Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to safeguard biodiversity, to advance a just transition to clean energy, and to protect people’s health. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.
Jenny Harbine, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “Coal has been on the decline for decades, not because of federal policies, but because it’s dirty and it’s increasingly unreliable as our coal fleet ages. And it can’t compete on a level playing field with renewable energy sources.”
Jenny Harbine, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “We’re in a moment right now as litigators. We will use the courts to continue to protect our clients and communities from the environmental harm the administration seeks to unleash. So many of these Trump executive orders portend a real onslaught of what’s to come. We’re ready for…
Jenny Harbine, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “It appears the design of the Trump administration is to unleash a host of harmful development activity in communities that sorely need the opportunities NEPA provides to have a voice. It’s creating chaos and gridlock, and much more troubling, it will endanger and silence communities that have used…
The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, alongside conservation groups, filed a motion to join a lawsuit to defend Yellowstone National Park’s science-based bison management plan.
Emily Qiu, Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “While we cannot speak specifically to the impact of staff cuts, we do appreciate that this deal should allow for a much needed review of the status of Arctic grayling, which we’re confident will show that the species needs protections.”
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration’s 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and Eastern Montana’s Powder River Basin.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals approved a motion from the federal government to dismiss its appeal of a decision limiting road building in grizzly bear and bull trout habitat in Flathead National Forest.
Federal Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale upheld a decision to prohibit Idaho’s authorization of recreational wolf trapping and snaring in grizzly bear habitat during the grizzly bear non-denning season.