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Lawsuit: USFWS ignored court order on southern Rockies lynx critical habitat
Late yesterday, wildlife advocates filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) over its failure to take any action in response to a 2016 court order striking down the agency’s exclusion of Canada lynx habitat in the species’ entire...
Hearing examiners embrace renewable future for Four Corners in recommendation to PRC
On Wednesday, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) hearing examiners recommended the PRC replace San Juan Generating Station power with 100 percent renewable energy when the coal-fired power plant is retired in 2022. The PRC must now choose to lead by...
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The Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) is a high-impact, nonprofit public interest environmental law firm with a 27-year legacy using the power of the law to safeguard the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the American West in the face of a changing...
Trump administration OKs beaver killing in Oregon, despite harm to endangered salmon, steelhead
Despite recognizing that restoring beaver populations is key to recovery of imperiled salmon and steelhead species, a federal agency just gave the go-ahead to keep killing beavers in Oregon. In a long-awaited analysis, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)...
Trump exploits public health and racial crises to silence public, increase pollution, steamroll vulnerable communities
Today, the president is expected to sign a far-reaching executive order under the guise of “economic emergency,” exempting large, intrusive, highly polluting and destructive projects from public scrutiny and environmental guardrails in place since 1970 under the...
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“Destroy the planet, power the country” seems like an idea we might want to think through. https://twitter.com/apienergy/status/1279508626995101698
Energy security stands among our nation’s greatest freedoms. On this #FourthofJuly and beyond, the U.S. natural gas and oil industry is proud to power American life in affordable, reliable, ever-cleaner ways. #IndependenceDay
The Bureau of Land Mgmt. wants to eliminate environmental review on post-disturbance (usually post-fire) logging up to 5,000 acres. Here's a visual of our comments on the proposal, which goes against [THIS MUCH] science.
COMMENTS: https://westernlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020.07.02-BLM-Salvage-CE-Rulemaking-Comments.pdf #forestry #forests
Over 50 New Mexico officials to @GovMLG, @NMEnvDep & @EMNRDnm: "We must move forward with rulemaking efforts to #cutmethane waste and pollution." #nmpol https://www.westernleaders.org/blog/nm-methane-letter
NEWS RELEASE: Lawsuit: @USFWS ignored court order on southern Rockies #lynx critical habitat
https://westernlaw.org/lawsuit-usfws-ignored-court-order-southern-rockies-lynx-critical-habitat/
@wildearthguard @Wildlife_West @WildforGood #wildlife #endangeredspeciesact #endangeredspecies
It’s not an overhaul, it’s an evisceration.
Banal & disingenuous rhetoric that this is just an “overhaul” ignore the clear intent of this rule: to subordinate the public interest in environmental protection to industry-driven destruction of the environment for profit. https://twitter.com/amycarlile/status/1278380707153432576
REGULATIONS: White House finishes review of NEPA rule overhaul https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063487485 via @EENewsUpdates
