WASHINGTON, May 15 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Over One Thousand National Park Sites Open for Mining Washington, DC -- As current national policy directs a drive for more domestic development of strategic minerals, our national parks may be targeted for many more mining operations, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Although filing of new mining claims on parklands has  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 15 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Federal court sides with conservationists: Joshua tree analysis unlawfully sidesteps climate science Wildfire, drought, and temperature increases threaten existence of Mojave Desert icon LOS ANGELES--Today, a federal district court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (the Service) decision not to provide Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the imperiled and iconic  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 15 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * New Mexico Strengthens Oversight of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste WQCC decision marks a critical victory for public health and environmental protection Santa Fe, NM -- In a major shift from its previous position, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) this week voted to adopt a new rule requiring permits for all oil and gas "produced water" reuse pilot projects--and explicit  more