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Missing lynx: Advocates challenge Feds’ refusal to prepare recovery plan
Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed a complaint in federal court challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (the Service’s) decision to forgo recovery planning for threatened Canada lynx. Recovery plans are important tools required by the...
Lame-duck Trump administration once again undermines America’s bedrock environmental law
Tomorrow, the Trump administration will publish in the Federal Register important changes to the U.S. Forest Service’s regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will undermine environmental review of and public engagement in a suite of...
Federal court again slams Trump administration for ignoring climate consequences of selling public lands for fracking
Late last Friday, a federal court ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) failed to disclose the climate impacts of selling more than 300,000 acres—or 475 square miles—of public lands for fracking and oil and gas...
Wolf coalition launches challenge to nationwide wolf delisting
On Friday, Nov. 6, a coalition of Western wolf advocates filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, launching a challenge of the agency’s decision to prematurely strip wolves of federal protections in the contiguous 48 states, in violation of...
Wolves: Groups will challenge Trump admin removal of endangered species protections in lower 48
Today, the Trump administration will announce its decision to prematurely remove endangered species protections for wolves in the lower 48 states, in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The most recent data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its...
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"In this case, we agree that oil and gas companies should pay fair market value for the public resources they extract and sell. They aren’t doing that now — not even close — and the American public is the big loser."
@SenatorTomUdall Rips open Big Oil's secret
#StopTheSubsidies https://twitter.com/vivarioarriba/status/1334511563672342530
"Worse, the Interior Department agreed to lower even that paltry rate temporarily during the pandemic to an average of less than 1 percent..."
Senator Udall takes the fight to the oil & gas companies, once again showing his leadership.
#StopTheSubsidies
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/opinion/oil-gas-companies-public-land.html
Super proud of @westernlaw's hard-edged litigation, but just as proud of our collaborative work with communities in Oregon. Here's a good profile of @westernlaw attorney Pam Hardy, who helps lead that effort. https://highdesertpartnership.org/about/people-who-collaborate/pam-hardy.html
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Democrat (and possible Interior Sec) @SenatorTomUdall and Republican @ChuckGrassley call for raising royalty rates and the minimum bid price for drilling on federal land; current low rate "amounts to an unnecessary subsidy to the oil and gas industries"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/opinion/oil-gas-companies-public-land.html?smid=tw-share
