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Press Releases
Feb 8, 2022
Fish and Wildlife Service denies federal protection for Sonoran desert tortoise

Lack of action puts the Sonoran desert tortoise on a collision course with extinction

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Feb 8, 2022
Nearly two dozen wildlife killing contests taking place in Nevada after wildlife commission failed to ban the gruesome events

Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners ignored, science, the public, and Department of Wildlife staff in allowing slaughter for cash and prizes to continue

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife
Feb 3, 2022
Groups urge Biden administration to rein in Forest Service undermining of America’s bedrock environmental law

Forest Service’s "condition-based management" approach is an end-run around the National Environmental Policy Act

Public Lands
#PressStatement, #ProtectNEPA, #PublicLandsInPublicHands, #Transparency
Jan 27, 2022
Over 81,000 demand support for long-term Mexican gray wolf conservation

Enormous outpouring of public support backs majority public opinion that Mexican gray wolves need stronger protections

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #GreaterGila, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction
Jan 26, 2022
Imagine Nation Brewery and WildEarth Guardians team up for wolf brew

Wolf Hearted IPA will be released to the public on Friday, January 28.

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction
Jan 26, 2022
Grizzly advocates call for keeping protections in place, provide agencies with new tool

Grizzlies in the Northern Rockies five recovery areas remain isolated and current distribution is insufficient to warrant removal of Endangered Species Act protections

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #Rewilding, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife
Jan 24, 2022
Groups seek intervention in lawsuit in order to protect Sierra Nevada red fox, other wildlife from motorized winter recreation

Snowmobilers had filed suit in October asking court to overturn over-snow vehicle use designation on Stanislaus National Forest

Public Lands
#PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife
Jan 21, 2022
Guardians to file suit against EPA over failure to crack down on smog in the Denver Metro area

Agency's delay threatens clean air and health along Colorado Front Range

Climate + Energy
#COCleanAir, #ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround
Jan 19, 2022
Legal petition calls on Biden to phase out federal oil, gas by 2035

WildEarth Guardians joins hundreds of other groups in demanding action to wind down fossil fuel production, confront climate crisis

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround
Jan 18, 2022
Court orders action on Suncor oil refinery air pollution permits

Judge's ruling rebukes Polis administration delay on updating permits, protecting clean air and communities

#COCleanAir, #ClimateJustice, #PressStatement