November Actions
What's At Stake
As the government re-opened this month, the Trump administration has prioritized weakening bedrock environmental protections, like the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act, and are set on expanding oil and gas offshore drilling in our public waters.
The Trump administration’s latest attack on the Endangered Species Act attempts to weaken and limit the law’s effectiveness. In addition, his EPA is proposing a rule that would end federal protections for many wetlands and streams in the U.S., which imperil critical habitats and clean drinking water for millions of Americans.
But dismantling bedrock environmental protections isn’t enough for this dangerous administration. President Trump also unveiled a new federal offshore drilling plan that aims to dramatically expand oil and gas sales in the United States by auctioning off 1.27 billion acres of our public waters. Trump’s plan would force offshore drilling where it has never happened, or where oil sales have not been held in decades, like the Californian coast and virtually all of Alaska’s highly sensitive waters. This plan threatens to impose offshore drilling on states, cities, and communities that do not want any of it and depend on clean oceans for everything, from fishing to tourism and recreation.
Trump’s polluter agenda may threaten our environment, but that’s why we must voice our opposition to these dangerous policies. As Earthjustice fights in court and on the hill to preserve our landscape from pollution, protect biodiversity, and fight for a zero-emissions future, we need you in our corner. Your advocacy in these fights will help Earthjustice make our case in court.
Take action now and tell the government to side with the American people over billionaires and polluting industries. Climate progress won’t happen without advocates like you.
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Your Actions Matter
Your messages make a difference, even if we have leaders who don't want to listen. Here's why.
You level the playing field.
Elected officials pay attention when they see that we are paying attention. Read more.
They may be hearing from industry lobbyists left and right, but hearing the stories of their constituents — that’s your power.
Our legislators serve at the pleasure of the people who gave them their job — you.
Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue.
Whether or not you voted for them, they work for you, for the duration of their term.
Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. (Find your local, state, and federal elected officials.)
Your action is with us in court.
If a federal agency finalizes a harmful action, the record of public comments provides a basis for bringing them into court. Read more.
Throughout each of the public comment periods we alert you to, Earthjustice’s attorneys are researching and writing in-depth, technical comments to submit — detailing how the regulation could and should be stronger to protect the environment, our communities, and our planet.
We need you to join us — your specific experiences, knowledge, and voice are crucial to add to the Administrative Record through the comment periods.
Lawsuits we file that challenge weak or harmful federal regulations rely on what was submitted during the comment period. The court can only look at documents that are in the Administrative Record — including the public comments — to decide if the agency did something improper.
Your actions aid our litigation. Taking action and submitting comments during a comment period is substantively important.
It’s the law.
Federal agencies must pause what they’re doing and ask for — and consider — your comment. Read more.
Many of us may have never heard of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), but laws like these require our government to ask the public to weigh in before agencies adopt or change regulations.
Regulations essentially describe how federal agencies will carry out laws — including decisions that could undermine science, or weaken safeguards on public health.
Public comments are collected at various points throughout the federal government’s rulemaking process, including when a regulation is proposed and finalized. (Learn about the rulemaking process.) These comments become part of the official, legal public record — the “Administrative Record.”
When the public responds with a huge outpouring of support for environmental protections, these individual messages collectively undercut politicians' attempts to claim otherwise.
What this means is each of us can take a role in shaping the rules our government creates — and ensuring those rules are fair and effective.