Press Releases

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U.S. Wildlife Officials Failing to Conserve Mexican Wolf, 11 Conservation Groups Intervening to Ensure Wolf Recovery Is Agency’s Priority - Apr 30, 2008 - Tucson, Arizona

With only 52 Mexican gray wolves left in the wild, a number of conservation organizations are asking an Arizona federal court to direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to take back their leadership responsibilities for the Mexican wolf reintroduction effort and make wolf conservation a priority.

Citizens Bring Suit to Clean up Air Pollution from Industrial Dairies in Lower Yakima Valley - Apr 23, 2008

Seeking to hold industrial dairies accountable for their release of hazardous air pollutants, citizens filed a lawsuit today against one of the biggest dairies in the state of Washington.

Drilling the Climate: Colorado Oil and Gas Auction to Fuel Global Warming, BLM Ignoring its Responsibility to Protect Colorado’s Climate - Apr 23, 2008 - Denver, Colorado

A coalition of local, regional, and national citizens groups have challenged the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to open up more than 174,000 acres of Colorado to oil and gas drilling without taking action to protect Colorado’s climate.

Lynx in New Mexico in Legal Limbo, Groups Sue to Protect the Rare Cats in the Southwest - Apr 21, 2008

Groups are suing to ensure that the highly imperiled cats do not lose their legal protection once they cross from Colorado where they are protected as a threatened species under the Edangered Species Act (ESA) into New Mexico where they are not protected under the ESA.

Drilling the Climate: New Mexico Oil and Gas Auction to Fuel Global Warming, BLM Ignoring its Responsibility to Protect New Mexico’s Climate - Apr 15, 2008 - Sante Fe, New Mexico

Despite the growing danger posed by climate change to New Mexico, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is ignoring the natural gas industry’s significant contributions to global warming pollution as it feverishly promotes a runaway drilling boom.

Forest Service Attempts to Remove Protections for Wildlife Across the Country, Meets With Lawsuit - Apr 11, 2008 - San Francisco

A coalition of 14 conservation groups filed suit today in federal court to block the U.S. Forest Service from implementing a new rule that would remove protections for fish, wildlife, and other resources throughout the 192-million acre National Forest System. The rule represents the Forest Service’s third attempt to weaken the nationwide regulations.

BIA Withholding Records on Desert Rock Power Plant, Court Asked to Force Agency to Release Basic Public Documents - Apr 03, 2008 - Farmington, New Mexico

Despite the harmful effects of the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant on precious water resources and air quality in the Four Corners region, the lead federal agency in charge of the project has denied numerous requests to review even basic public records on those issues.

Conservation Group Amends Lawsuit Over Corridor Designation - Mar 12, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA

The Western Environmental Law Center, representing the Center for Biological Diversity, today amended its federal district court lawsuit challenging the Department of Energy’s October 2007 designation of the Southwest National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor — a sweeping, 45-million-acre area that includes seven southern California and three Arizona counties — for failing to analyze the environmental impacts of the corridor to at least 95 species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Groups Win Reconsideration of the “Village” at Wolf Creek Development - Feb 19, 2008 - Durango, Colorado

Culminating 16 months of legal wrangling, the U.S. Forest Service and developer Red McCombs agreed to go back to the drawing board and complete a fair and unbiased Environmental Impact Statement for the controversial development proposed at the top of Wolf Creek Pass in southern Colorado.

Community Groups Go to Court to Clean up Los Alamos National Laboratory. - Feb 07, 2008 - Sante Fe, New Mexico

Citing significant violations of the Clean Water Act at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, an alliance of nine New Mexico community organizations and two individuals today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy and the Los Alamos National Security, LLC

Court Upholds Habitat Protection for Mexican Spotted Owl - Feb 05, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona

A federal court has upheld protection of 8.6 million acres of critical habitat spread across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado for the threatened Mexican spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the critical habitat for the owl in 2004.

Environmental Groups Petition EPA to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions Generated by Non-road Vehicles and Engines - Jan 29, 2008 - Los Angeles, Calif

Public interest and environmental organizations, joined by several states, today called upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from non-road vehicles and engines, a large component of the mobile source sector with the fastest rate of increase in GHG emissions.

