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

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

Court rules that the official biological opinion is not adequate to protect species

Judge strikes down federal assessment that allowed dangerous oil and gas drilling to kill imperiled wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This program is funneling billions of dollars to polluting biofuels that drive deforestation and food insecurity when those dollars could be spent on accelerating deployment of electric vehicles that will improve our air.”

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “With a Trump administration, it’s significantly more likely than in prior transitions that they will simply change their litigation position.”

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: “This long-overdue action is a game changer in the fight against lead exposure, a silent threat that endangers lives at even the smallest trace.”

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

Ruling in favor of environmental groups highlights concerns about endangered whales

To adapt to and withstand the challenges of climate change, we must respect Indigenous knowledge and protect Tribal rights. Here’s where this administration stood.

H.R. 6008 would leave in place a Trump-era biological opinion that fails to sufficiently protect Rice’s whales, leaving them highly vulnerable to oil spills and vessel strikes

A judge overturned the Biden administration’s reckless lease sale in Cook Inlet, citing threats to the rare beluga whale.

The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added the critically endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale to a de facto extinction watchlist. But we still need to do more to protect the species.

Settlement agreement pauses oil and gas leasing in whale habitat and slows vessel traffic for Gulf of Mexico whales on brink of extinction while officials re-evaluate protections

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

Andrea Treece, Attorney, Oceans Program: “We leave too much gear on the water too late in the season; we wait until the risk is elevated. Too often, it’s too late to protect those whales. And so we need to really learn our lesson from the past.”

Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. We can win — and it will take all of us.