A Wild Earth Day !

On April 22:

Meet free-roaming bison and baby prairie dogs!                                                                             Learn about oceans that need us and fires that don’t!                                                                     Take a fast trip through human history, from cave art to the current mess!                                       Get inspired by tales of resistance and songs of love!                                                                         All donations go directly to help fund our annual conference.

And you can double your impact by giving during A Wild Earth Day!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lisa Linowes (603) 838-6588 lisa@saverightwhales.org

Save Right Whales Coalition Files Supreme Court Brief Challenging BOEM’s Unlawful Offshore Wind Approvals

NEW HAMPSHIRE (April 14) — The Save Right Whales Coalition (SRWC) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to review two cases challenging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) approval of the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project. The brief argues that BOEM unlawfully reinterpreted the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to expand its discretionary authority and bypass statutory protections for ocean users and marine ecosystems.

Editor’s notes: “A Washington state city has granted part of the Snohomish River watershed legal rights that can be enforced in court. In nearly all cases, state legislatures heavily lobbied by commercial industries have preempted the laws, rendering them unenforceable. But the Everett initiative could be the first to withstand such a challenge. Democrats, typically more open to stronger environmental protections than Republicans, currently control Washington’s Legislature and governorship.”

Efforts to apply the rights of nature in Ecuador have often failed. Legal challenges can become highly politicised and there is little legal infrastructure beyond general constitutional principles.