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North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. (EcoFlight)
Press Release February 20, 2025

Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision

Motion to intervene filed in a lawsuit from Montana and Wyoming

document February 20, 2025

Motion to Intervene: Powder River Basin

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 Pipe Out Paddle Up Floatilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan, on Sept. 3, 2022. (David Ruck for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 20, 2025

Court Denies Tribes, Green Groups a Line 5 Permit Redo

The Michigan Court of Appeals sided with Enbridge and MPSC on tunnel project

In the News: Michigan Advance February 20, 2025

Appeals Court upholds MPSC permit for Line 5 tunnel project

Adam Ratchenski, Attorney, Midwest Office: “Nobody wants their water poisoned or their property values torpedoed in order to keep Canadian oil and gas flowing through the Great Lakes.”

Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (Lukasz Zakrzewski / Shutterstock)
case February 19, 2025

Challenging the Trump Administration’s Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling

Amid a flurry of anti-environment executive orders on his first day in office, Trump issued an order to revoke former president Biden’s protection of millions of acres of undeveloped public waters from future oil and gas drilling.

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans at Earthjustice. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video February 19, 2025

First Environmental Lawsuit vs. New Trump Administration

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans at Earthjustice, explains the legal challenge to block the Trump administration’s illegal ocean drilling plan.

In the News: Inside Climate News February 19, 2025

Louisiana Gas Export Terminal Gets Conditional Authorization

Moneen Nasmith, Attorney, National Climate: “It’s very problematic insofar as we are imposing the costs of this industry in such a concentrated and acute way on such a small part of the country.”

In the News: Reuters February 19, 2025

Trump’s Army Corps seeks to fast-track 600 ’emergency’ projects through environmental review

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “It is laughable to see Line 5 on this list. It’s a pipeline that carries crude oil from Canada to Canada and will not increase U.S. capacity or respond to Trump’s declared energy emergency.”

Press Release February 19, 2025

La Administración Trump Intenta Retirar la Aprobación Federal del Programa de Tarifa por Congestión en Nueva York. Earthjustice Responde

La comunidad empresarial lucha por mantener vigente el plan tras datos recientes que demuestran su éxito

document February 19, 2025

Michigan Court of Appeals Ruling on Line 5 Tunnel Permit

The Michigan Court of Appeals struck down a challenge by Tribal Nations and green groups who sought to overturn the Michigan Public Service Commission’s decision to permit Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

A brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Jun. 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
Press Release February 19, 2025

Primera Demanda Ambiental Contra la Administración Trump: Grupos Impugnan Orden Ilegal de Anular Protecciones Que Evitan Perforaciones en Alta Mar

Dos acciones legales retan los intentos del presidente Trump de permitir exploraciones de petróleo y gas en territorios océanicos

A deep water drill ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Update February 19, 2025

We’re Suing to Block Trump’s Illegal Ocean Drilling Plan

Executive order gives oil and gas companies a green light to drill in public waters that had been protected off almost every U.S. coast.

Dror Ladin, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, speaks to press after the congestion pricing motion to dismiss hearing on Sept. 27, 2024.
Press Release February 19, 2025

Earthjustice Response: Trump Admin. Attempts to Pull Federal Approval of Congestion Pricing

Business community fighting to keep Congestion Pricing in place with the recent data demonstrating its success

A brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Jun. 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
Press Release February 19, 2025

Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit Vs. New Trump Administration, Challenging Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling

Two legal actions challenge President Trump’s attempts to open offshore drilling

document February 19, 2025

Reinstating 2019 12(a) Ruling

Groups are asking a court to reinstate a federal court ruling that invalidated an attempt by the first Trump administration to undo Obama-era offshore protections.

document February 19, 2025

Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit vs. New Trump Administration

Challenging an illegal order by President Trump to revoke former President Biden’s withdrawal of vulnerable areas of the ocean from future oil-and-gas leasing

Press Release February 18, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Interior Plans to Advance Trump Energy Agenda

Interior secretary seeks plans to implement executive orders that pivot away from climate, toward ‘unleashing energy’

In the News: Wisconsin Public Radio February 17, 2025

Bad River tribe says Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute will violate its water quality standards

Stefanie Tsosie, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “The blasting materials themselves could be hazardous and introduce hazardous components to the water.”