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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.w1752294429alnre1752294429tsew@1752294429yelwa1752294429h1752294429 Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206) 829-8299, gro.p1752294429lec@n1752294429regge1752294429snovd1752294429 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.w1752294429alnre1752294429tsew@1752294429nergl1752294429lem1752294429 Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, 707-779-9613, gro.y1752294429tisre1752294429vidla1752294429cigol1752294429oib@s1752294429siewa1752294429 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.w1752294429alnre1752294429tsew@1752294429gskir1752294429e1752294429 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.w1752294429alnre1752294429tsew@1752294429gskir1752294429e1752294429 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, gro.s1752294429naidr1752294429aught1752294429raedl1752294429iw@sl1752294429ohcin1752294429j1752294429 Today the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of WildEarth Guardians,...

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...

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