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Jul 14 2017

EPA Cuts Corners to Ignore the Law

By Mark Pearson Durango Herald Column, Lands Protection, Oil & Gas, Rivers

Waiving rules to prevent methane pollution. Stripping wetlands of protection under the Clean Water Act. Throwing out restrictions against strip-mining mountaintops and dumping the spoils into streams. The Trump administration has an ambitious agenda to eliminate protections for air, water…

Jul 13 2017

SJCA Appeals Over Deeply Flawed Approval of Silverton Heli Ski Expansion

By sjca Lands Protection

We just couldn't let it slide. There were too many egregious, and frankly illegal, errors in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) process that resulted in approval of Siverton Guide's proposed heli-ski permit expansion. Despite hundreds of public comments against the…

Jul 11 2017

EPA Methane Rule is Under Attack

By sjca Oil & Gas

Yesterday, alongside our members and tribal partners, we took to D.C. to stand up for clean air. Since entering office, the Trump Administration has attacked both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) methane regulations. We saved…

Jul 10 2017

SJCA Part of Large Coalition Joining Lawsuit Against Illegal Postponement of Methane Waste Rule

By sjca Oil & Gas

Photo: Carlan Tapp Cue the third branch of government. When you have an administration willing to defy law in order to pursue industry's agenda, checks and balances become increasingly important. That's why when the BLM announced an illegal indefinite postponement of their…

EPA Cuts Corners to Ignore the Law

SJCA Appeals Over Deeply Flawed Approval of Silverton Heli Ski Expansion

EPA Methane Rule is Under Attack

SJCA Part of Large Coalition Joining Lawsuit Against Illegal Postponement of Methane Waste Rule

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