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A Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale — one of the world’s rarest whales — observed in the western Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The species is the only large whale species that lives year-round in North American waters. (Paul Nagelkirk / NOAA Fisheries - NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit #21938)
Press Release May 20, 2025

Groups Sue to Protect Critically Endangered Gulf Rice’s Whale From Oil and Gas Impacts

New federal biological opinion fails to address harm from fossil fuel drilling in the Gulf

document May 20, 2025

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief: 2025 Gulf Drilling Biological Opinion

Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and the Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed suit to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

document May 19, 2025

Endangered Species Act “Harm” Definition: Public Comments

Comments re: rescinding the definition of “Harm” under the Endangered Species Act, filed by Earthjustice on behalf of 66 organizations.

Known to frequent the waters of Puget Sound, southern resident killer whales are among the many kinds of imperiled wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act.
(Miles Ritter / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Press Release May 19, 2025

Over 150,000 Americans Oppose Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Effort to Eliminate Habitat Protections for Vulnerable Wildlife

Scientists, legal experts, and environmental groups also urge Trump administration to drop proposed rule

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans at Earthjustice. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video May 18, 2025

An environmental law expert breaks down the Trump Administration’s attacks on the Endangered Species Act

Drew Caputo, Earthjustice’s VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, and Oceans, explains it all in two minutes.

Southern resident orca J16 makes rainbows while surfacing in Puget Sound. The southern resident orca population is protected under the Endangered Species Act. (Miles Ritter / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
feature May 16, 2025

The Endangered Species Act Is Under Attack

The Trump administration is attacking the Endangered Species Act in unprecedented ways since the passage of our nation’s landmark conservation law.

A grizzly bear in a Montana forest. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
Article May 12, 2025

Now Is the Time to Raise Your Voice for Grizzly Protections

Grizzlies face growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. Here’s how we’re helping them come back from the brink.

The Kuskokwim River. (Peter Griffith / NASA)
Press Release May 8, 2025

Court Hearing: Southwest Alaska Tribes Challenge Donlin Gold Mine’s Federal Permits

Tribal plaintiffs are asking the court to vacate federal authorizations for the mine while federal agencies redo the flawed and illegal environmental study

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature May 7, 2025

Biodiversity and Ecosystems Program Report

Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.

document May 6, 2025

Opposition Letter to proposed NOAA IRA Cuts in Reconciliation

Letter to U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources from groups opposing cuts to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act funding in reconciliation bill.

A petroleum drill site operates in Alaska’s Western Arctic, near Lake Teshekpuk. (Kiliii Yüyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 5, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on House Natural Resources Committee Legislative Attack on Public Lands in Alaska

The House Natural Resources Committee’s budget reconciliation bill language includes an all-out attack on Alaska’s public lands, including maximum drilling, mining and logging

A northern spotted owl in Oregon. The northern spotted owl was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1990. (Kyle Sullivan / BLM)
From the Experts May 5, 2025

The Trump Administration Aims to Gut Critical Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

Habitat destruction is the number one cause of extinction. This lawless proposal would eliminate the Endangered Species Act’s core protections against it.

In the News: Politico May 5, 2025

Trump EPA defends Florida wetlands permit program

Christina Reichert, Attorney, Florida Office, Earthjustice: “When you look at the language in the technical assistance process, it doesn’t include the things they failed to do at the programmatic level. There’s no baseline analysis. There’s no requirement to use the best available science. There’s no requirement for them to do an effects analysis.”

document May 5, 2025

HNRC Reconciliation Letter for Forestry

Letter to U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources from groups opposing forestry provisions.

document April 28, 2025

Border Wall Letter: Budget Reconciliation

Fifty-five community and advocacy groups are condemning additional funding will be part of the Republican budget reconciliation package.

In the News: The Guardian April 27, 2025

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn

David Henkin, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: “When he is saying that fisher folks from Hawaii or American Samoa need to travel for days to go fish. Well, you need to travel for days to get to these remote Pacific islands. They’re some of the most remote places on Earth … and they’re certainly not right…

document April 24, 2025

Columbia Basin Salmon in Peril

Wild fish populations in the Columbia Basin are in serious trouble, with key stocks teetering on the brink of extinction.

In the News: Bloomberg Law April 18, 2025

Trump Allows Migratory Bird Killings, Cancels Further Protection

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “If these proposals are finalized and withstand legal challenges, they will affect migratory birds and listed species by making it harder to protect the habitat that the species need to survive and recover.”