Will Lana
If you find yourself traveling in the Four Corners region of Northwestern New Mexico you’ll see many fine sights – broad mesas with pinon pines, red rocked desert towers, Anasazi ruins and historic frontier towns. Look closely and you may catch a glimpse of local wildlife such as Gambel’s quail, mule deer or elk. [...]
BOSTON – May 14, 2009. ConocoPhillips shareholders demonstrated even stronger support this year than last for a shareholder proposal calling for the company to fully account for the environmental impact of its tar sands operations. Over thirty percent (30.54%) of shareholders voted in support, compare to last year’s vote of 27.5%. The “yes” vote represented [...]
Trillium Asset Management Corporation Statement on
Recent Developments in Aguinda v. Texaco
December 4, 2008
Contact: Shelley Alpern
(617) 292-8026, x 248
On November 26, 2008, the court-appointed expert charged with assessing Chevron’s liability for damages in connection with Aguinda v. Texaco raised that figure by two-thirds, from $16.3 billion assessed in April to $27 billion. Richard Cabrera [...]
Seattle, WA – A federal court ruled late Friday that the Bush administration acted illegally by suppressing scientific dissent in order to weaken protections for salmon and clean water from logging on Pacific Northwest federal forests. The ruling came in a case brought by fishing and conservation groups seeking to restore environmental protections primarily [...]
Kansas City — The refusal by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to fairly consider objections to a new massive coal-fired power plant near Holcomb was challenged in court today. The plant at the heart of the suit is the proposed Sunflower 2100-megawatt coal-fired power plant.
The environmental law firm, Earthjustice, representing the [...]
The 2001 Roadless Rule was a widely supported regulation that protected over 58 million acres of public land on national forests from road construction, commercial logging, and development. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, and millions of regular Americans considered it one of the greatest forest conservation measures in U.S. history. Despite its valuable protections, the 2001 Roadless Rule was formally repealed by the Bush administration in May of 2005.
Bush Administration Regulations Reverse Decades of Progress in Forest
Management, Eliminate Wildlife and Natural Resource Protections
Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File a Human Right Claim Against the U.S. for its Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Over 6,000 public appeals ignored, fire resistant 30-inch diameter old growth trees to be cut, safeguards for water and wildlife will be limited, logging given preference over protecting communities from wildfire
Off-road and cattle grazing must be limited to protect species
Via RSS Feed