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Trump Administration Proposes New Coal Mine in Eastern Utah’s Book Cliffs

Proposal will open 4,231 acres of public lands to coal mining and contribute millions of new greenhouse gas emissions—emissions that are driving the climate crisis, including the wildfires and droughts currently engulfing the western United States  For Immediate Release Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981, steve@suwa.org ...

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 16: Defanging NEPA

SUWA attorneys Landon Newell and Kya Marienfeld discuss the recent Trump Administration revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. NEPA and its implementing regulations have been described as our nation’s “Magna Carta for the protection of the environment.” Not surprisingly, the revised regulations severely undermine the dual NEPA...

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Conservation Groups Praise the BLM’s Withdrawal of Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah National Parks

Contact: Steve Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-859-1552, steve@suwa.org  Anne Hawke, Senior Press Secretary, Natural Resources Defense Council,  646-823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org  Liam Kelly, Communications Manager, National Parks Conservation Association, 213-814-8666, lkelly@npca.org  Emily Thompson, Associate Director of Engagement, Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, 202-758-3936, Emily_Thompson@protectnps.org  Salt Lake City, UT...

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