FOREST SERVICE TO CANCEL GRAZING PERMIT OF CONVICTED WOLF KILLER
December 3, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-- Last week, the Gila National Forest served rancher Craig Thiessen notice of a decision to cancel the grazing permit for the Canyon del Buey allotment near Reserve, New Mexico. Thiessen had pleaded guilty to intentionally trapping...
Sierra Club Announces its 2018 Volunteer Appreciation Awards
November 21, 2018
PHOENIX – On Sunday, November 18, on a beautiful day in South Mountain Park, Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter recognized the work of some of its outstanding volunteers and partners in conservation. From organizing and leading service projects, to...
Arizonans Call on Trump Administration to Halt Roll Back of Clean Car Standards, Protect Public Health, Climate, and Consumers
October 26, 2018
PHOENIX – Today is the deadline for Americans to comment on the proposal by Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Deputy National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Heidi King to roll...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Industry Challenge to Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban
October 1, 2018
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the mining industry’s challenge to the 20-year ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.
Arizona Groups Call on Flake to Oppose Kavanaugh
September 12, 2018
PHOENIX, AZ—Today, environmental, educational, and faith groups called on Senator Flake to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court due to his hostility to environmental protection and access to justice to protect...
Public Health and Consumer Groups Condemn Trump Administration Roll Back of Clean Car Standards
August 2, 2018
“The Trump administration is rolling back yet another standard that helps to protect the health of all Arizonans, especially those of us in the Phoenix area who have been hit with day after day of high pollution advisories this summer,” said Sandy...
Conservation Groups Assail Arizona’s Attempted Takeover of Clean Water Act
July 18, 2018
State Wants Authority Over Key Provision of Federal Law
PHOENIX — Conservation groups are challenging Arizona’s attempt to assume authority over a key provision of the federal Clean Water Act. In a letter sent Friday to state policymakers, the...
Sierra Club Condemns Gosar Attempt to De-Fund Ironwood Forest National Monument
July 18, 2018
PHOENIX -- Rep. Gosar (R-AZ) has introduced an amendment to an Interior Department funding bill that would withhold funding to manage Ironwood Forest National Monument, de-facto stripping the area and its resources of protections afforded by the...
Release of Three Mexican Gray Wolf Packs Needed to Put Recovery Back on Track
July 12, 2018
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Twenty-five conservation groups called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to release three more Mexican gray wolf packs, specifically mating pairs with pups, to the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico this summer. Further...
Pruitt Booted
July 6, 2018
Phoenix, AZ – Today, in the wake of the resignation of scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Scott Pruitt, public health and environmental advocates called on Senator Jeff Flake to oppose weakening health and...