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An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 10, 2026

The Trump Administration’s Border Wall Strategy: Waive the Laws it Doesn’t Like.

In just a year and a half, the Department of Homeland Security has issued an unprecedented number of waivers of federal laws for border wall construction, threatening the southern border’s…
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
Article November 10, 2026

Congress Tweaks Permitting Bill, But Deal Remains Fatally Flawed

Earthjustice is urging senators to come back in the new year and give these reforms the full attention they require.
document November 9, 2026

Supreme Court Decision on Big Bend Border Case

U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency request to stay a lower court injunction blocking border wall construction and related infrastructure in and around Big Bend National Park in…
An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Press Release November 9, 2026

Supreme Court Clears Way for Border Construction in Big Bend, Putting National Park at Risk

Emergency order allows Trump administration to resume construction while legal challenge continues
Thousands of convict tangs school in the shallows off Jarvis Island in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. (Courtney Couch / NOAA)
Press Release November 9, 2026

Trump Administration Reignites Proposal to Launch Commercial Fishing in Pacific Marine Monument

The rule would strip crucial environmental protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument
Press Release: Victory November 9, 2026

Voters Choose Environmental Protection, Reject California’s Proposition 45

Prop 45 would have gutted the California Environmental Quality Act
A stunning array of corals and sponges on Retriever Seamount. This high diversity and density was characteristic of what scientists saw during a deep-sea expedition. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research / Deep Connections 2019)
From the Experts November 5, 2026

How the Senate’s Permitting Bill Could Lock in Deep-Sea Mining for Years to Come

Scientists are unequivocal: the biodiversity loss and habitat destruction that likely would come from mining the deep sea would be irreversible. Here's how the Senate permitting bill would prop open…
Press Release November 4, 2026

Settlement requires Bonneville Power Administration to reduce proposed rate hike that unfairly targets salmon protection

Planned rate hike would be reduced by close to $40 million
Press Release: Victory November 3, 2026

Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Destructive Gold Dredging Operation Near Nome

The court finds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow key environmental laws when approving a fill permit but stops short of remanding the authorization
Grizzly bear near Swan Lake in Yellowstone National Park. (Neal Herbert / NPS)
Press Release November 3, 2026

Grizzly Bear Mortalities in Greater Yellowstone Reach Record Levels for Third Year in a Row

Conservation groups sound the alarm on administration plan to allow for more bear killing, potential delisting
A California spotted owl perches on a tree. (Rick Kuyper / USFWS)
Press Release November 3, 2026

Court Orders Endangered Species Decision for California Spotted Owl

Trump administration must finalize protections for the owl next year.
document November 2, 2026

Court Decision: IPOP Mining Operation in Alaska

The U.S. District Court in Alaska found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acted arbitrarily when approving a controversial suction dredge gold mining operation proposed about 30 miles east of…
Windy, dusty day in Mojave National Preserve, California. (Christian Collins / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Press Release October 30, 2026

Court Rules to Keep Block on Destructive Mining Development in Mojave National Preserve

Colosseum Mine operations to remain closed as lawsuit proceeds
document October 29, 2026

Colosseum Mine Order Denying Motion for Stay Pending Appeal

A federal district court ruled on October 29, 2026 to maintain the block it put on new mining operations in the Mojave National Preserve by Dateline Resources Ltd.
document October 23, 2026

Notice of Intent — West Reservoir Project

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan notified the Trump administration of their intent to sue the Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service for their failure to…
A view of the Rio Grande River in Big Bend National Park. (Deb Snelson / Getty Images)
Update October 22, 2026

Court Blocks Trump’s Border Barrier Construction at Big Bend

The administration ignored environmental impacts and laws to build their barrier.
Press Release October 21, 2026

Reporter Memo: Making sense of the latest attacks on the Endangered Species Act

Attacks from the Trump Administration and Congress could thwart the law's successful track record of preventing extinction
Press Release October 21, 2026

Lawsuit Aims to Restore Protections for Threatened Wildlife

Conservation groups say rule rescinding ‘blanket’ protections goes against intent of Endangered Species Act