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In the News: Bay Journal January 21, 2025

โ€˜Ticking time bombsโ€™: Nearly 100 coal ash dumps pepper the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: โ€œTo date, state regulators have largely failed to fill the void where federal regulations do not applyโ€ฆ. At the very least, information concerning the past disposal of toxic waste at these sites must be made public and available in a state database.โ€

Strong winds blow embers around firefighters battling to save homes in Pasadena, Calif., from the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Article January 9, 2025

Tรบ Puedes Ayudar a los Damnificados Por Incendios Forestales en el Sur de California

Miles de personas han sido evacuadas o enfrentan pรฉrdidas tras los incendios forestales en el รกrea de Los รngeles. Estos son los grupos comunitarios y ambientales a los que puede apoyar.

document January 10, 2025

Line 5 Tunnel Project Media Backgrounder

A backgrounder on the proposed Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac.

An old-growth Douglas fir stands in the fog in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Press Release November 14, 2024

U.S. Forest Service Releases Environmental Study for Northwest Forest Plan Amendment

The Forest Service must center the strongest possible protections for forests, rivers, fish, and wildlife and support meaningful tribal involvement in forest management

A great blue heron on the Yellowstone River. (Charles "Chuck" Peterson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release: Victory January 3, 2025

Montana Supreme Court Orders Analysis of Climate Impact of Methane Gas Plant

Stateโ€™s high court directs state to consider lighting and climate impacts of Yellowstone County Generating Station located on the Yellowstone River

Grizzly bear sow and cubs near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (Eric Johnston / NPS)
Press Release December 3, 2024

Local & National Groups Sue to Stop Unlimited Bitterroot Road Building

Local advocates tap Earthjustice to bring lawsuit aiming to protect vital grizzly bear corridor

In the News: CNN January 3, 2025

Biden plans to ban some offshore drilling in a way Trump would struggle to undo

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: โ€œEvery president this century has recognized that some areas of the ocean are just too risky or too sensitive to drill.โ€

In the News: Energy News Network January 2, 2025

A symbolic gesture or Trojan horse? Ohio groups question purpose of โ€˜greenโ€™ nuclear bill

Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program, Earthjustice: โ€œThose constitutional protections are there for a reason. And seeing the General Assembly have blatant disregard for them again and again harms Ohioans. It deprives them of these constitutional rights.โ€

Press Release September 20, 2024

One Million Public Comments Support Old-Growth Protections on National Forests

Comments also support protections for mature trees

A sockeye salmon (<i>Oncorhynchus nerka</i>) in Little Redfish Lake Creek, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release December 4, 2024

Earthjustice Plaintiffs Applaud Washington Stateโ€™s Bold Leadership on Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery

Washingtonโ€™s leadership affirms the stateโ€™s commitment to restore healthy and abundant salmon and steelhead fisheries in the Columbia and Snake rivers

A black bear cub climbs on fallen Douglas firs in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Article September 11, 2024

Help Protect Old-Growth Forests Now Before Itโ€™s Too Late

Old forests are powerhouses for absorbing and sequestering carbon dioxide, a key driver of the climate crisis. These stunning photographs of the Pacific Northwest old-growth forests showcase their beauty and vital role in the ecosystem.

Located in Alaska's panhandle, the Tongass is the country's largest national forest โ€” and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (Lee Prince / Shutterstock)
From the Experts April 4, 2024

The Forest Service Wants to Hear from the Public on Tongass National Forest Management

U.S. Forest Service officials are traveling throughout Southeast Alaska to hear from residents about how they want our nationโ€™s largest forest managed in coming decades.

Children play at Arvin's โ€œGarden in the Sunโ€ playground. There are several oil wells near the park. (Tara Pixley for Earthjustice)
From the Experts December 19, 2024

Californiaโ€™s Roadmap to Protect Communities and Public Health from Oil and Gas Drilling

A public health expert panel report gives Californians a critical new tool in the years-long fight for setbacks from oil and gas drilling.

A Bureau of Land Management-maintained forest in Oregon. (Bureau of Land Management)
Press Release December 19, 2023

Climate Forests Campaign: Biden Administration Moves to Protect Old-Growth Forests

Environmental groups welcome needed action on old-growth, urge future action on mature forests

The Tongass is Americaโ€™s largest national forest.
(Brian Logan / U.S. Forest Service)
Press Release January 30, 2024

Alaska Native Tribes, Southeast Alaska Businesses and Forest Advocates Defend Tongass National Forestโ€™s Roadless Rule

Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and sustainable local economies

Lilian Bello spoke against a proposed natural gas plant in Oxnard, California, that, if allowed, would join three existing gas plants on the cityโ€™s beach.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature May 13, 2024

A Fossil Fuel Company Tried to Put a Dirty Gas Plant on a Beautiful Coastline. It Failed.

Earthjusticeโ€™s work in state energy proceedings like California is driving the state, and the nationโ€™s, clean energy transition.

An old-growth forest in Oregon. (Frances Eatherington)
Press Release June 20, 2024

U.S. Forest Service Advances Protections Plan for Old-Growth Forests

Release of environmental review document kicks off a 90-day public comment period

A Bureau of Land Management-maintained forest in Oregon. (Bureau of Land Management)
Press Release February 2, 2024

Forest Service Urged to Bolster Protections for Forests in Proposed Policy

Comments call for addressing major gaps on selling old growth and protecting mature forests