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Interior bows to oil and gas industry, allows continued methane waste
BLM rule delay defies Congress' will, harms taxpayers, public health, environment Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to indefinitely delay implementation of key parts of the BLM methane waste rule beyond the original compliance date of January...
Groups challenge expansion of largest coal mine in Montana
Today, a coalition of conservation and clean energy advocates challenged a decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior to allow Cloud Peak Energy to strip mine nearly 100 million tons of publicly owned coal from 1,000 acres of public lands without ever conducting...
Protecting Spokane River summertime flows goes to court
Contacts: Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, (206) 487-7250, gro.w1732712520alnre1732712520tsew@1732712520yelwa1732712520h1732712520 Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206) 829-8299, gro.p1732712520lec@n1732712520regge1732712520snovd1732712520 John Roskelley, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (509)...
Washington Wildlife Officials Too Quick to Kill Wolves
Contacts: John Mellgren, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-0990, gro.w1732712520alnre1732712520tsew@1732712520nergl1732712520lem1732712520 Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, 707-779-9613, gro.y1732712520tisre1732712520vidla1732712520cigol1732712520oib@s1732712520siewa1732712520 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials late Thursday released a...
WELC statement on U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate agreement
Contact: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, gro.w1732712520alnre1732712520tsew@1732712520gskir1732712520e1732712520 Today, President Trump stated he will withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement. This would deliberately reject the will of over 70...
Senate rejects bid to kill sensible BLM methane rule
In a close vote, the Senate chose today to protect taxpayers, public health, and the environment by preserving the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. Today's vote reflects the will of the public, which launched a massive effort to keep the common-sense rule...
Environmental Watchdogs Fight Trump Admin for Withholding Public Information on Climate
Contacts: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, gro.w1732712520alnre1732712520tsew@1732712520gskir1732712520e1732712520 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, gro.s1732712520naidr1732712520aught1732712520raedl1732712520iw@sl1732712520ohcin1732712520j1732712520 Today the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of WildEarth Guardians,...
Federal Wildlife Killing Program Sued Over Carnivore Killing in Colorado
Conservationists sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its carnivore-killing program in Colorado. Included in the larger program are controversial plans to kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a misguided...
White House rejects scientific consensus, guts U.S. climate policy
In an executive order released by the White House today, President Trump seeks to reverse the core policy safeguards put in place by the Obama Administration to address climate change. The Trump order represents a sweeping attack on action to account for intensifying...
Idaho Settlement Ensures Notification for Wildlife Killing Contests on BLM Lands
Yesterday, the Federal District Court of Idaho approved a settlement agreement between six conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management ensuring public notice of a wildlife killing contest on BLM-managed public lands near Salmon, Idaho. In 2014 a vocal...
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