Without prior notice or opportunity for public input, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Richfield field office announced last Wednesday—just before Memorial Day weekend—that it has opened 5,400 acres of […]
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SUWA Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit Produces Documents Linking Trump Interior Department to Oil-Gas-Coal Interests
Shortly after the Trump administration took office in 2017, SUWA filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Interior and Justice Departments seeking records related to several then-pending […]
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Trump’s Plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Are Out — and They’re Horrible
President Trump’s Interior Department just released draft management plans revealing their vision for how to manage what’s left of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments as well as the […]
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Press Release: Court Declares Fish and Wildlife Service Failed to Protect Rare Utah, Colorado Wildflowers Threatened by Oil Shale Mining
A federal district court judge in Colorado ruled yesterday in favor of SUWA and a coalition of conservation groups in their challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to deny Endangered Species Act protection to two imperiled wildflowers that live only on oil shale formations in Utah and...
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Good News! Court Rejects Drilling in Upper Desolation Canyon
A federal judge recently issued an order rejecting a natural gas project on public lands along the Upper Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River in eastern Utah. This ruling […]
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