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Clockwise, from top-left: (David Shindle for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission),  (Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA), (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice), (Edwin Remsberg / Getty Images), (Gerald Herbert / AP), (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice), (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / US Coast Guard), (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature November 4, 2025

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2025

Together with our clients, we’re wielding the power of the law across 700 legal matters to protect people and our planet. With deep gratitude, we are pleased to share highlights of this work, which is made possible by partners like you.

Cape fur seals swim around Dyer Island on the West Coast of South Africa. (Roger Horrocks / Getty Images)
From the Experts: Victory November 3, 2025

Legal Wins in South Africa Protect Communities and the Environment From Fossil Fuel Expansion

Groups fighting the buildout of oil and gas projects defend climate, justice, and the rule of law.

Clockwise, from top-left: (Jerry Neal / CPW), (SimonSkafar / GettyImages), (Courtney Couch / NOAA), (Zach Stern / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), (K. King / USFWS), (Zara / 500px), (Lisa Hupp / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), (New Zealand Department of Conservation), (jacobeukman / Getty Images), (Troy Harrison / Getty Images)
feature November 3, 2025

Biodiversity Program Report

Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Brooks Range mountains, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / Getty Images)
Article October 23, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska’s Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies

In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling.

document October 17, 2025

Senate FOFA Sign On Letter

On behalf of millions of members and supporters, organizations express strong opposition to S. 1462, the “Fix Our Forests Act” (FOFA), as introduced by Senators Curtis, Hickenlooper, Padilla, and Sheehy.

document October 17, 2025

Seismic Changes in Forest Management Fact Sheet

A summary of seismic changes to national forest management under the Trump administration and Congress.

A view of Pago Pago Harbor on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. (Leamus / Getty Images)
From the Experts October 10, 2025

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.

A gentle mist settles on Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
feature October 6, 2025

A mining threat returns to the nation’s most visited wilderness

A sulfide-ore copper mine could bring irreversible pollution to the rivers and streams flowing into the Boundary Waters.

Joseph Goldstein paddles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota. Goldstein has been working to protect the Boundary Waters since he was 13 and diagnosed with Leukemia. (Photo courtesy Joseph Goldstein)
Article October 3, 2025

The Fight to Save a Beloved Midwest Wilderness

Joseph Goldstein found healing and purpose in the Boundary Waters. Now, the Trump administration says it wants to open the wilderness area’s watershed up to mining.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Old-growth trees on Kosciusko Island, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales, Alaska. The Roadless Rule protects about half of the Tongass, the crown jewel of the National Forest system and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 23, 2025

Proposal to Scrap Roadless Rule Draws Public Outcry

At least half a million say ‘No’ in initial round of public comment

document September 19, 2025

Roadless Rule NGO Sign-On Letter 9-19-25

329 organizations joined a sign-on letter opposing the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule.

A view of the northwest section of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona. (U.S. Department of the Interior)
Press Release September 18, 2025

Groups Denounce Gosar Bills to Nullify Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National and Ironwood Forest National Monuments

Bills would undermine critical land protections and the leadership of local Tribes

document September 18, 2025

Roadless Rule Scientist Letter

Letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service from scientists opposing the rollback of Roadless Rule.

Press Release September 4, 2025

Tras Bloqueo Judicial del Centro de Detención de los Everglades, Grupos Prometen Impugnación

Los grupos conservacionistas continuarán luchando contra la apelación de los demandados federales y estatales contra la orden judicial preliminar en la corte de apelaciones

A heron takes flight over wetlands in the Everglades in Florida. (Brian Lasenby / Shutterstock)
Update September 4, 2025

We’re Fighting to Protect the Everglades from a Massive Detention Center

Florida and the Trump administration have been ramming through the construction of an immigration detention facility within the Florida Everglades, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere.

Press Release September 3, 2025

México Impulsa Nuevas Obras en Puerto de Veracruz que Amenazan Arrecifes y Ecosistemas Terrestres, Pese a Fallo de la Suprema Corte

El Gobierno de México anunció que en septiembre iniciará la construcción de la escollera sur del puerto de Veracruz sobre el arrecife La Gallega, con más de 3 km de extensión. Con esto se sigue incumpliendo lo ordenado por la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
feature August 27, 2025

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.