Comb Wash in Bears Ears National Monument is one of the roadless areas within America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. Photo George Wuerthner The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance’s (SUWA) 8-million-acre wilderness […]
Response to HCN “Fight over tribal sovereighty”
Allen River, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner Hats off to High Country News for publishing A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal […]
The BLM is Still Accepting New Oil and Gas Drilling Applications during the Government Shutdown
NEWPORT, OR — Despite the government shutdown, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has continued to accept new drilling permit applications and requests for site inspection at proposed oil and gas wells. […]
Trump Administration to Auction Off 900,000 Acres for Fracking in Nevada
Massive Lease Sale Includes Public Land Near National Park, Wildlife Refuge RENO, Nev — The Trump administration plans to auction more than 900,000 acres for oil and gas extraction on […]
‘Carbon Curtain’ exposes suppression of science at a state university
By Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project While Trump administration issues directives banning discourse on climate change and muzzles scientists in federal agencies, the fossil fuel industry may have […]
15,000-acre Bureau of Land Management Fracking Plan Endangers Sage Grouse in Utah
FILLMORE, Utah— Conservation groups today condemned a U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposal to auction off 14,943 acres of public land in central Utah for fracking and drilling, which will […]
Review of Public Broadcasting Nature film The Sagebrush Sea
This past week, Public Broadcasting’s Nature film series featured the Sagebrush Sea. The film’s main focus was on the Greater Sage Grouse which is the emblematic creature found in this […]
Alberta election shocker likely good for the environment
New Democrats clear away over 40 years of Conservative rule- Alberta has never really elected a clearly left wing party, but did so yesterday with a vengeance. Populist yes in […]