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Quinault tribal member Larry Ralston stands on the beach at the Quinault Indian Nation reservation. The tribe must relocate the village of Taholah uphill due to sea level rise.
(Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)

Article March 12, 2018

Climate Change Forces Quinault Tribe to Seek Higher Ground

The tribe has taken the lead against local projects like oil terminals that would further climate change and threaten its existence.

document January 12, 2017

Legal Document: WA Supreme Court Decision Blocks Remaining Grays Harbor Crude-by-Rail Terminal

Washington State Supreme Court overturns a lower court ruling that the Ocean Resources Management Act (ORMA) did not apply to oil shipping terminals.

Aerial view of Grays Harbor, the site of the proposed, controversial crude-by-rail project.
(Photo provided by Quinault Indian Nation)

Press Release: Victory January 12, 2017

WA Supreme Court Decision Blocks Remaining Grays Harbor Crude-by-Rail Terminal

State high court justices rule protections in vital coastal resources law applies

Press Release September 30, 2016

Diverse Voices Call On City Of Hoquiam To Deny Oil Shipping Terminal Proposal

Final study of impacts released, finding significant and unavoidable threats to tribe, fishing, and public health

Press Release April 27, 2016

WA Supreme Court To Weigh Ocean Resource Protection In Grays Harbor Crude-By-Rail Case

High court agrees to consider whether protections in a vital natural resources law apply

Press Release: Victory January 6, 2016

Company Abandons Crude Oil As Part of Shipping Expansion Plan in Grays Harbor

Groups applaud decision, caution oil spill threats from two remaining proposals persist

Press Release November 2, 2015

Comments Critical of Crude by Rail Terminals Left Out of Environmental Review

Leaders of the Quinault Indian nation, local fishermen and environmental groups condemn the omission of at least 32 substantial comments on a controversial project at Grays Harbor

document May 8, 2015

Report: Economic Impacts of Crude Oil Transport on the Quinault Indian Nation and the Local Economy

Report submitted to the Washington Department of Ecology regarding planned crude-by-rail terminal

document May 8, 2015

Letter: Quinault Indian Nation and the Local Economy

Letter to Department of Ecology on the Quinault Report

Residents rally outside Berkeley City Hall to show opposition to a proposed crude by rail project.
(Mauricio Castillo / Earthjustice)

Article March 28, 2014

Explosive Crude-By-Rail Rolls Into Main Street America

Concerned communities are fighting back.

The largest environmental protest in Baltimore, MD, called on political leaders to stop Dominion Power's Cove Point liquefied natural gas export terminal on the Chesapeake Bay.
(Photo by Douglas Reyes-Ceron)

Article March 13, 2014

Coast-to-Coast Opposition to Exporting Dirty Energy

Communities nationwide are rejecting fossil fuel export facilities.

document November 13, 2013

Crude-By-Rail Final Decision

Press Release: Victory November 13, 2013

Grays Harbor Crude Oil Terminals Blocked

Board holds projects need full evaluation of “oil spill risks, increase in rail and vessel traffic, and location of expanded facilities in areas of known natural resource and cultural sensitivity.”

document October 9, 2013