Western Environmental Law Center

Environmental groups on Aug. 27 sued the Trump Administration for allegedly breaking federal law when it finalized management plans for coal rich land in eastern Montana and northern Wyoming.

Edit March 23: A correction version of this story clarified the judgement of the 2011 case mentioned. Environmental activist groups representing 16...

One of the owners of the Colstrip power plant Thursday agreed to financially withdraw by 2025.

Conservation groups announced Monday that they sent a letter to BNSF Railway threatening a lawsuit over grizzly bears killed along its train tracks. So…

The U.S. Interior Department announced changes Monday to how federal agencies will apply the Endangered Species Act (ESA). There is concern that the…

The Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear was officially removed from the threatened species list on Monday. The Interior Department stripped federal...

A federal judge in Montana ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to consider including critical habitat areas in a plan to protect…

Conservation groups say the federal government is overlooking the environmental ramifications of trapping furbearing animals for export. They’re suing to…

A federal judge has ruled that the Obama administration brushed over the threat of climate change when it failed to list wolverines as an endangered…