Perry Wheeler
@perrywheeler.bsky.social
Communications Strategist for Earthjustice's Rocky Mountains, Northern Rockies, and Biodiversity Defense programs.
Groups yesterday filed a complaint before the Montana PSC challenging NorthWestern Energy’s intent to provide electricity supply service to large load data centers without first proving that it will not adversely impact existing ratepayers. earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
Groups File Complaint to Stop NorthWestern Energy from Shifting Data Center Costs to Residential Customers
New Montana data centers could deepen state’s reliance on expensive fossil fuels to meet large load requirements
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Groups yesterday filed a complaint before the Montana PSC challenging NorthWestern Energy’s intent to provide electricity supply service to large load data centers without first proving that it will not adversely impact existing ratepayers. earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
"It’s time to accept the results of the democratic process and continue working together to ensure the best outcomes for both wolves and the communities that live alongside them.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/a...
Anti-Wolf Ballot Measure Drive Fails to Gather Enough Signatures in Colorado
Ballot measure deadline passes ensuring reintroduction can continue
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August 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"It’s time to accept the results of the democratic process and continue working together to ensure the best outcomes for both wolves and the communities that live alongside them.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/a...
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"Rolling back the Roadless Rule isn’t about safety — it’s about clearing the way for corporate logging and drilling that put our people, our lands, and our security at risk." -Janessa Goldbeck, Marine Corps veteran, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation
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August 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Rolling back the Roadless Rule isn’t about safety — it’s about clearing the way for corporate logging and drilling that put our people, our lands, and our security at risk." -Janessa Goldbeck, Marine Corps veteran, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation
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“These national forests belong to all Americans, not to the timber industry. Earthjustice has successfully defended the Roadless Rule in court for decades. Nothing will stop us from taking up that fight again.” -Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife and Oceans
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“These national forests belong to all Americans, not to the timber industry. Earthjustice has successfully defended the Roadless Rule in court for decades. Nothing will stop us from taking up that fight again.” -Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife and Oceans
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has initiated the repeal of the Roadless Rule, gutting protections that have safeguarded forests for over 25 years—just to benefit the timber industry through unchecked logging.
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has initiated the repeal of the Roadless Rule, gutting protections that have safeguarded forests for over 25 years—just to benefit the timber industry through unchecked logging.
“Rescinding the roadless rule opens the door to logging and development in some of the most ecologically important public forests we have. These areas are biodiversity strongholds and carbon sinks that play a vital role in climate resilience.” www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The Trump administration’s repeal of the roadless rule could threaten wildlife - High Country News
A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed?
www.hcn.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Rescinding the roadless rule opens the door to logging and development in some of the most ecologically important public forests we have. These areas are biodiversity strongholds and carbon sinks that play a vital role in climate resilience.” www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The administration is pursuing yet another unwarranted coal giveaway in this move to reopen the Powder River Basin for new coal leasing. Montana lawmakers have also introduced a bill to reopen the region through congressional action. earthjustice.org/brief/2025/g...
Government Signals Plan to Reopen Powder River Basin to Coal Development
We’ve fought too hard to leave coal in the past, where it belongs, to let Trump drag us backward.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The administration is pursuing yet another unwarranted coal giveaway in this move to reopen the Powder River Basin for new coal leasing. Montana lawmakers have also introduced a bill to reopen the region through congressional action. earthjustice.org/brief/2025/g...
“Just last year, BLM found it impossible to justify continued coal leasing in the Powder River Basin considering the abundant coal already under lease, shrinking demand, and the imperative to phase out fossil fuel development to address the climate crisis.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen Powder River Basin to New Coal Leasing
Resource management plan amendment process follows massive coal giveaways in Republican budget bill
earthjustice.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“Just last year, BLM found it impossible to justify continued coal leasing in the Powder River Basin considering the abundant coal already under lease, shrinking demand, and the imperative to phase out fossil fuel development to address the climate crisis.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
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The Trump admin is rolling back the Roadless Rule, a policy that has protected more than 58M acres of national forestlands from logging. "If the Trump admin actually revokes the roadless rule, we'll see them in court." - Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans.
Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' protecting 58 million acres of forest land
Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.
www.npr.org
June 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Trump admin is rolling back the Roadless Rule, a policy that has protected more than 58M acres of national forestlands from logging. "If the Trump admin actually revokes the roadless rule, we'll see them in court." - Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans.
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Coal pollution has poisoned the Diné and other Tribal communities for decades. Now the Trump administration and their allies in Congress are pushing a bill that expands mining and short-circuits environmental reviews. This must be stopped.
Coal mining made my Navajo community sick for decades. Reviving it hurts us all | Opinion
Coal continues to destroy the Navajo Nation's health, land, air and water. The last thing we need is for Trump to revive the industry.
www.usatoday.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Coal pollution has poisoned the Diné and other Tribal communities for decades. Now the Trump administration and their allies in Congress are pushing a bill that expands mining and short-circuits environmental reviews. This must be stopped.
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This mine has been a nightmare for the ranchers who own the surface but not the mineral rights. It will devastate their cattle business by rendering acres & acres unusable for grazing. The company has bullied this family for years.
Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review
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Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review
Administration cites fake “energy emergency” in failing to produce draft EIS
earthjustice.org
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This mine has been a nightmare for the ranchers who own the surface but not the mineral rights. It will devastate their cattle business by rendering acres & acres unusable for grazing. The company has bullied this family for years.
