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Key Protection for Greater Chaco Passes House of Representatives with Bipartisan Support

Washington, DC -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act (H.R. 2181), which would ban new leasing and drilling on federal lands within…

South Dakota Governor Drops Anti-Protest Laws in Settlement Agreement with ACLU

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Jason Ravnesborg today backed down from their unconstitutional attempts to silence protesters. Under a settlement…

Sierra Club Takes Trump’s SEC to Court Over Failure to Respond to FOIA Request

San Francisco, CA -- Today, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its failure to respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and…

Trump to Headline Fracked Gas Conference Amid Local Opposition to Fossil Fuel Buildout

Pittsburgh, PA -- On Wednesday, Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh. Trump is expected to tout his administration’s rollbacks of key…

Trump’s Department of Transportation Proposes Dangerous Plan to Move Explosive Fracked Gas Through Communities by Rail

Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) unveiled a plan to allow liquefied fracked gas to be transported by rail. The announcement…

Trump Administration Paves Way for Old-Growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The Trump administration today announced plans to gut long-standing protections against logging and road-building in the Tongass National Forest, a cherished old-growth temperate…

Indigenous Groups Raise Concerns About Arctic Refuge Drilling in Submission to UN Human Rights Council

New York, NY -- In a submission sent on October 3 to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Indigenous rights groups raised concerns about human rights violations against the Gwich’in Nation as a…

ECOLOGY FINDS METHANOL REFINERY REVIEW INCOMPLETE, SEEKS INFORMATION ON SPURIOUS CARBON CLAIMS

October 9, 2019, (Lacey, WA)—Today, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) put a permit decision on hold for a massive fracked gas-to-methanol refinery in Kalama, WA, stating the company…

Groups sue EPA for gutting protections and clearing path for Pebble Mine

ANCHORAGE (AK)—More than a dozen groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to protect Alaska fisheries, wildlife, jobs, communities, and ways of life from the proposed Pebble…

Trump Bucks Protests, Opens 725,500 Acres of California’s Central Coast to Oil Drilling

MARINA, Calif.— The Trump administration today dismissed protests and made a formal decision to open 725,500 acres of public lands and mineral estate across California’s Central Coast and the…