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WELC, MOAPA BAND OF PAIUTES AND SIERRA CLUB FILE SUIT AGAINST NV ENERGY

2/22/2012
Lawsuit Aims to Stop Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plant and To Protect Citizens’ Health

In a legal action filed today challenging NV Energy’s right to continue to jeopardize public health, the nation’s leading environmental protection organization teamed up today with the Moapa Band of Paiutes (“the Tribe”) and the Western Environmental Law Center to urge the court to overturn a permit issued last year by the Southern Nevada Health District that allows the power company to massively expand its coal ash landfill in Moapa, Nevada.

Pollution is a fact of life when living next to the Reid Gardner plant

11/06/2011

A must-read column by WELC's client William Anderson, chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, about what it’s like to live next to an old, dirty coal-fired power plant. 

On behalf of the Moapa people, we are fighting the expansion of the plant's coal ash landfill, which would enable the plant to operate for another 30 years. 

I think it’s fair to say that most of the Washington, D.C., politicians attacking clean-air safeguards don’t have the same view out their front windows as the families in my small community of 300 people.

Ensuring Survival of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

8/30/2011

The Southwest Willow flycatcher, a small migratory bird barely 6 inches long, is on the verge of extinction. As early as 1995, the Flycatcher was listed as endangered and an ensuing plan was hatched to protect and preserve it.

The flycatcher travels throughout the Southwest and nests in riparian (streamside) habitats where there is running water and dense growths of trees. Its Latin name means “mosquito king,” and its ability to control insects is an essential function benefiting people as well as plant life.

Feds propose more critical habitat for flycatcher

8/12/2011

Great news for the endangered SW willow flycatcher! In response to WELC's lawsuit, FWS proposed to increase critical habitat for the tiny bird from the original plan of 730 river miles to 2,090 river miles. Now, habitat necessary for the flycatcher’s recovery will be shaped by science, not politics.

Click here to read the news article.

Enviros lobby BLM to reduce methane waste from wells

8/08/2011

A coalition of 22 environmental groups is lobbying the Bureau of Land Management to craft tough new rules to curb the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas wells on public lands.

The groups, led by the Taos, N.M.-based Western Environmental Law Center, warned that methane leaked from oil and gas wells, pipelines and compressor stations is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide, the chief global warming gas, and could be economically captured and used to heat homes, schools and businesses.

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EPA to Curb Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Drilling Nationwide

7/28/2011
New Federal Safeguards Clear the Air, Protect Public Health, and Actually Make Industry Money

Environmental and public health groups across the country today are applauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to strengthen nationwide air quality safeguards for oil and gas development. 

Coal-ash landfill vote draws protest

4/25/2011
Environmentalists, tribe say coal-ash landfill cause of health issues

In a rally to commemorate Earth Day, about 25 environmentalists and members of the Moapa Band of Paiutes gathered outside Southern Nevada Health District offices Friday to protest the board's previous approval of an application to expand a coal-ash landfill near the tribe's reservation. 

Partnering on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Wildlife Protection in the American West

12/15/2010

We are a member of Western Clean Energy Advocates (WCEA).  The WCEA is a diverse and growing group of organizations working to help transform the way energy is produced, used, and distributed across the West.  It is a coalition of renewable energy, efficiency, land and wildlife advocates and renewable energy trade associations.  As advocates, we are working to identify and resolve risks and opportunities associated with energy transmission and renewable energy planning processes.

Recreation Groups Argue For New Law Before Ninth Circuit

12/14/2010

The extent to which nonfederal parties can participate in environmental litigation is now under review by an en banc panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals following a case argued on December 13, 2010.  Read the full article.

WELC in the New York Times

12/10/2010
WELC Keeps Up Fight Against Motorized Recreation Groups' Effort to Undermine Case to Protect Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest From Too Many Roads and Off Road Vehicles

On December 13, 2010, a federal appeals court will consider whether to abandon a legal rule that makes it difficult for environmental and other interests to intervene in National Environmental Policy Act disputes in the Western states. 

WELC attorney Megan Anderson is arguing the case for the plaintiffs.  Read the full article in The New York Times.

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