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Yecla de Yeltes Dam in Spain was removed in April 2018

The Trump administration wants to scrap automatic federal protection for threatened plants and animals, a move that would anger environmentalists but please industry.

On July 19, Ryan Zinke’s Department of Interior released a series of proposed changes to the way the agency interprets and carries out actions under the Endangered Species Act.

Illegal Logging activities inside Tesso Nilo National Park

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed on July 17, the first rule of its two-part rulemaking to weaken the first-ever federal regulations that provide health and environmental safeguards for communities near toxic coal ash waste dumps. The coal ash (Coal Combustion Residuals, or CCR) rule was made public, on July 18.

WWF acknowledges the efforts resulting in the Ministerial Declaration of the United Nations 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), on July 18, announced which reaffirms commitment to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, WWF regrets that the declaration is limited. WWF calls for a shift to pragmatic and tangible action, with the urgency, cohesion and ambition that is required for success.

Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to protect Montana’s Cabinet Mountains from mining development.

On July 17, New satellite data released shows a significant decline in gas flaring at oil production sites around the world in 2017, despite a half-percent increase in global oil production. The nearly 5 percent flaring decline begins to reverse years of increases in global gas flaring that started in 2010.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on July 17, announced settlements with four New England companies that resolve alleged violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), which requires companies and organizations to report their use and release of toxic chemicals.

Environmental groups sued on July 17, the Trump administration for opening up more than 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling without fully analyzing the risks to people, wildlife, and the environment. The lease sales targeted in the suit are the largest ever offered for oil and gas development in U.S. history.