Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, explains how we won 85% of our cases against the first Trump administration — and with your support, we’ll do it again.

The Bad River Band and allies continue to fight the dangerous oil pipeline

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft supplemental environmental impact statement that paves the way for an ecologically-destructive land swap and road in Alaska that would slice through a critically important wildlife refuge for migratory bird species. See the Letter to the Reader and Executive Summary.

The Western Alaska Tribe will continue to advocate against a road through Izembek Refuge

Without sufficient characterization of the wastewater generated by Saratoga Biochar Solutions (SBS), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is unable to confirm that the Glens Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant can adequately treat the wastewater before being discharged to the environment or determine if its State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit would need to be modified to include appropriate monitoring and limits for any constituents in SBS’s wastewater.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

It is clear President-elect Trump is prioritizing loyalty above actual qualifications to address our current and future environmental concerns.

We are writing to express our strong opposition to H.R. 7409, the HEATS Act, which will eliminate all review, public input, and transparency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for prescribed geothermal development impacting public lands and resources.

Ramin Pejan, Attorney, International Program, Earthjustice: “Mines are going up on the river that flows into where they’re fishing now, that’s so tied into their cultural practices, their traditions, their subsistence, their well-being. They need to … consult and be involved in assessing the harms and designing mitigation measures.”

Arizona Lithium must pause activity near Ha’Kamwe’ until lawsuit plays out

“Ahora, somos incluso más fuertes y estamos preparados. Veremos a Donald Trump en las cortes”.

“We will see Donald Trump in court.”

Earthjustice’s push for progress in the states and internationally means we can still make environmental progress.

Election Day was Tuesday, Nov. 5. Up for your votes were President of the United States, all 435 House seats, 34 Senate seats, governors of 11 states and two U.S. territories, and many city mayors, state representatives, state supreme court justices, and state and local measures.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by Earthjustice and Western Mining Action Project, extending a temporary pause on harmful drilling for the duration of the Hualapai Tribe’s legal case challenging federal approval of the Sandy Valley Lithium Exploration Project.

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “With a Trump administration, it’s significantly more likely than in prior transitions that they will simply change their litigation position.”

Earthjustice, on behalf of Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (CAAN) files this second set of Comments on the Updated Environmental Assessment of Saratoga Biochar Solutions LLC (SBS).