A Letter to EPA Administrator Jackson Urging EPA to Account for Indirect Emissions From Land Use Changes

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A letter to EPA Administrator Jackson, urging EPA to account for indirect emissions from land use changes in its analysis of biofuels’ lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for the proposed rule on the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS-2), as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

• ene_09050501a.pdf

Prominent Scientists' Letter to President Obama

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Leading climate and natural resource scientists write to President Obama about the critical role of American wildlands in meeting the challenge of climate change.

• lan_09041601a.pdf

Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Land Leasing in Utah

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Temporary Restraining Order preventing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from moving forward with the leasing of more than 110,000 acres of Utah wilderness.

• lan_09012001a.pdf

Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Requesting that Judge Urbina Enjoin the Issuance of Oil and Gas Leases for Utah Wildlands

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Environmental and preservation organizations today filed their Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction requesting that Judge Urbina enjoin the issuance of oil and gas leases for Utah wildlands.  The government has until January 8 to file a response.  Plaintiffs SUWA et al. will have until January 14 to file a reply brief.  The motion argues that the Bureau of Land Management approved the Moab, Price and Vernal Resource Managment Plans and the leases at issue without completing the analysis and providing the protections required by federal law.  Plaintiffs contend that BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

• lan_08122201a.pdf

Joint Agreement Regarding How to Proceed with the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Auction of More than 100,000 Acres of Utah Wilderness

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This public record is a joint agreement filed with the court last night regarding how to proceed with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) auction of more than 100,000 acres of Utah wilderness. The agreement between BLM and a coalition of environmental and preservation groups will prevent BLM from issuing leases on 80 contested parcels of Utah wilderness for thirty days, or until January 19.

• lan_08121901a.pdf

Complaint Seeking to Stop BLM from Selling Utah's Wilderness to Oil and Gas Companies

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Lawsuit filed today by a coalition of environmental and preservation groups seeks to stop BLM from selling Utah’s wilderness to oil and gas companies.

• lan_08121701a.pdf

A Petition to List the Whitebark Pine as an Endangered Species

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NRDC is petitioning to have the whitebark pine tree added to the federal Endangered Species list. The tree is native to much of western North America's mountain habitat and has seen significant decreases in number due to an array of new threats brought on by global warming.

• leg_08120801a.pdf

Testimony of Nathaniel Lawrence on S. 2593, the Forest Landscape Restoration Act

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Submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, April 1, 2008.

• lan_08040101a.pdf

Comments on the BLM Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming

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The Bureau of Land Management issued a draft plan for industrial development of oil shale and tar sands resources on public lands in the Rocky Mountain region at the expense of all other uses.  This plan would be devastating for wildlands currently valued for wildlife habitat, clean drinking water, outdoor recreation, wilderness qualities, and more.  It would also greatly increase global warming emissions.

• lan_08032001a.pdf

A Golden Opportunity to Protect the Grand Canyon and Reform the 1872 Mining Law

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Group letter advocating for reform of the Mining Law of 1872 moving through the Senate.

• lan_08031401a.pdf

Exhibits: U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review

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The following exhibits pertain to testimony presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands of the Committee on Natural Resources.

• lan_07062801a.pdf Exhibit A
• lan_07062801b.pdf Exhibit B
• lan_07062801c.pdf Exhibit C
• lan_07062801d.pdf Exhibit D
• lan_07062801e.pdf Exhibit E
• lan_07062801f.pdf Exhibit F
• lan_07062801g.pdf Exhibit G
• lan_07062801h.pdf Exhibit H
• lan_07062801i.pdf
• lan_07062801j.pdf
• lan_07062801k.pdf Testimony

The Foothill-South Toll Road: Fact vs. Fiction

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Exposing the truth about the threats a new road poses to one of California's most popular state parks.

• lan_07011001a.pdf

A Common Vision for Transforming the Paper Industry

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This document, drafted by several environmental groups, sets forth goals for pulp and paper manufacturers, suppliers, purchasers and governments to work toward an environmentally and socially sustainable paper production and consumption system.

• lan_06092002a.pdf

Ecological Components of Endangered Forests

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Find out exactly what makes a forest an endangered forest, according to guidelines developed by several leading conservation groups, including NRDC.

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