Sep 29, 2023 | Press Release
DENVER—California Senator Dianne Feinstein has died at age 90. Center for Western Priorities Executive Director Jennifer Rokala released the following statement: “Dianne Feinstein was one of America’s great conservation champions. In her first term, she led the effort... 
Sep 26, 2023 | Press Release
DENVER—A new statistical analysis of more than 260,000 public comments finds universal support for the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule updating the regulations that govern oil and gas leasing on American public lands. The Center for Western Priorities... 
Sep 15, 2023 | Look West Newsletter
An Estonian oil company has given up on plans to mine oil shale from national public lands in Utah. Enefit notified the Bureau of Land Management that it will relinquish its existing exploration leases and proposed a plan to clean up its research and development work... 
Sep 12, 2023 | Look West Newsletter
Newly released emails show Interior Department staffers raised concerns about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s ethical conflicts more than a year before Zinke resigned under a cloud of scandal. E&E News obtained the documents under a 6-year-old Freedom of... 
Sep 11, 2023 | Look West Newsletter
As the Bureau of Reclamation works toward a 2026 plan for managing the Colorado River, a scenario that has long been favored by environmental advocates but dismissed as impossible is now being discussed across the West: draining Lake Powell and returning Glen Canyon...