Climate Guardian at WildEarth Guardians, based in Denver. Working to keep coal in the ground and transition the United States to a more sustainable energy economy.
JD/LL.M., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2016
B.A., Indiana University, 2009
shughes@wildearthguardians.org
Trump and Zinke have been working extra hard to make good on Trump’s promise to bring coal back, as evident in the recent desperate attempt to save a failing mining company, Westmoreland Coal. On the table is a proposal by Westmoreland Coal to expand its Rosebud Coal Mine […]
WildEarth Guardians’ push for absolute government transparency under the Trump Administration has been in high gear over the last year, with the last month especially intense as we filed records requests with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management every single day. Underpinning our transparency campaign is the U.S. […]
While utility company PacifiCorp is hatching plans for more coal mining and more burning in the American West, WildEarth Guardians is stepping up to defend the climate and clean energy and put these plans to rest. If you recall, Portland, OR-based PacifiCorp owns and operates more coal-fired power […]
While our nation continues to move away from costly and dirty coal, this reality unfortunately hasn’t stopped President Trump and his Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, from sinking to ever more corrupt lows in an attempt to use our federal government to subsidize the dying industry. Their latest plans call […]
While this blog is dedicated to detailing WildEarth Guardians’ efforts to confront climate change in the American West, the reality is, saving our environment is inextricably linked to advancing tolerance, defending equality, and empowering social justice. Whether it’s the fact that climate change and environmental destruction disproportionately affect […]
Coal is dying and all the buck-toothed (and frankly, creepy) animations in the world can’t revive it. That doesn’t stop industry from trying, however. And it doesn’t stop their plans from continuing to go down in flames. Case in point: the coal company, Ramaco, and their attempt to […]
Last week, WildEarth Guardians joined a coalition in calling on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to deny Arch Coal’s demands to expand its West Elk mine underneath western Colorado’s National Forests. While an underground coal mine, Arch Coal has to build and operate […]
