For Immediate Release, February 11, 2021
Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org
Michael Saul, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 915-8308, msaul@biologicaldiversity.org
Lindsay Larris, WildEarth Guardians, (310) 923-1465, llarris@wildearthguardians.org
Federal Judge Overturns Trump Administration’s Gutting of Sage-Grouse Protections from Mining
BOISE,
Idaho A federal judge today overturned a Trump administration decision to strip protections from 10 million acres, mostly in Nevada and Idaho, to allow mining in vital habitat for greater sage grouse. The ruling is the latest in a series of court victories for sage grouse conservation.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill said the Bureau of Land Management failed to provide a “reasoned explanation” for canceling its own earlier proposal to protect the highest-priority sagebrush habitats from hard-rock mining. His decision follows an earli
Published: Friday, January 15, 2021
Jordan Cove, Pelican, Dakota Access pipeline. Credits: Jordan Cove LNG; Manjith Kainickara/Flcikr(pelican);Tony Webster/Flickr(pipeline)
From pipeline battles to President Trump-era changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, federal courts will be busy this year hearing a slew of energy-related cases. Jordan Cove LNG; Manjith Kainickara/Flickr (pelican); Tony Webster/Flickr (pipeline)
Legal experts will be watching to see what happens with courtroom battles over major oil and gas projects and the Trump administration s regulatory rollbacks when President-elect Joe Biden takes office next week.
Pending litigation over land grabs and water permits for energy operations have the potential to draw the attention of the Supreme Court. And the new administration will need to contend with a string of lawsuits challenging President Trump s latest efforts to weaken energy and climate rules.