Op-ed Archives - Western Environmental Law Center

Water too precious to reopen exempt well loophole

Nov 30, 2016 | Op-ed, Victory! Montana Exempt Well Loophole

This September, on behalf of four ranchers and the Clark Fork Coalition, my colleague Matthew Bishop and I successfully challenged a rule that allowed large developments to bypass water permitting. The state Supreme Court agreed that the rule was out of step with the...

My View: Finally, a smoking gun in New Mexico’s methane ‘hot spot’

Sep 7, 2016 | Op-ed

Erik Schlenker-Goodrich In 2014, New Mexico made national headlines when scientists discovered an atmospheric anomaly above the Four Corners: a 2,500-square-mile cloud of methane (natural gas) — the largest such plume in the nation. At the time, industry data showed...

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