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document September 11, 2025

Columbia Basin: Motion to Set Schedule

Conservation, fishing and clean energy groups today filed this motion to set a court schedule along with a motion requesting the U.S. District Court in Oregon end a multi-year pause on the groups’ long-running litigation to protect endangered Columbia Basin wild salmon and steelhead from federal dams that kill and harm them.

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Little Redfish Lake Creek, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. Salmon will have greater access to spawning grounds in Idaho if the lower Snake River dams are removed.
(Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release September 11, 2025

Groups Return to Court to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

The Trump Administration’s unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement forces plaintiffs back to court to protect salmon and steelhead from lethal dams

document September 11, 2025

Columbia Basin: Court request to lift litigation pause to protect wild salmon and steelhead

Conservation, fishing, and clean energy groups represented by Earthjustice today filed a motion requesting the U.S. District Court in Oregon end a multi-year pause on the groups’ long-running litigation to protect endangered Columbia Basin wild salmon and steelhead from federal dams that kill and harm them.

Sockeye salmon make their way back up a river in the Pacific Northwest to spawn.(Shutterstock)
From the Experts September 4, 2025

Wins and Highlights from the Washington 2025 Legislative Session

Let’s celebrate this year’s environmental victories, plan to continue our work in the Columbia Basin — and prepare for next year!

document August 28, 2025

Opposition Letter to HR 2073 from Groups Seeking to Restore the Columbia Basin

This letter from 65 businesses and organizations on behalf of millions of members and supporters voices strong opposition to H.R. 2073, the “Defending our Dams Act.” This destructive legislation would block a decades-long, region-wide effort to restore struggling wild salmon and orca populations, address energy issues in the region and modernize outdated Northwest infrastructure.

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature August 27, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

Downtown Seattle skyline. (Candice Cusack / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 7, 2025

Washington Board Orders Wastewater Treatment Plant to Implement Stronger Pollution Controls

The Puget Soundkeeper victory is critical first step to address long-standing pollution from municipal wastewater that degrade water quality in Puget Sound

document August 6, 2025

West Point Pollution Control Hearings Board Order

Washington State’s Pollution Control Hearings Board ruled on an appeal to a West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant permit, requiring King County to limit nutrient pollutants like nitrogen and phosphorous from the water treatment plant.

document August 4, 2025

NEPA IFR Comments USDA

Comments submitted by Earthjustice in response to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) interim final rule and request for comments regarding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

document August 1, 2025

NEPA Comment Letter DOI

Comments submitted by Earthjustice in response to U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations.

(Indigo Skies Photography)
From the Experts July 11, 2025

Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Market Choice Will Cause Widespread Harm Across the Northwest

Nonprofit groups are suing to force a review of the decision by BPA that would cause energy bills to rise and reduce access to clean energy across a broad region

(Gyn9037 / Shutterstock)
Press Release July 10, 2025

Energy and Conservation Groups File Legal Challenge to Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Market Decision

BPA plans to join the Markets+ energy market over a larger Western one; the choice would cause a spike in energy bills and reduce access to clean energy for Northwest power customers

document July 10, 2025

BPA Day-Ahead Energy Market Decision – Petition

NW Energy Coalition, Idaho Conservation League, Montana Environmental Information Center, Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board, and Sierra Club petition for review of the Bonneville Power Administration’s final Day-Ahead Market Policy and the “Day-Ahead Market Policy Record of Decision.” The Policy and Record of Decision do not comply with the requirements of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, or the Administrative Procedure Act.

document June 25, 2025

Court Filing: Trump’s EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables

Farmworker and public health groups represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to respond to a petition to ban organophosphates pesticides, a class of chemicals used on fruits, vegetables, and field crops. In utero exposures to organophosphates are linked to autism, attention deficit disorders and impaired cognition in school-age children. They also cause countless instances of farmworker and community poisonings every year.

Snake River's blue waters stand out against green landscape with Teton Mountain Range ascending in the background. Grand Tetons National Park, Teton County, Wyoming. (Edwin Remsberg / Getty Images)
Update June 17, 2025

Trump Administration Reneges on Deal to Save Salmon in the Northwest

The Trump administration’s decision to abandon the agreement continues the administration’s pattern of breaking promises, ignoring science, and devaluing our iconic lands and wildlife.

A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) at Little Redfish Lake Creek trap, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release June 12, 2025

Plaintiffs Represented by Earthjustice Condemn Trump Administration’s Unilateral Withdrawal from Historic Columbia Basin Agreement

The administration’s decision reneges on promised investments in fisheries and clean energy, and ignores federal, state, tribal science on the need for urgent action to prevent extinction and rebuild healthy and abundant salmon

The outdoor unit of a heat pump system. (Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
From the Experts June 5, 2025

Washington Regulators Must Hold Utilities Accountable in the Clean Energy Transition

Decisions made by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission can help meet the state’s climate goals and keep energy reliable and affordable for customers.

A person holds wood pellets at a biomass facility at Drax Power Station near Selby, England. (Anna Gowthorpe / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 29, 2025

The Long Shadow of Drax, a Power Company Masquerading as Green

The U.K. wood pellet manufacturer pollutes low-income U.S. communities