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Judge Fails to Halt Fracking in Greater Chaco
Northwest New Mexico Oil Drilling Will Continue Despite Risks to Communities, Cultural Resources and the Environment Location: Santa Fe, NM Hopes for a respite from a fracking boom plaguing Navajo and public lands in New Mexico’s Greater Chaco area were thwarted...
Federal Agency Fails to Protect Water and Air Quality from Massive Coal Mine Expansion (Press Release 8/17/15)
Conservation Groups Forced to take legal actionLocation:Helena, MTToday, Montana conservation groups were forced to take legal action to protect water and air quality from a massive expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine near Roundup. Earlier this year the federal...
Increased funding for federal forest health and support of rural economies in Oregon (Press Release 7/27/15)
Oregon will invest $5 million to increase the quality, pace, and scale of collaborative restoration of OregonFederal forests in Oregon provide important resources for the state’s economy, ecological benefit through fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and water, and...
Gov. Inslee Directs The Washington Department Of Ecology To Take Serious Action On Climate Change (Press Release 7/28/15)
Gov. Sides With Youth Standing Up For Their Right To A Healthy Future Location:Seattle, WAToday, Gov. Jay Inslee directed the Washington Department of Ecology (“Ecology”) to take serious action on climate change. Inslee said Washingtonians have too much at stake to...
Governor Inslee Hosts Washington Youth Petitioners To Discuss Their Climate Case Against The Department of Ecology (Press Release 7/20/15)
On Friday, five young petitioners and their attorney arrived at Gov. Inslee’s office, but before entering the building they were met by a security guard who told them “sorry, but kids aren’t allowed in this building.” For these petitioners, the guard’s words came as...
Montana Approves Restrictions on Trapping to Save Imperiled Lynx (Press Release 7/9/15)
New Regulations in Lynx Habitat Aimed at Protecting Rare CatsLocation:Great Falls, Mont.Today, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a set of reasonable restrictions on trapping in Canada lynx habitat recommended by the Department of Fish, Wildlife and...
House amendment sells out water-drinking population for dairy profits (Press Release 7/9/15)
Location:SeattleOn July 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a funding bill amendment introduced by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) that prohibits the EPA from using the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 to protect drinking water from concentrated animal...
Youth Petitioners In Washington Climate Case to Meet with Department of Ecology to Discuss Potential Settlement (Press Release 7/8/15)
Location:SeattleSeattle, Washington – Eight youth petitioners will meet with the head of the Washington Department of Ecology (“Ecology”) to discuss potential settlement options in their climate change case. On June 23, 2015, in a landmark decision, King County...
Groups file suit to protect Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico and Arizona (Press Release 7/2/15)
Challenge federal policies that further imperil endangered wild wolvesLocation:TucsonA coalition of local, regional and national conservation watchdog groups filed suit today to ensure the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adopts policies that give endangered Mexican...
Washington State Youth Win Unprecedented Decision in their Climate Change Lawsuit (Press Release 6/24/15)
Judge Orders Washington Environmental Agency to Consider Youth-Proposed Carbon Dioxide ReductionsLocation:Seattle, Washington On Tuesday, King County Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill issued a landmark decision in Zoe & Stella Foster v. Washington Department of...
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