Jul 8, 2015 | News Release
Location:SeattleSeattle, Washington – Eight youth petitioners will meet with the head of the Washington Department of Ecology (“Ecology”) to discuss potential settlement options in their climate change case. On June 23, 2015, in a landmark decision, King County...
Jul 2, 2015 | News Release
Challenge federal policies that further imperil endangered wild wolvesLocation:TucsonA coalition of local, regional and national conservation watchdog groups filed suit today to ensure the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adopts policies that give endangered Mexican...
Jun 24, 2015 | News Release
Judge Orders Washington Environmental Agency to Consider Youth-Proposed Carbon Dioxide ReductionsLocation:Seattle, Washington On Tuesday, King County Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill issued a landmark decision in Zoe & Stella Foster v. Washington Department of...
Jun 17, 2015 | News Release
Location: Seattle, WA WHAT: The ground and surface waters that feed Puget Sound currently suffer from pollution related in large part to leaking manure lagoons used by industrial dairies known as concentrated animal feeding operations. As part of its advocacy for a...
May 12, 2015 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
Motion Filed to Halt Drilling Approvals as Feds Turn Back on Health and EnvironmentLocation:Santa Fe, NMMoving to defend culture, climate and communities, a coalition today moved to put a stop to new fracking approvals in the Greater Chaco Region of northwestern New...
Apr 30, 2015 | News Release
USFS Will Continue to Use Science and Conservation Biology in Forest PlansLocation:WashingtonIn March 2015, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the D.C. District Court issued an order rejecting an extractive industry challenge to the Obama Administration’s National Forest...
Apr 28, 2015 | News Release
Guardians Calls on Court to Halt Illegal Logging from Tennessee Pass to Halfmoon CreekLocation:DenverDENVER — Out of concern that heavy logging would ruin landscapes spanning from the beloved and heavily recreated Tennessee Pass to Halfmoon Creek, conservationists...
Apr 16, 2015 | News Release
Groups request conservation measures to protect important resource values in Colorado’s farm-to-table capital, the North Fork ValleyLocation:North Fork Valley, ColoradoConservationists submitted extensive and detailed comments today calling on the federal Bureau of...
Apr 14, 2015 | News Release
Tom SingerNatural gas, the fuel many Americans use daily to cook meals and heat our homes, is made mostly of methane. Natural gas also comes with a “cleaner than coal” reputation when burned to generate electricity. But too many leaks in the supply chain can quickly...
Apr 9, 2015 | News Release
Location:Denver, Colo.In a major victory for clean air and public health, a federal judge issued an order on Tuesday that nullifies a plan to expand the Navajo Mine in northern New Mexico and stops coal mining in the expansion area. Judge John L. Kane’s order follows...