WildEarth Guardians, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Western Environmental Law Center this week pushed back fiercely against the Trump Administration’s plans to open up nearly 100% of the Greater Carlsbad Caverns region for fracking. In a nearly 150 page comment letter, we challenged the U.S. Bureau […]
In 2016, WildEarth Guardians, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Western Environmental Law Center filed suit to overturn the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s sale of more than 400,000 acres of public lands for fracking in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The lawsuit filed in federal court targeted head […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released industrial greenhouse gas emissions data for 2017 and while the news centered on the fact that there was a 3% overall reduction in pollution, there are some surprising details among the reporting. Yes, the data continues to show that coal-fired […]
There’s no sugar-coating it. Last week’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change painted a grim outlook for our climate and the future of this planet. Aside from acknowledging the reality that human-caused climate change is already wreaking havoc around the globe, the Panel also […]
While the coal industry is collapsing, it’s not dampening WildEarth Guardians’ efforts to ensure mining companies are held accountable to protecting our air, water, climate, and more. Case in point is Westmoreland Coal Company, which last week declared bankruptcy. Right before they went under, we joined the Western […]
In case you missed it, WildEarth Guardians is taking aim at the Trump Administration’s proposed plan for managing public lands and minerals in southeast New Mexico’s Greater Carlsbad Caverns region. The proposed plan would sacrifice virtually ever acre of public lands in the area to fracking. It would […]
By the end of 2018, an unprecedented amount of western public lands will have been put on the auction block for fracking by the President Trump and his Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, threatening places like Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, the Upper Missouri River Breaks National […]
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