BOONE, North Carolina, Jan. 11 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has suspended the mining permit for Bluestone Coal Corporation's Poca surface mine in Wyoming County. The nearly 600-acre mountaintop removal coal mine is operated by the family of West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice. The move falls short of a December directive from the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement calli  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 8 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Today the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) rejected petitions from the states of Wyoming and Montana to strip federal Endangered Species Act protections from grizzly bears in the Northern Rocky Mountains. It also announced a proposed rule to shrink the geographic scope of where grizzly bears will retain federal protections. The following is a statement from Drew Caputo, Earthjustic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: CHEYENNE, WY -- Today, Independent Women ambassadors and Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma plaintiffs Hannah Holtmeier, Maddie Ramar, and Allie Coghan join Wyoming lawmakers as Stand with Women legislation is introduced as a priority for state House leadership. This comes amid momentum nationally to preserve single-sex spaces and foll  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: DENVER - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a series of announcements regarding federal protections for grizzly bears in the Lower 48, including Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and North Cascades national park populations. The Service's announcements included a decision to maintain Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears from the Greater Yellowstone and N  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 9 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * Proposed rule keeps federal protections in place for grizzly bears in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington, removes protections for the remaining Lower-48 Population * * * Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) rejected petitions from the states of Wyoming and Montana to strip federal Endangered Species Act protections from grizzly bears in the Northern R  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 10 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Jan 9, 2025: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied petitions from Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. Scientific evidence clearly shows grizzlies are not yet recovered. "The law requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rely on scientific evidence--not politics--for decisions about its work to restore populations of end  more