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

Press Releases
May 11, 2009
Clean Air Gets Second Chance at Lyons Cement Plant

EPA Rejects Flawed Air Pollution Permit for CEMEX
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Apr 29, 2009
Groups Renew and Expand Lawsuit for Clean Air in Northwestern New Mexico

Oil and Gas Drilling Increasing Smog, Endangering Public Health
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Apr 21, 2009
WildEarth Guardians Targets Xcel Energy’s Plans to Stick Colorado With More Mercury Contamination, Higher Bills

Comanche 3 Coal Burning Boiler Being Constructed Illegally Without Limits on Potent Poison
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Apr 1, 2009
WildEarth Guardians to Sue Xcel Energy over 11,000 Violations of Clean Air Laws at the Coal Burning Cherokee Power Plant

Announcement Comes as Coloradoans Rally in North Denver to Power Past Coal and Challenge Foolishness of Fossil Fuels
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Mar 30, 2009
Clean Energy Gets a Boost off the Coasts

WildEarth Guardians Files Suit to Spur Offshore Renewable Energy Development
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Climate + Energy
Mar 24, 2009
Gunnison Sage-grouse May Get Federal Protection

Interior Department Calls for New Decision following Latest Investigation of Bush Administration's Interference in Species Conservation
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#KeepItInTheGround, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea
Mar 12, 2009
Bitter Lake Proposed as Critical Habitat for Endangered Animals

Fish & Wildlife Service Reconsiders Key Habitat Protections for Endangered Snails
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Mar 12, 2009
WildEarth Guardians Targets EPA Failure to Safeguard Clean Air in American West

EPA to be Sued for Failing to Limit Interstate Transport of Smog and Soot in Six Western States, including Colorado
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Mar 11, 2009
WildEarth Guardians Challenges Failure of Xcel Coal Plant Permit to Safeguard Clean Air, Climate

Petition Filed with EPA to Overturn Air Pollution Permit for Hayden, Colorado Coal-fired Power Plant
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Mar 5, 2009
Greater Sage-grouse Warranted…but Precluded from ESA Protection

Seven years after conservationists petitioned to protect greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the species is "warranted but precluded" from listing under the Act.
Contact: Mark Salvo (503) 757-4221

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#KeepItInTheGround, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea