Ian Brickey is Associate Director for Federal Communications, working with Sierra Club's Conservation & Outdoors campaign.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Conservation and wildlife advocacy groups are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act this year, commemorating five decades of effective and…
A federal appeals court yesterday rejected the Biden administration’s defense of unchecked oil and gas fracking in the Greater Chaco region of northwest New Mexico, ruling the U.S. Interior…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior issued a key environmental assessment regarding ConocoPhillips’ oil and gas operation in the Western Arctic, commonly called the Willow…
WASHINGTON, DC – After over a decade of contestation, the EPA came to a Final Determination to protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine, a proposed copper and gold mine which would have wide-ranging,…
On the second anniversary of the announcement of the Biden Administration’s America the Beautiful initiative to protect 30 percent of lands and waters in the United States by 2030, a new coalition…
ELY, MN -- Today, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a Public Land Order protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or Wilderness), Voyageurs National Park (VNP), and 1854 Treaty…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Biden administration reinstated the so-called 'roadless rule' to fully restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The move once again…
WASHINGTON– Today, President Biden re-nominated Laura Daniel-Davis as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s principal deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management. The nomination now…
PHOENIX – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department’s next steps in implementing the national Wildfire Crisis Strategy. They include expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risks…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced new plans related to oil and gas leasing tied to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The plans initiate…