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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…
Press Release November 9, 2026

Trump Administration Continues Systematic Dismantling of Public Lands

Proposed rule would shut the public out and allow the administration to make sweeping decisions about 250 million acres of Western public lands behind closed doors
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…
A canoe on calm waters in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northeastern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts November 4, 2026

Some of the Great Wild and Special Places the Senate Permitting Bill Puts on the Chopping Block

Americans have been able to enjoy the sights and histories of Chaco Canyon, the Boundary Waters, Bears Ears, and the Arctic Refuge for years. Now, the Senate permitting bill could…
Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article November 4, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.
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.
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?”