Mike Freeman, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “They claim that the federal bureau should be required to sell oil and gas leases whenever the industry wants them. If they have their way, then places that get leased to the oil industry under the Trump Administration won’t ever be the same after they get drilled.”
Mike Freeman, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “It’s about padding the profits for Trump’s donors in the oil and gas industry. What they’re going to be doing is stockpiling federal oil and gas leases and getting Trump to do things that are going to increase demand for their product.”
Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “If the Corps is really handing out permits without checking compliance to the Clean Water Act, it could hurt Colorado, so the state will have to be vigilant.”
Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We’ve been privileged to follow the lead of 11 Tribal Nations with deep cultural ties to the monument, and we will continue fighting to protect it from uranium mining and other threats so that future generations can benefit from this irreplaceable landscape.”
Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We’re pleased that the court rightly rejected this far-fetched attack on Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument. We stand ready to defend all national monuments from any future attack by the current president.”
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2020 decision that struck down the basis for the previous Trump administration’s oil and gas leasing on more than a million acres of public lands in key habitat for sage grouse, an iconic bird species of the Western United States.
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Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “It was clear from the plaintiff’s arguments that they’re hoping to get the cases to the U.S. Supreme Court quickly and attack the monument designations themselves and perhaps the Antiquities Act itself.”
The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a new decision directing Oklahoma to give Tribes a seat at the table when administering dozens of federal environmental programs in the state.
Earthjustice attorney Tom Delehanty joined KGNU’s Jackie Sedley to discuss the petition to halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado and what a delay of more wolves could mean for the state.
As the Colorado Policy Advocate, Megan helps to develop and implement legislative strategies to achieve Earthjustice’s goals for environmental justice, climate, clean energy, and more.