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document November 17, 2025

Community Opposition Letter to House LNG Bill

Over 125 groups sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging them to oppose the H.R. 1949, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025.

document November 14, 2025

Line 5 Michigan Supreme Court Brief by Tribes and Environmental Groups

The Bay Mills Indian Community, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi represented by Earthjustice filed their opening brief alongside the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) and Michigan Climate Action Network (MiCAN) in the Michigan Supreme Court challenging Enbridge Energy’s efforts to build an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

Two sandhill cranes dance in the Western Arctic, in the area close to Lake Teshekpuk. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release November 13, 2025

The Trump Administration Announces Rollback of a Rule that Helped Protect the Western Arctic from Harmful Oil and Gas Drilling

The Department of the Interior announced it will finalize the rescission of common-sense rules aimed at better protecting ecologically sensitive public lands including Teshekpuk Lake

Emissions from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey. (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)
Update November 12, 2025

World Court Rules U.S. Legally Obligated to Curb Climate Change

All nations must tackle climate change or face legal consequences for causing harm to the environment.

Caribou make their way across the Teshekpuk Lake area of northern Alaska. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2025

The Step-by-Step Plan to Sell Off the Arctic, and What You Can Do About It

The Trump administration and Congress have waged an all-out assault on the Arctic. Here are three actions you can take to protect it.

A painting of a Karankawa fishing camp. (Frank Weir, courtesy of Texas Sea Grant College Program, Texas A&M University)
Press Release November 12, 2025

Indigenous and Local Groups Urge Army Corps to Revoke Permit for Dormant Donnel Point Terminal in Ingleside

“The Port cannot rely on a decade-old permit for a project that no longer exists,” argues Bridgett McCoy, Earthjustice attorney representing the groups

document November 12, 2025

Letter to Army Corps regarding Ingleside Terminal CWA 404 Permit (without exhibits)

Karankawa Tribe of Texas, Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association urge the U.S. Corps of Engineers to revoke the Clean Water Act permit; undertake supplemental reviews; and/or deny any further extension of the permit and require the Port of Corpus Christi Authority to submit a new permit application for any future proposed terminal at the site. They also request that they be added to the list of “interested parties.”

Press Release November 12, 2025

Governor Hochul Conducts the Bidding of the Oil and Gas Industry to Delay Implementation of All Electric Building Law

Despite success in U.S. District Court, Governor Hochul slow rolls her own energy affordability agenda

document November 12, 2025

NYS Stipulation re AEBL

New York State agreed in a stipulation to delay climate action and affordability by delaying All-Electric Buildings Law (AEBL) regulation.

Caribou in the Western Arctic around the Teshekpuk Lake area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release November 11, 2025

Exploratory oil and gas drilling and seismic exploration move forward in the Western Arctic

Bureau of Land Management issues an environmental study to authorize ConocoPhillips’ winter drilling and seismic projects in Teshekpuk Lake and Colville River Special Areas

JJ Waters stands in the surf along the shore near her home in Pensacola Beach, Florida. (Gregg Pachkowski for Earthjustice)
Article November 11, 2025

Trump’s Ocean Drilling Order Puts Coastal Communities at Risk. Again.

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

Press Release November 10, 2025

Colorado and Xcel’s Comanche 2 Petition Throws Impacted Pueblo Community Under the Bus

Filing follows PUC Just Transition decision that overlooks environmental justice concerns

document November 10, 2025

Line 5 Contested Case Post-Hearing Brief of the Bad River Band

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa submitted a post-hearing brief to the administrative law judge overseeing the contested case challenge to Wisconsin’s approval for Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute.

document November 10, 2025

Comanche Unit 2 Variance Petition

The state of Colorado and Xcel Energy filed a request with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to keep Unit 2 at the Comanche coal plant in Pueblo operating beyond its December retirement deadline.

document November 7, 2025

DeepRock Mandamus Petition

Petition seeking writ of mandamus to vacate two permits issued to DeepRock Disposal Solutions, LLC, for Class II wells to dispose of fracked gas waste within two miles of drinking water source.

Press Release November 7, 2025

Earthjustice Statement: NY Governor Hochul Rubberstamps Already Rejected Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline

New York rejected the water quality certification because the application failed demonstrate that the project would comply with the states’ water quality standards

The Rosebud coal mine in Colstrip, Montana, north of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. (EcoFlight)
Press Release November 6, 2025

Conservation Groups File Appeal to Overturn Flawed Rosebud Coal Mine Water Pollution Permit

Groups claim DEQ is treating the surrounding region as a sacrifice zone

document November 6, 2025

Rosebud CWA Appeal

Conservation groups and ranchers appealed a District Court ruling that upheld a flawed water pollution permit for the Rosebud coal mine’s AM5 expansion.