“Transition minerals will help power our shift to clean energy, but current mining laws and regulations fail to protect the communities, sacred sites, and water resources most impacted by mining practices.”

“We don’t have to make the false choice between mineral mining and protecting communities, the environment, and sacred sites. We can do both.”

The bill would weaken existing environmental laws and could potentially expedite harmful logging operations in sequoia groves.

El presidente de la cámara, Kevin McCarthy, cede ante las voces más extremistas de su partido para promover una agenda anti-energía limpia y pro-contaminación

“It’s not a serious proposal, but instead a litany of damaging policies aimed at sacrificing the health and safety of our communities and catering to polluting industries.”

“This legislation is a wholesale giveaway to mining companies.”

Major victory for the Monument and the spectacular variety of plants, fish, and wildlife that depend on the Monument’s ecological integrity

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument made by President Obama in January 2017.

Announcement advances Biden’s 2022 Earth Day Executive Order

Wide-ranging rule will include Bureau of Land Management forest policies

The California spotted owl is the last of four native Sierra Nevada species to receive Endangered Species Act protection in the culmination of a 30-year legal fight.

Tribes granted separate motion to intervene in December

A Utah federal judge has granted a motion to intervene filed by conservation groups in defense of the Biden administration’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

The system that greenlights oil-drilling on public lands is broken. Here’s how to fix it and avoid more carbon bombs.

The groups also committed to continue defending the vital funding doled out by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and to fight for a clean energy future, while challenging the extremist politicians who are threatening to cut critical funding for environmental agencies and programs.

Fifty environmental, Indigenous, and justice organizations sent a letter to House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman, Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva, and the members of the committee urging for strong mining reforms to protect people and special places from the environmental and health impacts of poorly regulated mining.

Ahead of House Natural Resources hearing, environmental organizations urge Congress to put people over polluters and protect communities and special places

“We look forward to partnering with his administration, holding it accountable, and continuing the fight to meet our climate goals and promises to environmental justice communities.”