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Press Release October 28, 2025

Congressional Republicans Lay Ground for Attack on Tribal Consultation

Earthjustice raises concerns with Senate hearing on National Historic Preservation Act consultation provisions that help Tribes protect cultural and historic resources

A horseshoe crab in the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, N.J. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 28, 2025

Fisheries Commission Adopts Short-Term Protections for Delaware Bay Ecosystem

Commission misses opportunity to set longer protections for female horseshoe crabs

Press Release: Victory October 27, 2025

NJ Court Prohibits Construction of Controversial Newark Gas Plant

Project in limbo after PVSC ignored significant community opposition to the project

Press Release October 27, 2025

Land Board Advances Plan to Re-Open Hawaiʻi Waters to Aquarium Pet Industry

Rulemaking decision follows the agency’s prior vote to ban reef fish collection and intense public opposition to the capture and sale of native reef wildlife

Press Release: Victory October 27, 2025

NY Supreme Court Rules the State Must Issue Climate Regulations

New York is violating the state’s climate law and must issue regulations to reduce climate pollution by February 2026

Caribou on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Florian Schulz / protectthearctic.org)
Press Release October 23, 2025

Trump Administration Opens the Entire Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil and Gas Leasing

At the expense of communities and our climate, this massive public lands attack auctions off treasured lands in the nation’s largest wildlife refuge to benefit fossil fuel companies

A gray wolf runs after being released on public lands by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on December 19, 2023. (Jerry Neal / CPW)
Press Release October 22, 2025

Legal Organizations: Colorado on Solid Footing to Release Wolves from Canada

10(j) rule identified one possible source of wolves, not a mandated population

This map is a subset that shows where the more than 500 exemption facilities are located throughout the country, whether they (or a representative) have requested or been granted a pollution exemption, and more. Map developed by Environmental Defense Fund and Environmental Integrity Project.
Press Release October 22, 2025

Community, Health, and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Trump Administration’s Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

Lawsuit challenges unprecedented presidential carve-out that lets 50 chemical plants spew cancer-causing pollutants for two more years

Caribou make their way across the Teshekpuk Lake area of northern Alaska. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2025

The Trump Administration Plans New Oil and Gas Leases in the Western Arctic — and Will Soon Finalize a Rule Repealing Protections

The Department of the Interior is taking steps to offer up millions of acres of public land for drilling in the Arctic despite the ongoing government shutdown

Protestors paddle next to the Mackinac Bridge at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Floatilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2025

Michigan Tribes to US Supreme Court: Don’t Bail Out Enbridge

Amicus brief asks SCOTUS to keep the Line 5 shutdown suit in state court

Press Release October 16, 2025

Appeal Filed to Strengthen Colorado’s Disproportionately Impacted Community Permitting Rule

Environmental justice and conservation groups argue the rule does not meet the requirements of the state Environmental Justice Act

Manifestantes sostienen carteles mientras protestan contra la construcción de un centro de detención de inmigrantes en los Everglades, cerca de Ochopee, Florida, el 28 de junio de 2025. Debido a que se están utilizando fondos de FEMA para el centro de detención de Everglades, la ley exige que se realice una evaluación ambiental federal para proteger la fauna silvestre en peligro de extinción. (Giorgio Viera / AFP vía Getty Images)
Press Release October 15, 2025

Amigos de los Everglades Presenta Demanda para Obtener Registros Públicos Respecto al Centro de Detención de Everglades

Los contribuyentes tienen el derecho legal de ver las inversiones que se hacen con su dinero

A wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release October 14, 2025

Plaintiffs Seek Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

Following the Trump administration’s abrupt and unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement to restore the Columbia basin, plaintiffs return to court to prevent salmon and steelhead extinction

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City.  (Yana Paskova / Getty Images for NYT)
Press Release: Victory October 14, 2025

In a Win for Clean Air and Common Sense, Governor Newsom Vetoes SB 34

Legislation would have tied Southern California air regulators’ hands and made it more difficult to shape clean air policies in the nation’s smog capital

The migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Everglades on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)
Press Release October 14, 2025

Friends of the Everglades Files Suit to Get Public Records on Everglades Detention Center

Taxpayers have a legal right to see where their money is spent

Press Release October 14, 2025

Following NYISO Short-Term Assessment of Reliability Report Governor Hochul Must Course-Correct by Building a Renewable Grid for the Future

Governor Hochul must accelerate transmission and battery storage to save New Yorkers money, not prop up expensive, polluting gas plants

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City.  (Yana Paskova / Getty Images for NYT)
Press Release: Victory October 11, 2025

California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior

The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs

North Antelope Mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. (Ecoflight)
Press Release October 8, 2025

Senate Passes Congressional Review Act Resolution to Reopen Montana’s Powder River Basin to New Coal Leasing

Resolution will upend the public lands management system as we know it