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Livestock groups’ concerns and requested management changes were already addressed

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “Executive orders direct other agencies to take action, and they certainly set policy and tone. But they cannot and do not replace requirements of congressionally enacted laws.”

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “If you use all that cheap, clean hydro(power) for crypto mining, then humans and small businesses can’t use it and then they have to go somewhere else for that energy — and often it is fossil fuel-based.”

Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club.”

Upon reconsideration, judge rejects Idaho’s rare request to reverse decision

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

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…

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “You can purge a website of the words ‘climate change,’ but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away.”

Shannon Fisk, Director of State Electric Sector Advocacy, Clean Energy Program: “You don’t want somebody coming in saying, ‘We need a ton of new generation for 30 years,’ but then leaves after three. That’s going to leave other customers on the hook.”

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “It’s the shoot first, ask questions later form of rulemaking.”

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

President Trump is already trying to undermine the ESA by invoking a rarely used provision that empowers a committee to decide the fate of endangered species.

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “It’s hard to dismantle agencies and get a lot done at the same time.”

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “We’re at the halfway mark of a decade that I’ve been looking toward for my whole career. We have to keep moving forward over the next five years. We can’t just be on defense waiting for a better day to come. … Donald Trump can [declare] an energy emergency —…

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.

Government dismisses appeal of court decision limiting road building in grizzly, bull trout habitat

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities at Earthjustice, discusses the federal government’s role in protecting people from environmental discrimination.