News & Updates

Montana Supreme Court Orders State To Close Loophole To Protect Water Rights

Sep 14, 2016

Developers abused loophole for new subdivisions, threatening water availability for family ranches, wildlife, instream flows Late yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana upheld an Oct. 2014 district court ruling that ordered the Montana Department of...

Court Orders Fish & Wildlife Service to Reexamine Lynx Critical Habitat

Sep 7, 2016

Feds Failed to Protect Key Habitat in Colorado Location: Missoula Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ordered the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to reconsider its decision to exclude the Canada lynx’s entire southern Rocky Mountain...

Thousands Speak out for Climate and Chaco Canyon, Call for Canceling New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Sep 2, 2016

New Mexicans Demand Obama Administration Protect Public Lands and Communities, Keep Oil and Gas In the Ground Location: Santa Fe, NM A coalition today called on the Obama Administration to rein in unchecked fracking near Chaco Canyon and abandon its plans to auction...

WA Youths Unveil Proposed Climate Legislation to Protect Their Constitutional Rights

Sep 1, 2016

WHAT: Washington youth plaintiffs, their attorney and partners will hold a press conference to unveil proposed climate legislation updating existing greenhouse gas emission limits in state law to align with best available climate science. WHEN: Tuesday, September 6th...

Obama Administration Sued to Protect Climate, Public Lands from Drilling and Fracking

Aug 25, 2016

10 Million Acres Leased for Oil and Gas by Obama, Yet Climate Change Consistently Ignored Location: Washington, DC WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility today filed a landmark federal lawsuit to defend our climate, our health, and American...

NASA Says Methane “Hot Spot” in New Mexico Linked Directly to Gas Extraction and Coal Mining (News Release 8/15/16)

Aug 16, 2016

Study says 250 polluters are responsible for half of the emissions causing the "hot spot" Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico NASA released a new study today examining what caused a methane "hot spot" to form in New Mexico. This new study of methane emissions generated by...

Stakeholder Groups Challenge Oregon Forest Management Plan (News Release 8/9/16)

Aug 9, 2016

New Plan Sacrifices Clean Water, Fishing Economy, Carbon Storage, Recreational OpportunitiesLocation:Eugene, Ore.Late yesterday, a coalition of conservation and fishing groups challenged in the U.S. District Court in Oregon a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forest...

BLM Finalizes Oregon Timber Plan Over Stakeholder Objections (News Release 8/5/16)

Aug 5, 2016

Despite Protest, Final Plan Sacrifices Clean Water, Healthy Fish, Carbon Sequestration, Recreation EconomyLocation:Portland, Ore.Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signed a management plan for western Oregon, largely ignoring a formal protest from 22...

Wildlife Agency to Kill Wolves in Northeast Washington (News Release 8/3/16)

Aug 4, 2016

Members of Profanity Peak Pack To Be Targeted in Ferry CountyLocation:Olympia, WAWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced late today they will kill members of the Profanity Peak pack in Ferry County. The kill order was issued following...

[UPDATED] Only two highly polluting states challenge EPA methane rule (News Release 8/2/16)

Aug 2, 2016

Broad support for common-sense emissions reductions persists[UPDATE: After releasing this statement, 14 states filed a lawsuit against the EPA and Gina McCarthy over the methane new source rule, calling it "in excess of the agency's statutory authority and otherwise...