For Immediate Release, December 18, 2020
Contact:
Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3991, landon@suwa.org Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 859-1552, steve@suwa.org
Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, (646) 823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2424, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
John Weisheit, Living Rivers, (435) 260-2590, john@livingrivers.org
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Permitting for Helium Drilling in Newly Designated Utah Wilderness
WASHINGTON Conservation groups have sued the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its illegal leasing of 1,400 acres for helium extraction within the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness in southeastern Utah. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity and Living Rivers filed suit Monday in federal district court.
For Immediate Release, December 18, 2020 Contact:
Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3991, landon@suwa.org Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 859-1552, steve@suwa.org
Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, (646) 823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2424, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
John Weisheit, Living Rivers, (435) 260-2590, john@livingrivers.org
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Permitting for Helium Drilling in Newly Designated Utah Wilderness
WASHINGTON Conservation groups have sued the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its illegal leasing of 1,400 acres for helium extraction within the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness in southeastern Utah. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity and Living Rivers filed suit Monday in
The Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has been accepted into the AGU Bridge Program, an initiative designed to recruit and retain underrepresented students who are applying to geoscience graduate schools. AGU (American Geophysical Union) is the nation’s largest scientific society in earth sciences.
Tulane is one of 18 universities from across the country selected as a Bridge partner. When an institution is accepted as a partner, it gains access to the organization’s growing database of AGU Bridge student applications and is invited to join other partners engaged in holistic admission practices.
The AGU Bridge Program was initiated in 2019 to develop, adopt and share inclusive practices for recruiting, admitting and retaining women and underrepresented students in earth science graduate programs. Under the program, African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian students who join the Bridge Prog