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Groups Seek Faster Progress from State, More Community Participation in Salton Sea Plans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, the California State Water Resources Control Board will host an annual workshop to update constituents on the Salton Sea Management Plan (SSMP), the state’s plan to…

Public Lands, Offshore Leasing System Broken, Must Be Sunsetted

Washington, DC— Today, the Department of the Interior is hosting the first public forum on the agency’s oil and gas leasing program. The panel comes during the Biden administration’s pause on new…

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Oil, Gas Leases in Central California

Fresno, Calif.— Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today over the Trump administration’s rushed sale of seven oil and gas leases on public lands in Kern County…

House Passes Sweeping Lands and Waters Protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Washington, D.C.— Today, the US House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act in a 227-200 vote— a package of conservation…

Biden Administration Moves to Keep Long-Fought Desert, Clean Energy Plan in California

California-- Today, the Biden administration announced that its Department of the Interior will not go forward with an eleventh-hour Trump-era plan to eliminate millions of acres of protections for…

RELEASE: New report first to highlight climate, extinction benefits of protecting Utah’s Red Rocks Wilderness

Utah— Today, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Sierra Club released a report that highlights how the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act would…

ACLU, Sierra Club, and SBCC Respond to the Biden Administration’s Request to Delay Border Wall SCOTUS Arguments

Washington, DC— The Biden administration today asked the Supreme Court to delay argument in Sierra Club v. Trump, a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club…

MINING COMPANY THREATENS TRIBAL RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA DESERT

Phase 1 of the exploratory mining project has exceeded permitted acreage and wrongly characterizes the drilling site as containing “low archaeological sensitivity.” BISHOP, CA — A Canadian gold…

PRESS CONFERENCE: First-of-its-Kind Report Highlights America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act Role in Climate, 30x30 Efforts

Utah— On Thursday, Feb. 4, climate experts will host a telepresser to release a new report on how the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act would play a vital role in slowing the extinction and climate…

Biden’s Block on Public Lands Fossil Fuel Leasing is a Reprieve for Californians, Climate

California— Today, the Biden administration announced a pause on new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters. The order commences a review of existing leases and permits, and looks to increase…