Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Last week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a devastating new scientific report detailing the dire consequences of the ongoing—and worsening—climate crisis. The United Nations Secretary General called the findings “a code red for humanity.” (Read the key takeaways from the report here.) The IPCC’s report...
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The Biden administration is poised to authorize oil and gas drilling on the doorstep of Dinosaur National Monument. If approved by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the proposal will industrialize a remote and scenic area by greenlighting the construction of new access roads, well pads, and the drilling of...
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Bending over backwards to help company, agency sets ball in motion to allow drilling within ½ mile of national monument; within greater sage-grouse priority habitat and wilderness-caliber lands FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981, steve@suwa.org Liam Kelly,...
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The Biden administration has begun the process of reviewing and modernizing the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) outdated and broken oil and gas leasing program—and not a moment too soon. As President Biden recognized in his January 27th executive order, “[w]e have a narrow moment to pursue action at home...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3991, landon@suwa.org Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3981, steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (January 27, 2021) – President Biden today issued an Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which, among other things,...
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