Conservation Group Files Lawsuit Against Department of Energy Over Southwest Energy Corridor - Jan 10, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA

Transmission Line Corridor Will Exacerbate Global Warming, Harm Public Health

Conservation and Environmental Groups Demand EPA’s Rationale for Rejecting CA Waiver - Dec 21, 2007 - Eugene, OR

 

West Coast Environmental Groups Renounce EPA’s Decision Denying Waiver - Dec 20, 2007 - Eugene, OR

 

Conservation groups join California’s lawsuit over vehicle emissions - Nov 08, 2007 - Eugene, OR

 

Conservationists Win 2 Year Battle to Gain Access to Forest Service Data - Oct 17, 2007 - Missoula, MT

Forest Service must turn over off-road vehicle impact data for 84 Western Forests

New Mexico Adopts Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program for Industry - Oct 04, 2007 - Santa Fe, NM

In Pioneering Move, State Will Capture Oil and Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Judge Protects Rio Grande National Forest - Oct 04, 2007 - Denver, CO

Halts road construction to proposed “Village at Wolf Creek”

EPA Stalling West Coast States’ Efforts to Limit Greenhouse Gases - Sep 18, 2007 - Eugene, Oregon

Public Interest Groups Take Legal Action to Force EPA’s Compliance with the Law

Conservationists file petition to protect Lynx in New Mexico - Aug 01, 2007 - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Conservationists argue that the Canada lynx should be protected in northern New Mexico

Conservationists Seek to Block Forest Service’s Resurrection of Illegal Regulations - Jul 26, 2007 - San Francisco

 

Conservation Groups File Suit to Protect Four Corners Air - Jul 10, 2007 - Durango, CO

 

Oregon and Washington Public Interest Groups Petition EPA to Grant Waiver Allowing States to Limit Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Jun 15, 2007 - Eugene OREGON

 

Groups Join to Stop Industrial Dairy Pollution - Jun 14, 2007 - Eugene, OR

Dairy Education Alliance Formed to Clean Up and Protect Communities

State Water Quality Control Commission Approves Conservation Protections for New Mexico's Most Special Waters - Jun 13, 2007 - New Mexico

 

Feds Asked to Include Lynx in New Mexico - Jun 11, 2007 - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Comments on 5 year status review argue that the wildcat’s habitat extends

Neighbors Around the West Target Dairy Polluters - May 30, 2007 - The West

 

Victory for Clean Water in New Mexico - May 14, 2007 - New Mexico

State’s Right to Protect Water Upheld in Court Against Industry Challenge

CARE Takes Action To Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Washington Communities - Apr 20, 2007 - Yakima Valley, WA

Washington State Department of Ecology’s Water Pollution Permit for Industrial Dairies Fails to Protect Communities

Court Throws Out Bush Changes to National Forest Rules - Mar 30, 2007 - Eugene, OR

 

Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry's New Book Features Environmental Advocacy of Western Environmental Law Center - Mar 29, 2007 - Eugene, OR

 

Groups Ask Court to Reconsider Lynx in New Mexico - Mar 29, 2007 - Santa Fe, NM

Request Seeks Protection of Rare Wildcat from Harmful Activities

Domenici and Bingaman Agree to Advance Valle Vidal Bill - Nov 16, 2006

Lawmakers Will Seek Senate Passage of House Bill to Protect Region

Mineral County and Lake Conservationists Leave Walker Lake Water Rights Mediation Process - Sep 20, 2006 - Hawthorne, NV

Lack of Progess and Lake's Dire Straits Cited as Reasons for Withdrawal

New Environmental Study on Grand Canyon's Native Fishes and Habitat - Impacts of Glen Canyon Dam - Sep 05, 2006

 

Groups Sue to Protect the Grand Canyon - Mar 28, 2006 - Denver

Coalition effort to improve management of the Colorado River

Judge Upholds Old-Growth and Imperiled Species' Protection 1/10/2006 - Jan 10, 2006 - Seattle, WA

Bush administration plan to eliminate protection for rare plants and wildlife thwarted

Forest Service Employee Group Wins Lawsuit - Oct 25, 2005 - Eugene, OR

Lawsuit Challenges Use of Aerial Fire Retardant

Court Tells Forest Service to Obey the Law, Protect Public's Rights - Oct 20, 2005 - Eugene, OR

Judge Clarifies Ruling that Halted Agency Projects Nationwide to Create Backlash

Conservation Groups Ask US Forest Service to Stop Playing Politics with Americans’ Lives - Oct 13, 2005 - Fresno, CA

Coalition Asks Court to Clarify Ruling on Forest Service Maintenance Projects

Court Issues Restraining Order to Halt Species’ Poisoning - Aug 23, 2005 - Eugene, OR

Pristine Wilderness Stream in Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Preserved

Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area Preserved as Roadless - May 17, 2005 - Eugene, OR

Second Judge Refuses to Allow Taxpayer Extortion