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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.
A view of Pago Pago Harbor on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. (Leamus / Getty Images)
From the Experts October 20, 2026

How Deep-Sea Mining Endangers American Samoa

The ocean is inseparably intertwined with American Samoa culture and identity. Now deep-sea mining threatens it all.
Earthjustice attorney David Henkin, left, and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa, take part in the Stand with the Moana demonstration to support and protect the ocean on July 16, 2026 on the Utulei shore in American Samoa. The event was organized by Finafinau, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group. (Gabby Faʻaiʻuaso for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 19, 2026

Lawsuit Seeks to Block American Samoa Deep-sea Mining Lease Sale

Samoan council of chiefs and community groups seek to protect over 31 million acres of ocean from destructive mining activity
document October 13, 2026

National Monuments Order

Judge Chutkan granted a motion to reopen the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante cases challenging President Trump’s decimation of those monuments.
Revillagigedo Island in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Anita Gould)
Press Release September 30, 2026

Legal Action Seeks to Halt Old-Growth Logging Sale in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The sale is part of the massive South Revilla old-growth logging project near Ketchikan that would harm subsistence users, jeopardize wildlife, and drain taxpayer dollars
document September 30, 2026

Tongass South Revilla Preliminary Injunction Motion

A Southeast Alaska Tribe and two conservation groups filed a motion in federal court in Alaska to halt the first timber sale connected to a recently-approved, large-scale, old-growth logging project…
Polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with coveted metals like cobalt, nickel and manganese, taken from the ocean floor. (William West / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release September 30, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Greenlighting of International Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit

The groups seek transparency in NOAA decision to advance The Metals Company application
document September 30, 2026

NOAA Deep Sea Mining Complaint

Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi and Center for Biological Diversity complain of the actions of Defendants National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NOAA Administrator Dr. Neil Jacobs, challenging NOAA's…
document September 28, 2026

Amended Complaint — ESA Critical Habitat Exclusion Rule

Amended complaint challenging a rollback to the Endangered Species Act, which gives outsize weight to “economic considerations” when the federal government decides whether to protect an endangered species’ critical habitat.
Stars illuminate the landscape of Bears Ears National Monument. (Marc Toso)
Press Release September 17, 2026

Senator Lee Formally Begins Process to Fast-Track the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah

Piling on to Trump’s proclamation, Lee could soon attempt to rip up the national monument’s land-use plan, which reflects a historic collaborative management process with five Tribal Nations
In the News: Grist September 16, 2026

Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump’s deep-sea mining ambitions in the Pacific

J.V. Langkilde, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “Shouldn’t there be a full understanding of impacts before someone gets a property interest in our ocean floor?”
Red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlin and semipalmated sandpipers coming through the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, New Jersey, on May 23, 2022. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 14, 2026

On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across U.S. Denounce Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat

Bipartisan Members of Congress & former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Directors under Republican and Democrats have also denounced ESA "harm" rule
In the News: Inside Climate News September 9, 2026

NOAA Fisheries Takes A ‘Sharp Turn Away From Science’

Andrea Treece, Attorney, Oceans Program: “If you asked AI to come up with a plan to hollow out marine ecosystems and impoverish coastal communities, it would look a lot like the one NOAA just put out. The agency is taking a sharp turn away from science.”
An octopus on the seafloor at Physalia Seamount in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-sea mining would threaten the rich ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean. (NOAA Okeanos Explorer)
From the Experts September 9, 2026

Why We Don’t Need to Mine the Deep Sea

As tech changes, better solutions are emerging
A school of rays swimming in the Northern Mariana Islands. (Charlie Jung / Getty Images)
Press Release September 8, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Mariana Islands Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale

Groups seek protection for imperiled species from destructive deep-sea mining activities
Press Release September 8, 2026

Conservation Groups Challenge Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Big Game Migration Corridors

Lease sales in Colorado and Wyoming threaten sensitive public land resources and habitat
In the News: Outside Magazine September 3, 2026

Patagonia Joins Environmental Groups in Suing Trump Over Bears Ears

Tom Delehanty, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The fact that mining companies couldn’t even wait for the 60-day delay to pass speaks volumes about the risk of harm to the monuments’ irreplaceable cultural sites, unique wildlife, and scenic landscapes.”
Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 2, 2026

Conservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in Utah

Supplemental complaints to reactivate 2017 monuments litigation in D.C. District Court