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Statement on United States’ Entry into The Global Methane Pledge

September 17, 2021
Background: The Global Methane Pledge has successfully brought two of the world’s largest economies (the United States and the European Union) together to recognize the climate harm of methane gas pollution and set targets for reducing emissions. Just last month… More »

Tribes, Indigenous Groups, Conservation Organizations File Petition to Strengthen Federal Mining Rules

September 16, 2021
WASHINGTON— Tribes, Indigenous groups and conservation organizations filed a rulemaking petition today with the U.S. Department of the Interior to improve and modernize hardrock mining oversight on public lands. The proposed revisions aim to safeguard critically important lands across the… More »

Statement on House Natural Resource Committee’s Markup of Budget Reconciliation Bill

September 10, 2021
Background: Late yesterday the House Natural Resources Committee completed the markup of their portion of the budget reconciliation bill. The committee’s proposal calls for much-needed components of hardrock mining reform: a royalty for minerals extracted on public lands and a reclamation fee… More »

Statement on EPA Decision to Protect Bristol Bay

September 9, 2021
Background: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will resume the process of permanently protecting the Bristol Bay watershed from mines like the Pebble project. The agency said it will reinstate the 2014 “proposed determination” under section 404(c) of the… More »

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Bristol Bay Residents, Fishermen & Supporters call on EPA to Protect Bristol Bay on Anniversary of Obama’s visit to the region

September 2, 2021
BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA – More than a thousand Bristol Bay residents, several thousand Alaskans, and  more than 125,000 Americans are calling on the Biden Administration to enact permanent protections  for the Bristol Bay watershed.  On the anniversary of President Barack… More »

Report: 69-84% of Texas methane flares are unpermitted

August 19, 2021
Released today by the environmental watchdog Earthworks and endorsed by Environment Texas and the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, Flaring in Texas: a comprehensive government failure — What the Railroad Commission doesn’t track, it can’t govern, compares directly observed flares from… More »

Activists Call for Protection of Xinka Leaders Participating in Escobal Mine Consultation

August 18, 2021
Today six U.S. and Canadian human rights and environmental organizations filed a letter with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) supporting a request to extend precautionary measures for activists opposed to the Escobal mine in Guatemala. The mine has faced strong local… More »

UN climate report demands Biden emergency methane action

August 9, 2021
Background: On August 9th, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report in advance of the global climate conference in Glasgow later this year. The report confirms methane gas pollution is increasing, a… More »