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Defending the West's Communities

WELC's work with communities

In the West, communities value their natural surroundings and seek to strike a balance between economic growth and a healthy liveable environment. Throughout the West, the Western Environmental Law Center is helping neighborhood associations, rural governments, and other community groups secure long term protection of their unique natural resources and traditions.

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Reducing Risk of Climate Change from BLM actions
This campaign focuses on the Southwest and Southern Rockies.
Ensuring a state's right to limit vehicle green house gas (GHG) emissions
The Western Environmental Law Center is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use its authority under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act to grant California a waiver of federal preemption to enable it to limit vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
VICTORY! WELC Propels New Mexico to Forefront of Global Warming Solutions
The result: a pioneering rule requiring a host of industries – including power plants, oil refineries, and upstream oil and gas development operations – to report both major and minor source greenhouse gas emissions.
Shining a Light on Dirty Energy & Mining
Acting as local counsel for our allies at the Energy Minerals Law Center, we’re working to recover public records for Diné C.A.R.E. and the San Juan Citizens Alliance improperly withheld by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Southwest National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor
WELC is challenging the Department of Energy’s failure to comply with critical environmental laws in designating the Southwest National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor.
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Citizens Bring Suit to Clean up Air Pollution from Industrial Dairies in Lower Yakima Valley
Drilling the Climate: Colorado Oil and Gas Auction to Fuel Global Warming, BLM Ignoring its Responsibility to Protect Colorado’s Climate
WELC Protests BLM's Failure to Consider Climate Change in Offering Oil and Gas Leases in New Mexico
Sloppy industrial practices make oil and gas drilling the second-largest source of greenhouse gas pollution in New Mexico, but the Bureau of Land management intends to open up another 100,000 acres of the state to the oil and gas industry without considering the impacts of climate change and without requiring the use of the latest technologies to cut global warming pollution.
WELC Files Suit to Gain Release of Basic Public Documents Regarding the Proposed Desert Rock Power Plant Withheld by the BIA
Tell state leaders to take action NOW on climate change!
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