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

Press Releases

Jul 28, 2020

Conservation and animal groups propose safe and accessible Missoula recreation areas

Archaic trapping rules currently put people and pets at risk in the outdoors

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife

Jul 23, 2020

Washington Governor Urged to Order New Rules to Reduce Wolf-killing

State has killed 31 endangered wolves since 2012

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct

Jul 20, 2020

Lawsuit Renews Challenge to Trump Administration’s Order to Give Away Public Lands to Coal Industry

Administration Throws Climate, Clean Air and Water, Communities Under Bus for Coal Companies

Climate + Energy

#KeepItInTheGround

Jul 20, 2020

Guardians Calls on New Mexico to Put Brakes on Proposed Fracking Waste Rules

Clean Water, Health, Environment Threatened as State Oil and Gas Regulators Move to Ease Rules Governing Toxic Waste

Climate + Energy

#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround

Jul 17, 2020

NEPA Rollback Puts Industry Profits Over Public Health and Environment

The Trump administration's latest environmental rollback is a brazen attempt to cut the public voice out of government decision-making.

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#ProtectNEPA

Jul 9, 2020

Lawsuit Aims to Get Colorado Back on Track to Meet Climate Goals

Governor Jared Polis’ Administration Misses Key Legal Deadline as State Falls Behind in Meeting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

Climate + Energy

#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround

Jul 9, 2020

Groups File Suit to Protect Greater Chaco Region From Fracking

Latest Legal Action Aims to Defend Health, Achieve Justice, Confront Trump Administration Climate Denial

Climate + Energy

#FrackOffChaco, #GreaterChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround

Jul 8, 2020

Yellowstone Grizzlies to Stay on Endangered List

WildEarth Guardians and allies deal Trump administration another legal loss

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Jul 7, 2020

Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Dire Straits as Population Numbers Continue to Decline

The imperiled bird’s three-year running average count has hit a historic low, with fewer than 1,600 birds remaining in 2020

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction

Jul 7, 2020

Nevada Court Protects Bi-State Sage-Grouse from Off-Road Vehicles

The Bi-State sage-grouse population is isolated from all other sage-grouse populations in a unique area in the Mono Basin along the California-Nevada border

Public Lands, Wildlife

#ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife