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Protecting Spokane River summertime flows goes to court
Contacts: Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, (206) 487-7250, hawley@westernlaw.org Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206) 829-8299, dvonseggern@celp.org 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, mellgren@westernlaw.org Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, 707-779-9613, aweiss@biologicaldiversity.org 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, eriksg@westernlaw.org 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, eriksg@westernlaw.org Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org 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...
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