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The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

Tribes and environmental orgs are asking the Court to overturn a state agency’s permit

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.

Four Michigan Tribes and environmental groups ask the state Supreme Court to consider overturning a lower court decision that upheld the Michigan Public Service Commission’s permit for the Line 5 tunnel project.

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “If the Corps advances the Line 5 tunnel project through this process, we expect them to comply with the law. The truth is there is no national energy emergency, and even if there was, Line 5 is a pipeline that transports Canadian oil primarily to Canada. It will…

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

Interior failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale

A five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan that will be announced later in September may include 10+ additional offshore oil lease sales.

Interior Department failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale.

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “This would be unprecedented. The only time the corps’ emergency provisions have been used before have been for natural disasters.”

Six Tribes end cooperation with U.S. Army Corps over “Energy Emergency” plans

Six Michigan Tribes withdrew from Line 5 federal discussions after learning that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will likely fast-track its approval for Enbridge’s massive oil tunnel project, in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order declaring an “energy emergency.”

Earthjustice presents to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the important relationship between the ocean and human rights.

Earthjustice’s plans during the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, and the actions we’re already taking to protect the health of frontline communities, wildlife, and our shared climate future.

Now is the time to let the administration know we won’t stand for selling America’s public lands to the highest bidding polluter.

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Oceans Program: “We’re at a point with Rice’s whales where we need to be doing everything possible within our power to save this species. Slowing vessels down just as they’re transiting this narrow band of Rice’s Whale habitat in the Gulf of Mexico is a thing that can be done immediately.…

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Oceans Program: “If you’re concerned about whales being harmed by offshore energy, I’ve got a whale in the Gulf of Mexico I’d like you to meet. The Deepwater Horizon spill killed close to a quarter of the population alone. The Gulf doesn’t belong to the oil industry, the Gulf belongs to…