CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS LEGAL CHALLENGE TO PROTECT ONSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS FROM TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL FREEZE * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general who moved to intervene in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Secretary Pete Hegseth for unlawfully freezing routine reviews of land-based wind energy projects across the country. Federal law req more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 16 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Intervenes to Protect Onshore Wind Energy Projects * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) - Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in moving to intervene in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Secretary Pete Hegseth for unlawfully freezing routine reviews of land-based wind energy projects across the country. Federal law requires more PR

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on July 17, 2026: * * * Statement: New Mexico proposes to strengthen methane rules and enhance super emitter program SANTA FE, N.M. -- Yesterday, the New Mexico Environment Department proposed a new methane abatement rule that would strengthen the state's response to oil and gas methane pollution through two key measures: establishing a super-emitter response program that allows certified third parties to report major methane events detected with approved tech more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Leads Colleagues in Urging Senate Committees to Regulate Prediction Markets, Protect Tribal Sovereignty & States' Rights * U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Gary Peter more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on July 16, 2026: * * * Trump Administration Moves Closer to Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections Santa Fe, NM -- Yesterday, the Trump administration began a 14-day public comment period on the Department of Interior's (DOI) Draft Environmental Assessment as part of its proposal to open public lands in the Greater Chaco Region to oil and gas drilling. On October 30, 2025, the administration began the process by initiating Tribal consultation on more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 17 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on July 16, 2026: * * * Increased Grizzly Bear Killing Under Proposed Rule Would Harm Species Recovery Proposed rule retains 'threatened' status for grizzlies under the Endangered Species Act - MISSOULA, Mont. - Yesterday, the Trump Administration released a proposed rule to weaken Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for grizzly bears by handing significant management authority over to hostile state governments in the northern Rockies. Grizzly bears more PR