SPP failed for a second time to accurately accredit its generating resources, continues to discriminate against cleaner resources

An important step towards justice for a historically Black neighborhood

With less than 100 Gulf of Mexico whales remaining, they are at critical risk if oil companies ramp up seismic oil exploration.

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “This is the most right-wing court we’ve seen in almost a century, and that’s emboldening conservative legal activists to swing for the fences with legal claims that would have been laughable just a few years ago. The legal landscape has shifted, and it’s profound.”

Erin Gaines, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “The inner harbor desalination plant, which would be located in the Hillcrest, is just the latest example of this long-standing pattern of discrimination.”

Letter to city officials on a complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act against the City of Corpus Christi, Texas for the proposed development of a desalination plant in a historically Black neighborhood being referred to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Powerful underwater blasts put iconic endangered whale at risk

Permits will expire next month; industry won’t launch boats this year

Petitioners-Plaintiffs City of Auburn, Town of Owasco, and Owasco Watershed Lake Association, Inc., for their verified petition for judgment pursuant to Article 78 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules and their complaint seeking a declaratory judgment pursuant to section 3001 of the CPLR, by their attorneys, Earthjustice.

First step toward offshore drilling jeopardizes critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, puts marine life at risk

Signal Peak failing to comply with permit requirements to reclaim lands affected by subsidence

Two years of litigation against permits granted to fossil fuel companies results in a critical reprieve for one of Earth’s rarest ocean creatures.

Filing: Government downplayed considerable harm blasting would cause

Together with dozens of organizations and thousands of coastal communities and businesses, Earthjustice has been fighting for years to stop fossil fuel companies from blasting seismic air guns in the Atlantic Ocean, including in crucial underwater habitat for one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. These air guns produce a noise louder than…

The Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) filed suit against U.S. tire manufacturers over the use of the chemical 6PPD in rubber tires because of its devastating impacts on Endangered Species Act (ESA)-protected salmon and steelhead.

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Environmental groups will use every tool available to prevent seismic airgun blasting for oil and gas surveys

The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added the critically endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale to a de facto extinction watchlist. But we still need to do more to protect the species.