Guest blog post by Michael O’Leary. More coal burning means more mercury pollution, more acidification, more climate change, and more habitat loss. With plummeting domestic coal consumption leaving coal companies … Read more
Northern Rockies and Pacific Regional Center
Keep Up the Fight to Stop Coal Exports in Oregon
Good news came last week in the battle to protect Oregon’s fish and wildlife from toxic coal pollution. Thanks to support from wildlife advocates like you, multi-billion dollar coal giant … Read more
Share Your Photos to Protect Washington’s State Parks
Next week, our beloved Washington State Parks will turn 100 years old, but their future is uncertain as budget cuts put the entire park system at risk. The thought of … Read more
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Members Demand Comprehensive Study of the Otter Creek Coal Mine
Yesterday more than 170 Northern Cheyenne tribal members submitted detailed and substantive comments to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) asking for a thorough, transparent and comprehensive study of … Read more
Cuts to State Parks Threaten Washington’s Plovers
For the last 100 years, Washington’s 116 state parks have provided invaluable natural, cultural and historical resources for visitors and crucial habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including one of … Read more
Montana’s Otter Creek Valley and Its Wildlife Need Your Help
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is accepting comments from the public on the proposed Otter Creek coal mine in southeastern Montana. Arch Coal, the second largest coal company … Read more
Coal Export Opposition Dominates Public Hearings
Guest blog post by Michael O’Leary. The news media is getting it right. The recent public hearings over coal export proposals are proving that there’s overwhelming opposition to the plans … Read more
Building a coal train, Tongue River Railroad style
This week, in a calculated move, backers of the Tongue River Railroad Company submitted a new route to the Surface Transportation Board (STB). This route change comes almost a month after … Read more
Northern Cheyenne Travel 1,200 Miles to Testify Against Coal Port
On Monday, December 3, eight Northern Cheyenne tribal members and one Crow tribal member drove over 1200 miles round trip, in the middle of winter, from their homes on the … Read more
Leave the Tongue River valley alone: The Northern Cheyenne have the last word about the Tongue River Railroad
We don’t want a coal train to destroy the Tongue River valley and we don’t want a coal mine to destroy the Otter Creek valley.That is the message that the … Read more
