http://www.westernlaw.org These are our press releases daily 1 2007-03-22T22:30:34Z http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/supreme-court-to-decide-whether-citizens-can-effectively-challenge-illegal-government-rules Administration Seeks to Shield Logging, Drilling, and Off-Road Vehicle Use on Forest Service Lands from Public Review No publisher Mari 2008-09-29T18:07:38Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/conservation-groups-the-state-of-montana-kootenai-tribe-of-idaho-and-federal-agencies-reach-historic-agreement-to-help-save-the-kootenai-river-white-sturgeon “After nearly six years of litigation, the parties have agreed to a plan that will help save the sturgeon,” said Geoff Hickox, an attorney from the Western Environmental Law Center No publisher Mari 2008-09-10T18:02:09Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/welc-joined-by-several-states-to-sue-epa-for-its-failure-to-restrict-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-nonroad-vehicles-and-engines Following six months of federal inaction, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) provided notice of its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to restrict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from nonroad vehicles and engines. No publisher Mari 2008-08-04T19:28:27Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/u-s-wildlife-officials-failing-to-conserve-mexican-wolf-11-conservation-groups-intervening-to-ensure-wolf-recovery-is-agency2019s-priority 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. No publisher Mari 2008-05-02T17:04:05Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/citizens-bring-suit-to-clean-up-air-pollution-from-industrial-dairies-in-lower-yakima-valley 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. No publisher Mari 2008-04-23T18:52:38Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/drilling-the-climate-colorado-oil-and-gas-auction-to-fuel-global-warming-blm-ignoring-its-responsibility-to-protect-colorado2019s-climate 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. No publisher Mari 2008-04-23T23:54:42Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/lynx-in-new-mexico-in-legal-limbo-groups-sue-to-protect-the-rare-cats-in-the-southwest 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. No publisher Mari 2008-04-21T20:10:28Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/drilling-the-climate-new-mexico-oil-and-gas-auction-to-fuel-global-warming 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. No publisher Mari 2008-04-16T18:37:02Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/forest-service-attempts-to-remove-protections-for-wildlife 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. No publisher Mari 2008-04-16T18:12:11Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/bia-withholding-records-on-desert-rock-power-plant 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. No publisher Mari 2008-04-03T20:49:43Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/energy-department-fails-to-consider-environmental-impacts-of 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. No publisher Mari 2008-03-12T19:06:54Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/conservation-groups-win-reconsideration-of-the-201cvillage201d-at-wolf-creek-development 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. No publisher Mari 2008-02-20T00:10:11Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/community-groups-go-to-court-to-clean-up-los-alamos-national-laboratory 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 No publisher Mari 2008-04-02T22:50:11Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/court-upholds-habitat-protection-for-mexican-spotted-owl 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. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:05:25Z Press Release http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/environmental-groups-petition-epa-to-limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions-generated-by-non-road-vehicles-and-engines 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. No publisher hillary 2008-02-21T19:21:26Z Press Release