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A lone wolf howls across hills and valleys in the upper Midwest. (Jerry & Barb Jividen / Getty Images)
Press Release January 8, 2025

Colorado Rejects Livestock Industry Attempt to Stop Wolf Reintroduction

Livestock groups’ concerns and requested management changes were already addressed

The crude-by-rail explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Canada, killed 47 people in 2013.
(Photo courtesy of Sûreté du Québec)
Press Release January 17, 2025

Court Strikes Down Federal Rule that Would Have Allowed U.S. “Bomb Trains”

Major rail car explosion risk now averted throughout American communities

A gray wolf howls in the woods of the the upper Midwest. (Jerry & Barb Jividen / Getty Images)
Press Release December 18, 2024

On Anniversary of Reintroduction, Colorado Urged to Proceed with 2025 Wolf Releases

Conservation groups ask Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to reject livestock industry petition

A grizzly bear in a Montana forest. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
Article January 8, 2025

How We’re Helping Grizzlies Come Back from the Brink

Grizzly bears are facing growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. The government just took a step in the right direction by rejecting state appeals to remove their protections.

In the News: KGNU January 8, 2025

Efforts to halt wolf reintroduction “directly antithetical” to what Colorado voters want

Earthjustice attorney Tom Delehanty joined KGNU’s Jackie Sedley to discuss the petition to halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado and what a delay of more wolves could mean for the state.

Lee Zeldin (Matt Rourke / AP). Russell Vought. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc., via Getty Images) Chris Wright (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0). Doug Burgum (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images).
feature January 13, 2025

The Presidential Transition & The Environment

Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration’s second term, and the powers they will have.

Once found nationwide, gray wolves were hunted, trapped, and poisoned for decades; by 1967 there were fewer than 1,000 wolves in one small part of the Midwest.
(Paul Carpenter / Getty Images)
Press Release December 21, 2024

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Recommends Denying Petition to Pause Wolf Reintroduction

Director Davis reiterates biological importance of reintroducing additional wolves to the state

In the News: CNN January 3, 2025

Biden plans to ban some offshore drilling in a way Trump would struggle to undo

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “Every president this century has recognized that some areas of the ocean are just too risky or too sensitive to drill.”

In the News: Energy News Network January 2, 2025

A symbolic gesture or Trojan horse? Ohio groups question purpose of ‘green’ nuclear bill

Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program, Earthjustice: “Those constitutional protections are there for a reason. And seeing the General Assembly have blatant disregard for them again and again harms Ohioans. It deprives them of these constitutional rights.”

Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, May 19, 2020. (Jim Peaco / NPS)
feature January 8, 2025

A New Vision for Grizzly Recovery

Science shows that true recovery of grizzly bears requires a unified population with connected ecosystems.

Earthjustice secured new protections for endangered grizzly bears and wolves in Idaho. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
feature December 1, 2024

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2024

Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

(Steve Geer / Getty Images)
From the Experts April 30, 2024

Congress is Trying to Weaken the Endangered Species Act. Again.

A new bill to remove ESA protections needed for wolves and grizzly bears has been proposed.

A pair of grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park. (Todaysfotos / Shutterstock)
Press Release: Victory March 20, 2024

Court Ruling Halts Wolf Trapping and Snaring in Idaho Grizzly Bear Habitat

Trapping and snaring will no longer be allowed during non-denning periods

staff November 26, 2024

Henessa Gumiran

Henessa Gumiran is a Litigation Paralegal with the Biodiversity Defense Program. She provides litigation support on matters ranging from protecting Mexican gray wolves to challenging harmful mineral exploration projects in the Patagonia Mountains.

feature October 11, 2024

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOE’s Community Benefits Plan requirements

A wolf in the Firehole area of Yellowstone National Park.
(Jim Peaco / National Park Service)
From the Experts March 17, 2022

A New Vision for Wolf Conservation After 150 Years of Yellowstone

Emergency protections are needed for the gray wolf after the Northern Rockies sees the worst persecution of wolves in a century.

Press Release October 29, 2020

Gray Wolf Stripped of Federal Protections

Fish and Wildlife Service removes the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, halting wolf recovery

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.