Attacks on the Antiquities Act are not new. Earthjustice and our partners continue to fight back.

New federal protections secured through Earthjustice litigation will help ensure that wolverines, a snow-dependent species, can survive a warming world.

Fish and Wildlife Service to list species as threatened following decades of litigation

A federal court ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease nearly 120,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas development in June 2022 violated the law.

The announcement comes after decades of litigation and public calls to save wolverines from development and climate change.

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

Here’s how we’re using the Endangered Species Act as a powerful legal tool to protect imperiled animals.

A portion of Washington’s Electron Dam must be removed from the Puyallup River following a historic district court ruling. The decision will allow water to flow naturally along the river for the first time in nearly 100 years.

The EPA has designated PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA, which requires polluters to fund cleanup of contaminated sites

A summary judgment ruling in Idaho District Court will prevent the state of Idaho from authorizing wolf trapping and snaring in grizzly bear habitat during non-denning periods.

The Court found Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of La Oroya, who have been exposed to unsafe levels of toxic contamination for generations

The new standards will require action to clean up drinking water for tens of millions of people nationwide

As a candidate species, the wolverine will be afforded certain protections under the Endangered Species Act

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

Trapping and snaring will no longer be allowed during non-denning periods

NYS Senate’s and Assembly’s Budget Bills restore clean water funding; Senate champions bold climate policies

Denial of Endangered Species Act protections ignored risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “This is the most right-wing court we’ve seen in almost a century, and that’s emboldening conservative legal activists to swing for the fences with legal claims that would have been laughable just a few years ago. The legal landscape has shifted, and it’s profound.”