News & Updates

To Protect Climate, Public Health, Americans Call for End to Federal Coal Program (News Release 7/28/16)

Jul 29, 2016

Ending Public Coal Leasing, Mining Would Keep 212 Million Tons of Carbon in Ground, Save $7 TrillionLocation:Washington, DCA coalition of groups today called on President Obama to permanently end the federal coal program, highlighting the fact that ending leasing and...

WA Youths Provide Inslee Administration with Climate Science to Make Proposed Clean Air Rule Comply With Law (News Release 7/25/16)

Jul 25, 2016

Location:SeattleOn behalf of youth climate activists who secured an unprecedented court order directing the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) to issue a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year, attorneys Andrea Rodgers (WELC) and...

Groups Challenge BLM Plan to Double Drilling in Colorado River Valley (Press Release 7/18/16)

Jul 18, 2016

Plan Allows Concentrated Drilling in Communities, But Fails to Consider Human Health and ClimateLocation:DenverToday a coalition of environmental watchdog groups challenged a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to expand oil and gas drilling on Colorado’s Western...

About Gov. Inslee’s appeal of youth climate victory (Open Letter 6/23/16)

Jun 23, 2016

We are the attorneys who represent the eight courageous youths who presented Gov. Inslee with an unprecedented climate protection opportunity to issue rules to protect their future from carbon pollution. We write not just as their advocates, but as mothers of young...

WA Gov doubles down on betraying youth (Press Release 6/16/16)

Jun 16, 2016

Location:SeattleYesterday, in an act betraying the youth of Washington, “green” Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration appealed a Washington Superior Court decision ordering his administration to issue a rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year. Today,...

Ecology’s draft CAFO water quality permit sacrifices public health, drinking water, shellfish beds (Press Release 6/16/16)

Jun 16, 2016

Location:SeattleYesterday, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) issued a draft concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit, replacing one that expired in 2011. Faced with the opportunity to protect Washingtonians from...

Inslee Administration Defies Court Order, Betrays Children (Press Release 6/1/16)

Jun 1, 2016

Location:SeattleToday, the Inslee administration released its revised Clean Air Rule that defies an unprecedented May 16, 2016 court order issued by King County Superior Court Judge Hollis R. Hill, and fails the children of Washington. Judge Hill ordered the state to...

Groups Protest Oregon Timber Plan Riddled With Loopholes (Press Release 5/16/16)

May 16, 2016

Latest BLM Plan Increases Clearcutting and Dismantles Streamside Forest Protections for Clean Water, Salmon, and CommunitiesLocation:Washington, DCToday, Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of 22 conservation and fishing groups, filed a...

Obama Administration Finalizes Safeguards for Methane Pollution (Press Release 5/12/16)

May 12, 2016

Standards are the First-Ever National Protections Against Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas IndustryLocation:AlbuquerqueToday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized standards for methane pollution, a component of natural gas, from new and modified...

Citizen Groups Challenge Fracking in Santa Fe National Forest (Press Release 5/4/16)

May 3, 2016

Legal Push Part of Broader Effort to Safeguard Greater Chaco from Oil and Gas IndustryLocation:Santa Fe, NMIn a bid to protect New Mexico's water, air, and climate, a coalition of environmental groups filed suit yesterday challenging the Obama administration's plan to...