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Press Release December 20, 2024

Groups Sue Fisheries Service for Withholding Public Information

Agency withheld public records, photographs, and videos related to bycatch in trawl fisheries off California and Alaska.

The Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, California. (Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Press Release December 18, 2024

Environmental Justice Group Sues California Agency Over Flawed Low Carbon Fuel Standard Changes

The changes would waste billions on polluting fuels over the next decade while harming refinery communities and dirtying California’s air

The United States Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, shown in this concept image, can be built with either a gasoline or electric drivetrain. (USPS)
Update December 12, 2024

Trump May Meddle in Plans to Electrify Postal Mail Trucks

The incoming Trump administration has threatened to cancel the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) groundbreaking plans to electrify its mail truck fleet. Here’s why it can’t do that.

USPS mail trucks make up more than 30% of the federal government’s vehicles.
(Brian Brown / Getty Images)
Press Release December 10, 2024

Earthjustice Responds to Potential Trump Threat to Postal Service’s Electric Mail Truck Fleet

An executive order would be unlawful move that hurts American workers and dirties our air

A great blue heron on the Yellowstone River. (Charles "Chuck" Peterson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release November 14, 2024

Conservation Group Sues Feds Over Fish Hatchery Shooting Migratory Birds

Fish hatchery caused osprey breeding population collapse along 20 miles of the Yellowstone River

In the News: Tampa Bay Times May 10, 2024

Epidemic of dying sea life shows Florida’s lax water quality regulation is fouling our public waters

An opinion piece by Alisa Coe, Deputy Managing Attorney, Florida Office, Earthjustice

In the News: The Sacramento Bee November 6, 2024

Gas price hikes for biofuels? California climate policy gets backlash from environmentalists, GOP

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This program is funneling billions of dollars to polluting biofuels that drive deforestation and food insecurity when those dollars could be spent on accelerating deployment of electric vehicles that will improve our air.”

document November 14, 2024

Complaint: Conservation Group Sues Feds Over Fish Hatchery Shooting Migratory Birds

Earthjustice, representing Yellowstone Valley Audubon Society, sued the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for allowing the state of Montana to shoot and kill migratory birds at the Miles City Fish Hatchery along the Yellowstone River. The federal lawsuit, filed in the Montana District Court, charges FWS with unlawfully allowing Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, which runs the hatchery, to kill birds in order to limit their consumption of non-native bass.

An industrial shellfish dredge boat with a trailing plume of churned-up sediment in Oyster Bay Harbor, which includes portions of the Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge.  (Eric Gulbransen / North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association)
Press Release: Victory April 30, 2024

In Response to Lawsuit, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees to Reevaluate Industrial Shellfish Dredging in Long Island Wildlife Refuge

Service will begin process to ensure that industrial dredging does not conflict with wildlife protection, according to settlement agreement with traditional shellfish harvesters and conservationists

In the News: The New York Times November 2, 2024

How a Trump Win Would Upend Major Climate Court Fights

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “With a Trump administration, it’s significantly more likely than in prior transitions that they will simply change their litigation position.”

In the News: The New York Times October 24, 2024

E.P.A. Toughens Requirements to Remove Lead Paint Dust Around Children

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: “This long-overdue action is a game changer in the fight against lead exposure, a silent threat that endangers lives at even the smallest trace.”

An aquarium collector takes fish from a reef in Hawai`i. (Brooke Everett)
Press Release August 28, 2024

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Fails to Protect Coastal Reef Fish

Court opens door to fish collection permits for West Hawai‘i, subject to Land Board approval

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature October 21, 2024

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

A decorated warbonnet fish sits perched in a coral in the Gulf of Alaska. (Seascape Alaska / NOAA Ocean Exploration)
Press Release August 19, 2024

Oceana Sues Federal Fishery Managers for Failure to Protect Alaska’s Seafloor Habitats

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

In the News: Sacramento Bee September 19, 2024

Environmentalists file lawsuit against Port of Stockton over ‘dirty’ hydrogen project

Katrina Tomas, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “This is dirty hydrogen, delivered by dirty trucks, for potentially dirty uses. If the port wants to build this project, it must do a better job explaining how it will clean up all of this pollution.”

page July 11, 2024

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Arctic grayling. A primary factor in the decline of the species’ range has been the ongoing diversion of water from the grayling’s stream habitat for agricultural uses and degradation of riparian areas. (K. Sowl / 2011 USFWS Alaska Fish Photo Contest)
Press Release: Victory August 7, 2024

Montana’s Arctic Grayling Get New Shot at Endangered Species Protection

Fish and Wildlife Service have twelve months for new finding on rare fish

Ciarra Greene, member of the Nez Perce Tribe, walks along a section of the Snake River near Asotin, Wash. (Brian Plonka for Earthjustice)
Update June 27, 2024

The Federal Government Is Finally Acknowledging How Columbia River Basin Dams Have Harmed Tribes

A new report highlights the need for concrete action to restore salmon populations and honor treaty obligations.