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Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate

Press Releases
Jun 24, 2024
Supreme Court Takes Up Case Challenging Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway

In addition to climate damage, the railway would harm public lands, rare plants and wildlife habitat.

Climate + Energy, Utah
#ForceForNature, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
May 30, 2024
EPA rejects air pollution permit for Colorado’s largest coal mine

State failed to require adequate monitoring of toxic pollution from Arch Coal’s West Elk Mine

Climate + Energy, Colorado
#COCleanAir, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement
May 16, 2024
Biden administration to end coal leasing in Powder River Basin

Victory — BLM decision will keep nearly 6 billion tons of highly polluting coal in the ground

Climate + Energy, Legal Victory, Wyoming
#ClimateJustice, #ForceForNature, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases
May 6, 2024
Conservation groups intervene against Signal Peak’s lawsuit seeking to rush review of nation’s largest underground coal mine

"Signal Peak doesn't want us to have a moment of climate sanity," said Kelly Fuller, Climate and Energy Program Director of WildEarth Guardians.

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Apr 9, 2024
WildEarth Guardians announces Lindsay Larris as Conservation Director

Larris is a fierce advocate for wildlife, political and agency accountability, and upholding the laws that protect the natural world.

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife
#ForceForNature, #PressStatement
Mar 20, 2024
WildEarth Guardians files second lawsuit to save Joshua trees from extinction

Feds continue to deny the iconic desert plant needed protections against climate threats

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Mar 5, 2024
WildEarth Guardians welcomes Hop Hopkins as new Executive Director

The Board, led by Betsy Gaines Quammen, unanimously confirmed the selection of Hopkins for this leadership position as part of a planned succession.

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife
#ForceForNature, #PressStatement
Feb 21, 2024
Ninth Circuit decision throws out coal leasing challenge

Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups urge Interior Department to act on coal

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Feb 15, 2024
Colorado legislators introduce bill to phase out new oil and gas permits and require operators to fund cleanup

SB 24-159 would advance climate action and protect public health and taxpayers

Climate + Energy
#COCleanAir, #ClimateJustice, #ForceForNature, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Feb 7, 2024
WildEarth Guardians calls for PFAS pollution controls for oil and gas in New Mexico  

New EPA rules to list PFAS as “hazardous” won’t apply to exempt oil and gas waste

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement