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Press Releases
Sep 15, 2022
Tribal, environmental justice, health, and climate coalition calls on U.S. Interior Secretary to protect Greater Chaco Region from fracking

Despite promise to Honor Chaco, Bureau of Land Management rubberstamping Trump-era oil and gas leasing, more oil and gas extraction

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #FrackOffChaco, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Sep 7, 2022
Biden administration commits to block drilling, reconsider sale of 58,000 acres of public lands for fracking in Montana, Dakotas

Settlement agreement resolves lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s failure to protect climate, groundwater

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Sep 6, 2022
Court rejects Wyoming, industry challenge to Biden administration postponement of oil, gas lease sales

The law is clear, the oil and gas industry doesn’t have a right to frack public lands

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Aug 31, 2022
Environmental groups submit a formal petition demanding Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission protect the public against cumulative impacts of oil and gas production 

Groups call for the Commission to make rules to better protect Coloradans from ozone, air pollution, climate change, and to prevent increases in pollution in disproportionately impacted communities

Climate + Energy
#COCleanAir, #PressStatement
Aug 15, 2022
Climate bill headed to President Biden sacrifices public lands while locking out Indigenous and Frontline communities

Congress allowed the good in Inflation Reduction Act to be watered-down by provisions that fund polluters and expand fossil fuel leasing on public lands

Climate + Energy, Public Lands
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Aug 12, 2022
Legal agreement blocks oil, gas leasing on 2.2 million acres in Colorado

Bureau of Land Management to reconsider plan, protect Gunnison sage grouse

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Aug 12, 2022
Judge reinstates Obama-era coal leasing moratorium on federal lands

Ruling halts all coal leasing on federal lands until the Bureau of Land Management completes a more sufficient environmental analysis

Climate + Energy, Public Lands
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Aug 4, 2022
Federal court cites human health, climate costs in rejecting massive Wyoming, Montana coal mining plan

Over 43% of all coal produced in the U.S., and over 85% of all federal coal produced in the U.S., comes from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Jul 26, 2022
Lawsuit aims to protect western Colorado’s air from Arch Coal’s West Elk mine

Polis administration failing to ensure coal mine complies with air quality laws

Climate + Energy
#COCleanAir, #KeepItInTheGround
Jun 29, 2022
Lawsuit challenges Biden’s resumption of oil, gas leasing on public lands

Fossil fuel expansion undermines Biden’s climate goals, campaign promises

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement