The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford
Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.
Denver, COLORADO – Today, the White House announced its newest protected public land, the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, along with a 20-year mineral withdrawal for approximately 225,000 acres of the Thompson Divide to ensure the land remains protected. The monument would encompass 53,804 acres, including the historic Camp Hale and Tenmile Range.
La Corte Suprema escuchó hoy argumentos orales del caso Sackett vs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), un intento de la industria de combustibles fósiles de desmantelar la Ley de Agua Limpia.
Today, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act. This bill was introduced last week by Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and other members of the Committee.
Great Falls, MT—Conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) yesterday reached a settlement agreement that will prevent new oil and gas drilling on 58,000 acres of public lands in Montana and the Dakotas pending a new analysis of it
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge in Wyoming
Conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have finalized a legal agreement that will prevent new oil and gas leasing across 2.2 million acres of southwestern Colorado until the agency supplements its environmental analysis and releases an amended plan for lands in the area.
El Servicio Forestal del Departamento de Agricultura inició hoy un acto de emergencia para proteger las secoyas gigantes en un área de 13.000 acres.
Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved forward Laura Daniel-Davis’ nomination to serve as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for land and minerals management. Her confirmation will now be voted on by the full Senate.
Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (SENR) will consider several important bills that impact public lands and waters and conservation efforts. Senior Sierra Club policy staff are available to speak about individual bills listed below.
En una victoria para la protección y conservación de la vida silvestre, una corte federal de distrito restauró hoy una amplia variedad de protecciones de la Ley de Especies en Peligro a cientos de especies y su hábitats.