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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...

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...

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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