Letter to Members of Congress opposing the Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mexico Provision in the Reconciliation Bill.
Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and the Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed suit to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Alaska U.S. District Court ruling from March 11, 2025 finding that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) can continue to rely on nearly 20-year-old environmental studies to inform federal management of the massive pollock trawling industry in the Bering Sea and Aleutians Islands.
The federal lawsuit challenges fisheries management that fails to address climate change and unlawfully permits pollock trawlers to catch thousands of salmon as bycatch annually
National Marine Fisheries Service did not use best available science or develop conservation alternatives to protect ocean habitats in the Gulf of Alaska as required under federal law
Oceana argues that the National Marine Fisheries failed to meet obligations under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the National Environmental Policy Act to protect corals, sponges and other seafloor habitats from bottom trawling.
Earthjustice, representing Oceana, prevails in lawsuit to recover Pacific sardines to protect whales, sea lions, seabirds, and other ocean animals that rely on the small fish for food
Recent environmental rulings from the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority have revealed a dangerous agenda, but we still have strong legal tools to protect people and the planet.
