Public Lands

The Latest On: Public Lands

July 29, 2015 | Feature

Saving the Forest for the Trees

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is home to centuries-old trees and rivers flowing among thousands of islands. It is also the last forest where the fight continues to keep timber sales out of roadless areas.

July 20, 2020 | Feature

Coal mining on our public lands poses serious costs that we can no longer afford.

Our public lands belong to all Americans. And our legal system remains an important backstop against the abuses of power we’ve witnessed over the past two years.

July 20, 2020 | Legal Document

Complaint: State Plaintiffs

State plaintiffs lawsuit against Interior for ending coal moratorium

July 20, 2020 | Legal Document

Complaint: Tribe and Conservation Plaintiffs

Plaintiffs file this supplemental complaint as a continuation of their challenge to Federal Defendants’failure to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act for Federal Defendants’2017 decision to revoke a federal coal-leasing moratorium that had provided protections against leasing and mining coal from federal public land.

July 20, 2020 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Order to Open Public Lands to Coal Leasing

Leases benefit coal company executives at expense of taxpayers, clean air, water

July 16, 2020 | Press Release: Victory

Court Slaps Down Trump Administration’s Rollback of Methane Rule

Ruling reinstates Obama administration’s BLM Waste Prevention Rule

July 14, 2020

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