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WELC statement on U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate agreement
Contact: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, gro.w1736897880alnre1736897880tsew@1736897880gskir1736897880e1736897880 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.w1736897880alnre1736897880tsew@1736897880gskir1736897880e1736897880 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, gro.s1736897880naidr1736897880aught1736897880raedl1736897880iw@sl1736897880ohcin1736897880j1736897880 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...
Coalition Defends Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Late last Friday, local and partner conservation groups intervened in two lawsuits to protect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument from challenges brought by timber interests. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of the most biodiverse places in North...
Environmental groups challenge Ecology’s new permits for industrial dairies
Location: Seattle On Feb. 17, 2017, a coalition of environmental groups filed an appeal with the Washington state Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) challenging the Department of Ecology’s waste discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations...
Lawsuit Spurs Forest Service to Ensure Safe Passage for Bull Trout
Payette National Forest will assess how to protect bull trout critical habitat from motorized use Location: Boise In response to a lawsuit filed by WildEarth Guardians, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, the Payette National Forest in west central...
House takes extreme measures to promote methane waste from oil and gas
Misguided ideological frenzy could claim innocent bystander In a close vote, the House of Representatives voted today to repeal a popular, common-sense Bureau of Management rule limiting methane waste by oil and gas companies on public and tribal lands. This was made...
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