Transparency Blitz Going Strong
Our Transparency Blitz is going strong this month as we sustain our push back against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s attacks on the Freedom of Information Act and our democracy. Our goal? Shine...
View ArticleVictories for Climate, Public Lands This Month
Responding to mounting pressure and protest over the past several months, Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, was forced to back down from plans to auction away public lands for fracking in New...
View ArticlePushing for Just Transition in Montana Coal Country
Trump and Zinke have been working extra hard to make good on Trump’s promise to bring coal back, as evident in the recent desperate attempt to save a failing mining company, Westmoreland Coal. On the...
View Article#ItsNotOver: Next Steps on The Road to Protecting Greater Chaco
New Mexicans deserve a say in any proposed development on public lands in our state, especially when it is near sacred or culturally sensitive land. I welcome @SecretaryZinke‘s decision to terminate...
View ArticleCarlsbad Caverns National Park Targeted for Fracking
Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Photo credit: Michael Welch, Flickr. Our Public Lands Are Under Attack Almost every action that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has taken since being appointed...
View ArticleAppeals Filed Over Public Lands Fracking Leases in Southeast New Mexico
Pumpjack in southeast New Mexico. Photo by Blake Thornberry. This week, WildEarth Guardians filed appeals challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s sale of more than 17,000 acres of public...
View ArticleBailout for San Juan Coal Mine a Bad Deal For Americans
Last week, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining held a series of public meetings feigning efforts to give the public an opportunity to voice their concerns over a plan to keep the San Juan Mine open until...
View ArticleInterior Department “Royalty Policy Committee” a Complete Scam
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s “Royalty Policy Committee” met in Denver yesterday and WildEarth Guardians was there to witness firsthand just how this group is orchestrating the sell out of our...
View ArticleWe’re Number 5!
In case you missed it, last week the Freedom of Information Act Project released a report detailing how lawsuits enforcing our nation’s bedrock transparency law have more than doubled under the Trump...
View ArticleLatest Development on Public Lands Oil and Gas Climate Suit
In 2016, WildEarth Guardians, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Western Environmental Law Center filed suit to overturn the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s sale of more than 400,000 acres...
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