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April 30, 2018 | Press Release

Conservation Groups Call on Trump Administration to Honor Sage-Grouse Agreement

Groups file lawsuit after administration violates federal law by deciding to lease sensitive sage-grouse habitat for drilling

April 30, 2018 | Legal Document

Sage Grouse Complaint

This case challenges the Trump Administration’s systematic disregard of legally binding land management plans adopted to protect the greater sage-grouse. Greater sage-grouse once numbered in the millions across much of the western United States. The Lewis and Clark expedition and numerous other nineteenth-century observers commented on the birds’ abundance, and the grouse is an integral part of the western landscape. In recent decades, however, grouse populations have plummeted throughout their range due to habitat loss and fragmentation caused by oil and natural gas development and other activities.

April 20, 2018 | Press Release

Conservation Groups Challenge Decision to Suspend Protections Against Harmful Oil and Gas Pollution on Public Lands

BLM Waste Prevention Rule stops leaks that threaten health, fuel climate change

April 20, 2018 | Legal Document

Methane Rule: Motion for Stay Pending Appeal

United States Court Of Appeals For The Tenth Circuit

April 19, 2018 | In the News: Denver Post

Suncor Oil Refinery Spews 8.5 Tons A Year Of Cyanide Gas Over Low-Income North Denver Neighborhoods, State Records Show

Joel Minor, Attorney, Earthjustice: “Everyone who lives near Suncor, as well as Suncor employees, have been breathing hydrogen cyanide. If the state is going to set a limit for hydrogen cyanide, it needs to set a limit that protects public health. We have these laws requiring disclosure for a reason. People do have a right to know what they are breathing.”

April 18, 2018 | Article

A Giant Oil Refinery Wants to Hide Its Role in Creating the Nation’s Most Polluted ZIP Code

Residents are pushing back against the Suncor refinery’s attempt to evade pollution reporting requirements in their Denver neighborhood.

April 17, 2018 | Legal Document

Petition To Object To Modification Of Title V Operating Permit For Suncor Energy’s Commerce City Refinery Plants 1 & 3

In the matter of: Modification to Operating Permit No. 96OPAD120, Issued to Suncor Energy (U.S.A.), Inc. – Commerce City Refinery, Plants 1 & 3, Issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

April 12, 2018 | Press Release

Tribes Challenge Forest Service Approval for Toxic Open-pit Copper Mine on Sacred Lands

Mine would desecrate burial sites and historic places, and destroy streams and groundwater resources

April 12, 2018 | Legal Document

Rosemont Complaint

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Hopi Tribe filed a complaint in U.S. District Court challenging the approval by the U.S. Forest Service of a plan by Hudbay Minerals Inc. of Canada to develop a sprawling toxic open pit copper mine on public land. The tribes are represented by Earthjustice.

March 22, 2018 | In the News: Public News Service

Medical Groups Publish Comprehensive Guide to Fracking Health Risks

Joel Minor, Attorney, Earthjustice: "It's important to look at all of those spills together, and think about the total volume of chemicals and fluids, and waste products that are being spilled, and look at those cumulative impacts over time."

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