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Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) speaks during a press conference renouncing the rollback of the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule on May 13, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Community Advocates join Members of Congress in Broad Opposition to Planned Attack on National Forestlands

A diverse array of stakeholders representing Tribes, hunters, conservationists, firefighters, and business owners rebuke the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Roadless Rule
document May 7, 2026

E15 Joint Environmental Letter to House of Representatives

The undersigned respectfully urge Representatives to oppose efforts to expand year-round E15 and instead support more effective, sustainable approaches to energy and transportation policy. We should not commit additional land,…
A gray wolf walking in snow taken in Yellowstone National Park. (Stan Tekiela / Getty Images)
Article April 29, 2026

How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act – and What You Can Do

Extractive industries that have long despised the ESA now have powerful allies. We’re fighting back.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 16, 2026

Senate Votes to Strip Minnesota’s Boundary Waters of Protection from Mining Pollution

Earthjustice weighs legal options to stop Chilean-owned Twin Metals mine
Canoers paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article April 16, 2026

The Little-Known Law Congress is Abusing to Sell Out Our Public Lands

How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.
A data center under construction in Ashburn, Virginia in 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Article: Victory April 10, 2026

How We Rallied a Big Coalition to Stop a Shady Data Center Bill

The ‘Protect American AI Act’ in Congress would have exempted data centers from complying with key environmental laws.
The vibrant colors of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (Getty Images)
Press Release March 4, 2026

Senator Lee, Representative Maloy Introduce Joint Resolution to Undo Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public lands protection as we know it
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (Tarpley / BLM)
Press Release February 26, 2026

Senator Lee Formally Begins Process to Fast-Track Destruction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public lands protection
Press Release February 4, 2026

Earthjustice Calls on Congress to Hold the Department of Homeland Security Accountable

Earthjustice responds to the Trump administration’s recent attacks against civilians
Phipps Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (© Tim Peterson)
Press Release January 22, 2026

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Under Attack from Utah Members of Congress

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public land protection as we know it
The Mexican gray wolf is the most genetically distinct lineage of wolves in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most endangered mammals in North America.
(Photo courtesy of Troy B. Thompson)
Press Release January 21, 2026

Earthjustice Strongly Opposed to Rep. Gosar Legislation to Delist Mexican Gray Wolf

Markup scheduled for Thursday on legislation to prematurely strip Endangered Species Act protections
document January 21, 2026

Mexican Gray Wolf: Sign-on Letter

The House Natural Resources Committee scheduled a markup on legislation to prematurely remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Mexican gray wolf – one of the most endangered mammals in…
As the gray wolf’s reintroduction has illustrated, healthy ecosystems are interconnected, holistic entities requiring rich biodiversity, including the presence of apex predators such as wolves.
(National Park Service Photo)
Press Release December 18, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to House Vote to Strip Gray Wolves of Endangered Species Act Protections

Legislation puts gray wolf recovery in jeopardy and defies science
A monarch butterfly on goldenrod in Schaumburg, Illinois. (Zara / 500px)
Press Release December 17, 2025

House Republicans Advance Bill to Gut Endangered Species Act

Bill would reduce critical protections for imperiled plants and animals
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Brooks Range mountains, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / Getty Images)
Article December 16, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska’s Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies

In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling.
document December 15, 2025

Big Ugly Bill’s Mining Slush Fund

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated an unprecedented level of funding for critical minerals projects that amount to little more than a slush fund for the mining industry.
document December 15, 2025

SPEED Act: Civil Justice Letter

H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act; Rep. Westerman) not only fundamentally weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) but also sets a deeply troubling…