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Citing major flaws in Pebble Mine’s Preliminary Economic Assessment, Rio Tinto’s former Environment Chief concludes destructive Bristol Bay mining project risks losing “many hundreds of millions to multiple billions of dollars."

Adopting the Clean Trucks Program in Oregon and the Advanced Clean Trucks and Zero Emission Vehicle Programs in Washington solidifies the West Coast as one of the world’s biggest markets for electric vehicles.

Demonstrating its commitment to ending the threat of large-scale mining to the world’s most productive wild salmon fishery, EPA announced a new timeframe for considering whether to permanently protect Bristol Bay and stop the Pebble Mine.

This morning, the Biden administration held the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. Though the Biden administration has been bold on climate in other ways, this latest action is profoundly disappointing.

More than 50 groups urge EPA to issue permanent protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act by the start of the 2022 fishing season. 

A Louisiana Community Gives Voice to the Costs of Fossil Fuel Production

Speaking from Glasgow at the international COP-26 climate meeting, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced an executive order to cut Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions from the city’s two largest sources: transportation and buildings.

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Washington Governor Jay Inslee answered advocates’ calls to energize the decades-long push to save our iconic salmon from extinction.

Granting EPA motion to vacate, federal judge in Alaska reinstates safeguards against widely condemned Pebble Mine, dealing latest blow to embattled copper and gold mine in world's greatest wild salmon fishery

This Saturday is Orca Recovery Day and people are coming together for some healing—and to demand action.

Canadian owner of embattled Bristol Bay mining scheme promises preliminary economic analysis within 45 days to demonstrate financial feasibility of mine predicted to lose billions.

A broad, bipartisan coalition is running ads thanking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for restarting the process to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay and stop the Pebble Mine.

The future of the Northern Rockies wolves remains highly uncertain. USFWS needs to act quickly to prevent a reversal of one of its greatest conservation success stories.

Continuing to offer more offshore oil lease sales is not the path to meeting the Biden Administration’s climate goals.

Thank you, EPA, for listening to tribes, communities, and supporters—and moving closer to forever stopping catastrophic projects like Pebble Mine.

Responding to request from Bristol Bay tribes—and dealing another blow to destructive Pebble Mine—EPA tells federal court it will move to vacate Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw safeguards against mining in headwaters of Bristol Bay wild salmon fishery.

On the sixth anniversary of President Obama’s visit to Bristol Bay, the message to EPA is clear: Pebble Mine must be stopped, and Bristol Bay must be permanently protected. The numbers are in—again—and show unwavering public support for EPA to…