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 […]
The coal industry maintained its collapse today as mining giant Westmoreland Coal Company filed for bankruptcy in federal court. Westmoreland is a major producer in the American West, where the Colorado-based company owns the San Juan mine in New Mexico, the Kemmerer mine in Wyoming, and three mines […]
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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