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Dusky Sharks Snatch Victory as Courts Tire of Trump Antics

The dusky shark is one of the largest U.S. Atlantic shark species, and it is also one of the most imperiled.

Recent court rulings are the latest sign that Trump’s efforts to weaken critical environmental regulations are no match for the law.

What a Real Coal Ash Cleanup Looks Like

A couple in Dukeville, N.C., looks across a coal ash pond full of dead trees.

North Carolina has ordered Duke Energy to excavate and close all its coal ash ponds.

As EPA Drags Feet on Toxic Pesticide Ban, Parents and Teachers Take Action

As we take the EPA to court to force it to ban chlorpyrifos, communities are organizing to protect their kids.

‘It Is the Largest National Forest, and I’m Going to Keep It That Way’

Tlingit tribal member Wanda Culp traveled to Washington to ask U.S. Forest Service head Jim Hubbard to protect Alaska's Tongass National Forest, where Culp lives.

Indigenous women from Southeast Alaska traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Tongass National Forest and the Roadless Rule.

New Head of Earthjustice’s Hawai‘i Office Takes on Environmental Challenges

Earthjustice Managing Attorney Isaac Moriwake surveys rooftop solar

Isaac Moriwake spoke with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser about climate change, water rights, and how you can lose the battle but win the war

Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Border Wall Threatens My Home

Descendants of Eli Jackson stand in the 154-year-old Texan church that bears his name. Construction on Trump's border wall may desecrate a cemetery next to the church.

We’re suing the Trump administration over its attempt to manufacture a crisis and build a massive, hateful, unnecessary border wall.

Earthjustice Attorney Draws on Tradition to Revive Hawai‘i’s Streams

Recently promoted to lead Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific Office, Isaac Moriwake fights to ensure that Hawaiʻi’s cultural and environmental values are reflected in the law.

Trump Regulators Gave Oil Industry a Pass to Injure Whales, and We’re Fighting Back

The Trump administration has authorized seismic surveying that will harm North Atlantic right whales like the ones shown here. Only about 400 whales of this species remain.

In its attempt to open up U.S. waters to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration gave a green light to conduct harmful seismic surveys. We’re taking them to court.

Trophy Hunter Kills a Famous Yellowstone Wolf

The fate of Spitfire is a warning of what could happen to wolves elsewhere in the U.S. if Congress and the Trump administration proceed with plans to strip protections from these imperiled creatures.