January 31, 2022
Today, the Department of the Interior announced $1.15 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for states to clean up inactive oil and gas wells on federal lands.
Land Conservation
Land Conservation
We must protect 30% of lands by 2030 to fight the climate and extinction crisis. Protecting wild places will keep drilling and logging from dumping pollution into the air, sequester emissions, provide protection from extreme weather, homes for wildlife, and opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors together.
Paria Rimrocks, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
About Our Program
Our campaign focuses on protecting lands as a climate solution. Safeguarding these places will reduce our carbon pollution and conserve these places for future generations.
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Help save Our Wild America
Our natural heritage is threatened by mining, drilling, and the devastating effects of climate disruption. We must protect our land and water so plants and animals can survive and thrive for generations to come.
A Vision to Save Lands, Water, and Climate
Protecting at least 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030 can fight the climate crisis, protect clean air and water, and provide endless ecological benefits.
Press Releases
January 30, 2022
Trees and forests are essential for taking on the damaging effects of the climate crisis and for maintaining healthy communities and ecosystems. President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda would make once-in-a-generation investments to support…
28 de enero de 2022
La Corte de Distrito de DC invalidó anoche la decisión del Departamento del Interior (DI) de ofrecer 80 millones de acres del Golfo de México para arrendamientos petroleros y gasíferos, una victoria crucial en la defensa de las comunidades de la…
January 18, 2022
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee is taking up the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. This bill would invest nearly $1.4 billion for states, territories, and tribes to amplify their work in recovering, conserving, and protecting at-risk…
January 10, 2022
In a filing late Friday, the Biden administration's U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) defended two Trump-era resource management plans (RMPs) that failed to comply with a court order to account for impacts from burning publicly-owned coal,…