Nonprofit organizations agree to drop their lawsuit once conditions are met

Dredging and mooring project approved without environmental assessment despite heightened risk of toxic contamination, group claims

This complaint challenges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to approve a dredging and mooring project near the San Jacinto River Waste Pits (SJRWP) Superfund Site in southeast Texas.

Grizzly bears are facing growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. Here’s how we’re working to secure true recovery of this iconic species.

Here’s why we remain confident that the courts are a place where we can mount an effective defense of the environment.

U.S. climate progress depends on getting it right on hydrogen

“We will use the courts and every tool at our disposal to spur the imperative clean energy transition that is already underway.”

New Yorkers urge the governor to stand up for people, not polluters, and implement life-saving clean truck standards in full and on time to protect public health and the climate

The endemic Newell’s shearwater has a chance at survival thanks to an innovative team of conservationists, researchers, and Earthjustice lawyers.

Maui County pushed to comply with the Endangered Species Act

Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and American Bird Conservancy hereby complain of the actions of Defendants Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Maui Electric Company, Ltd and County of Maui to defend three critically imperiled seabirds from streetlights that are native to Hawai‘i and protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Filed Nov. 19, 2024.

“As it stands, H.R. 8467 slashes funding to climate-smart programs, weakens bedrock environmental protections, and strips laws protecting communities’ public health.”

Over 170 groups send letter to Congressional leadership urging no anti-environmental riders in the Farm Bill.

Two new court decisions uphold New York’s power to enforce and implement its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) in regulating fossil-fuel generation

Communities in San Juan are battling to stop a rogue gas company’s efforts to push dangerous methane gas on the people of Puerto Rico.

Earthjustice partners with organizations and communities around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce legal protections for the environment and public health.

By picking Burgum, who has little experience managing lands, Trump is signaling that the agency will prioritize expanding oil and gas drilling on federal lands for the next four years.

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.