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Jul 01, 2009
WELC in the News - check us out!
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Jun 30, 2009
EPA Allows States to Enforce Stricter GHG Tailpipe Emissions Limits
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Jun 29, 2009
WELC Campaign Victory- Field Burning to End in Southern Willamette Valley!
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Jun 19, 2009
Conservationists File Lawsuit to Defend Scenic, Natural and Historic Values of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
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Jun 15, 2009
Groups Applaud Western Governors’ Efforts to Protect Wildlife Corridors
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May 29, 2009
Public Deserves Say On Snowmobile Decision
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Apr 21, 2009
On Earth Day, ‘Lease First, Think Later’ Approach Still Dominates U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Oil & Natural Gas Leasing Program in New Mexico
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Intervening in Peabody Coal's attempt to weaken New Mexico's Water Quality Standards
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Field Burning to End in Southern Willamette Valley!
WELC Campaign Victory! People have been trying for over 40 years to
protect the health of Oregonians by ending field burning. This is a momentous victory for public health. Please click here to learn more, see press, view the complete list of endorsers, and for information about field burning impacts to air quality and public health.
Quoteable:
"We think EPA's endangerment finding should push BLM to leverage its legal authorities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. BLM can't do this effectively if it isn't accounting for oil and natural gas greenhouse gas emissions in its plans and decisions." -- Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, WELC attorney.
From Forbes, April 21, 2009.
Click here to read the entire story.
DECISION JUST IN! WELC Attorney Matt Kenna argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 8, 2008 in Summers v. Earth Island Institute. Please click here to read a description of the case, see press, and read the Supreme Court briefs, transcript and opinion.

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