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US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend

Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm

The Guardian - US · Nov 9

Supreme Court greenlights Trump's controversial Big Bend border wall construction

Customs and Border Protection has been rapidly installing 12 miles of barriers weekly along the border

The Independent UK · Nov 9

Trump’s Big Bend border wall construction can resume after U.S. Supreme Court ruling

In an 8-1 unsigned opinion, the justices overturned an El Paso federal judge’s order to halt construction, while the Trump administration seeks further Supreme Court review.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 9

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Texas landowners challenge $46B border wall as lawsuit halts Big Bend construction

A $46 billion plan to expand the US-Mexico border wall is facing resistance from Texas landowners, while a separate lawsuit has halted construction in the Big Bend region. On October 2, 2026, US District Judge Kathleen Cardone of the Western District of Texas, in El Paso, granted a preliminary injunction…

The Times of India · Oct 19

Landowners in Texas' Big Bend Region Fight Trump Administration's Attempts To Seize Land for Border Wall

A federal judge temporarily halted border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region in response to one of several lawsuits by landowners and conservationists.

Reason · Oct 16

Arizona Indigenous sacred site, 6,500 years old, damaged by Trump administration’s border wall

A 6,500-year-old Indigenous sacred site in Arizona has been damaged during construction of the Trump administration’s border wall. A roughly 50-foot-wide corridor cuts through part of a 272-foot-long geoglyph in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. The ancient figure predates Egypt’s first pyramid by around 2,000 years, raising concerns over…

The Times of India · Oct 13

Trump White House sued over plan to blast famed cliffs for oil truck highway

The Trump administration approved local officials’ request to pave Gate Canyon, despite the move violating environmental and cultural preservation laws, according to the lawsuit

The Independent UK · Oct 10

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Group sues federal government, claims it ignores harms of idle offshore oil and gas infrastructure

An environmental group has sued the Department of Interior in federal court for allegedly failing to account for the harms caused by delays in properly shutting down offshore oil and gas infrastructure

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2024

US border wall construction damaged Native burial site: Government report

New report has found that efforts to expedite construction came at expense of sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous sites.

Al Jazeera · Sep 8, 2023

Environmental groups prevail on limit to grizzly bear deaths in Wyoming cattle grazing area

Environmental groups have prevailed on appeal in a lawsuit seeking to limit killing of grizzly bears in a mountainous area of Wyoming

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

US forest issues kill order for feral cows in New Mexico

U.S. forest managers in New Mexico are moving ahead with plans to kill feral cattle they say are threatening public safety and natural resources in the nation's first designated wilderness

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Wednesday proposed the first legislation focused on protecting a climate-threatened species while also permitting development across Southern California’s sunniest desert parcels.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

‘Hypocritical’: environmental groups blocking union efforts, US workers say

A wave of unionization has swept the non-profit sector – but workers say they are experiencing aggressive opposition and retaliation

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2023

Cute, furry and key to the ecosystem: can sea otters save the US west coast?

Campaign seeks to restore seas otters to northern California and Oregon: ‘They are really important to coastal ecosystems’

The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2023

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The Guardian - US · Jan 21, 2023

Ex-Arizona governor’s illegal makeshift border wall is torn down – but at what cost?

As the wall of shipping crates built in a national forest by the former governor is removed, environmentalists take stock

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

Groups opposed to California's recent rooftop solar decision seek a rehearing

A trio of environmental groups wants the California Public Utilities Commission to upend last month's decision that overhauled the rules affecting the 1.6 million Californians who have installed rooftop solar on their homes and businesses.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Group seeks reintroduction of sea otters along West Coast

A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat

Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian company for a lithium mine in Nevada, federal land managers cited the developer for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered wildflower

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The Texas Tribune · Jan 17, 2023

Environmentalists push for tougher oil and gas restrictions to protect rare whale in Gulf of Mexico

Environmental scientists say Rice’s whale, discovered in 2021, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities in the gulf.

Salon · Jan 5, 2023

What does the EPA count as 'renewable?'

The agency wants more ethanol, biogas, and wood pellet power in the nation's fuel mix. Is that really a good thing?

WEKU · Jan 4, 2023

Maine lobster industry wins reprieve but environmentalists say whales will die

The $1.7 trillion spending bill just signed into law contains a 6-year delay on new federal fishing regulations that would have kept lobster fishermen off the water in some areas for months at a time.

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

Feds launching review of mine at site of endangered flower

Days after U.S. wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered at the site of a proposed lithium mine, federal land managers are initiating a review of the project plans the developer says will allow the mine and flower to co-exist

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Environmentalists want jaguars reintroduced to US Southwest

An environmental group is petitioning federal officials to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest, where it once ranged for hundreds of thousands of years before being whittled down to just one of the big cats known to roam the region

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2022

Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term's end

Work crews are steadily erecting hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers along the rugged east end of Arizona’s boundary with Mexico as Republican Gov. Doug Ducey makes a bold show of border enforcement even as he prepares to step aside next month for Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs

Los Angeles Times · Dec 6, 2022

As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

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