Press Releases

1 de febrero de 2023

Tras más de una década de disputas, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) emitió una Determinación Final de protección para Bristol Bay de daños potenciales de la Mina Pebble.

January 31, 2023

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, disastrous social, environmental, and economic impacts to lo

January 30, 2023

Washington, DC – The Department of the Interior released

January 28, 2023

OAKLAND -- Yesterday, authorities in Memphis released the video footage in the police killing of Tyre Nichols. While the five officers involved in the incident have been criminally charged, the Nichols family and Tyre’s community in Memphis are left to grieve the loss of yet another life at the hands of police. 

January 27, 2023

Today, House Republicans passed the Strategic Production Response (SPR) Act, legislation that threatens our federal public lands and waters under the guise of promoting energy security. Senate Democrats are unlikely to take up the bill and President Biden would veto the legislation. 

27 de enero de 2023

En el segundo aniversario del anuncio por parte de la administración Biden de la iniciativa “America the Beautiful” para proteger el 30% de los terrenos y vías acuáticas de Estados Unidos para 2030, una nueva coalición ha publicado su agenda política para alcanzar esta ambiciosa meta.

January 27, 2023

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 has released a policy agenda to help achieve this ambitious goal.

January 26, 2023

BOSTON, MA --  At her first State of the City address last night, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced she will be signing an Executive Order requiring all new municipal buildings and major renovations, including schools, to be fossil-fuel free.

January 26, 2023

Next week, Detroit Outdoors is hosting and facilitating a virtual panel discussion featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) athletes and advocates to share their experiences and advice about engaging in outdoor recreation. Join us for a conversation, and come with any burning questions you have about the outdoors!

January 26, 2023

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 Area from sulfide-ore copper mining. The PLO, called a mineral withdrawal, bans toxic mining on 225,504 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the BWCAW and upstream of the Wilderness.