filed a...
May 12, 2016 | News Release
Standards are the First-Ever National Protections Against Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas IndustryLocation:AlbuquerqueToday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized standards for methane pollution, a component of natural gas, from new and modified...
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