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Professors argue public trust doctrine requires the state to intervene on excessive water use

The state of Utah has violated its fundamental legal duty to protect the Great Salt Lake against impairment due to dwindling water inflows, 36 law professors told a state court. The professors asked the court to consider an amicus – or “friend of the court” – brief in support of conservation groups’ lawsuit against the state of Utah for its failure to ensure that enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake.

Conservation groups file a 135-page response to the numerous motions to dismiss in the Great Salt Lake lawsuit.

Attacks on the Antiquities Act are not new. Earthjustice and our partners continue to fight back.

Motion to intervene filed in support of President Biden’s monument designation near Grand Canyon

Conservation groups filed a motion to intervene in defense of President Biden’s designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona.

Rebecca Curry, Policy Advocate, Rocky Mountain Office: “This bill seeks to hold the state accountable for several protections promised in the Environmental Justice Act.”

A new federal rule will better protect communities and the environment, while better protecting taxpayers’ money and helping the agency manage public lands for their highest value.

Biden administration announces long awaited reforms that will hold oil industry accountable

Alexandra Schluntz, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We really think this should be a wakeup call for the BLM. This case shows that the BLM has a lot of work to do to improve its process for leasing lands to oil and gas development, and improve how it’s analyzing and protecting the environment while it’s making…

Groups seek lower PFAS limits and shorter compliance schedules to help protect communities

Conservation and environmental justice groups filed an administrative appeal challenging aspects of the Suncor refinery’s Clean Water Act discharge permit.

BLM rule take steps to reduce waste from routine venting and flaring of gas at well sites

Alexandra Schluntz, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The Bureau of Land Management can’t just say, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll fix it at a later stage.’ Not when there’s evidence in the record that shows they haven’t been fixing it.”

Wyoming sale was one of the largest oil and gas lease sales held on public lands

Ian Coghill, attorney with Earthjustice’s Rocky Mountain Office, speaks with KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon

A federal court ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease nearly 120,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas development in June 2022 violated the law.

EPA’s oil and gas methane standards are firmly rooted in science and the law