Michael Mayer, Attorney, Northwest Office: “It’s premature to say right now that salmon are going to be this sole cause and effect. We think it’s early, and it’s potentially wrong.”
Federal agencies analyzed a spill of 27% of the tailings dam capacity, but more analysis is needed to understand the mine’s risks and how to minimize them
Declaration of Naomi Tillison, director of the Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources Department of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Case 1:26-cv-01171-TNM.
A post-hearing merits brief in the Bad River Band's legal challenge to the wetlands and waterway permit that the Department of Natural Resources issued for Enbridge's Line 5 reroute project.
Four Tribal Nations in Michigan have petitioned state regulators for a contested case to challenge a pair of permits that authorize Canadian company Enbridge to build its proposed Line 5…
Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “Enbridge’s tunnel project would have jeopardized the country’s largest supply of freshwater and endangered tribal lifeways in order to serve a Canadian pipeline company’s profits. Governor Whitmer did the right and lawful thing by ordering a new review of these permits.”
Jenny Cassel, Attorney, Midwest Office: “The Consent Order provides for stipulated penalties for failure to comply with a variety of provisions in the Order; we continue to evaluate the appropriate follow-up in this situation.”
The Trump admin and Congress are trying to gut our national forest protections for the benefit of loggers, drillers, and miners. We're fighting back to defend our iconic public lands…
In the News: The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserAugust 15, 2026
Elena Bryant, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: "This isn’t just putting the cart before the horse — it’s sending the cart off a cliff and hoping the horse somehow catches up."