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What a load of bull...
The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana: westernlaw.org/interior-app...
The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana: westernlaw.org/interior-app...
Interior approves expansion for lawless Montana coal mine without public review - Western Environmental Law Center
The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana. The Trump administrati...
westernlaw.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What a load of bull...
The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana: westernlaw.org/interior-app...
The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana: westernlaw.org/interior-app...
Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review
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Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review
Administration cites fake “energy emergency” in failing to produce draft EIS
earthjustice.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review
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“Climate change is impacting all those different little spots at the same time... If the insect population collapses and it happens everywhere, you don’t have a residual population.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Climate change is impacting all those different little spots at the same time... If the insect population collapses and it happens everywhere, you don’t have a residual population.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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President Trump’s illegal order to open the Pacific Island Heritage Marine Monument threatens vulnerable species and sacred Indigenous sites. This fight isn’t just about one monument—it’s about protecting communities, biodiversity, and the future of our oceans.
The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument Is Under Attack
We’re suing the Trump administration for trying to illegally open one of the world’s most pristine tropical marine environments to commercial fishing
earthjustice.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
President Trump’s illegal order to open the Pacific Island Heritage Marine Monument threatens vulnerable species and sacred Indigenous sites. This fight isn’t just about one monument—it’s about protecting communities, biodiversity, and the future of our oceans.
“The Trump administration will treat this decision as an invitation to ignore environmental concerns as it tries to promote fossil fuels, kill off renewable energy, and destroy sensible pollution regulations.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/s...
Supreme Court Limits Scope of Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law
Court sweeps aside 50-year-old method for government approvals of potentially harmful projects
earthjustice.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“The Trump administration will treat this decision as an invitation to ignore environmental concerns as it tries to promote fossil fuels, kill off renewable energy, and destroy sensible pollution regulations.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/s...
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“Bluff is where I am from, from the Rez, I can see Bears Ears,” said Navajo Nation Council Delegate and Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Commission, Curtis Yanito (Diné).
What will happen to Bears Ears monument under Trump? Tribes fear loss of sacred spaces
People who live near Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah fear that the Trump administration will open land to energy development.
www.azcentral.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“Bluff is where I am from, from the Rez, I can see Bears Ears,” said Navajo Nation Council Delegate and Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Commission, Curtis Yanito (Diné).
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The Trump administration wants to gut the Endangered Species Act by changing its definition of “harm” to exclude habitat destruction. This change would let extractive industries destroy habitats without consequences. We can’t let this stand.
Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species — and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.
https://apnews.com/article/endangered-species-trump-interior-habitat-rule-5a56492e0e0aa62fad9455fa027b55bf\
May 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Trump administration wants to gut the Endangered Species Act by changing its definition of “harm” to exclude habitat destruction. This change would let extractive industries destroy habitats without consequences. We can’t let this stand.
Earthjustice and our partners sued over Utah's failure to ensure enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse. NY Times story today looks at how the state is failing in its public trust duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
The Great Salt Lake Is Drying. Can Utah Save It?
The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Earthjustice and our partners sued over Utah's failure to ensure enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse. NY Times story today looks at how the state is failing in its public trust duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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Despite overwhelming support from voters across party lines, national monuments face persistent threats from both the Trump administration and Congress.
Source: 2025 GQR polling of Western voters
Source: 2025 GQR polling of Western voters
May 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Despite overwhelming support from voters across party lines, national monuments face persistent threats from both the Trump administration and Congress.
Source: 2025 GQR polling of Western voters
Source: 2025 GQR polling of Western voters
“The result will be fewer environmental protections and more people suffering the public health consequences of more pollution. It’s that straightforward.”
Trump has launched more attacks on the environment in 100 days than his entire first term
Blitzkrieg has hit protections in place for land, oceans, forests and wildlife, and will worsen the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“The result will be fewer environmental protections and more people suffering the public health consequences of more pollution. It’s that straightforward.”
“Even in all these made up crises, the American public doesn’t want this,” Hill said. “The American people want and love their public lands.”
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The Trump administration's push to privatize US public lands
In its first 100 days, Trump 2.0 has waged war on the lands, waters, and wildlife we all own.
grist.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Even in all these made up crises, the American public doesn’t want this,” Hill said. “The American people want and love their public lands.”
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“Once we lose the resources that we have, the natural resources on our landscape, whether it’s grizzly bears or clean air or clean water, it’s going to be almost impossible to bring those things back … to give that magic to our grandkids.”
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Scientist who recovered grizzlies warns Trump's assault on conservation risks irreversible losses - WyoFile
As the president seeks to log, mine, drill and develop, Yellowstone researcher Chris Servheen calls the administration's proposed policy "management based on ignorance."
wyofile.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Once we lose the resources that we have, the natural resources on our landscape, whether it’s grizzly bears or clean air or clean water, it’s going to be almost impossible to bring those things back … to give that magic to our grandkids.”
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Monumental problems? Talk of shrinking national monuments draws talk of lawsuits.
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/04/repo...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/04/repo...
Report On National Monuments Eyed For Energy Draws Concerns
Reports that the Trump administration was eyeing six national monuments in the West for energy development drew promises Thursday that any reduction in a monument's boundaries would be met with a laws...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Monumental problems? Talk of shrinking national monuments draws talk of lawsuits.
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/04/repo...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/04/repo...